Chinese volunteers teach the elderly how to use mobile phones through service project – People's Daily Online

Once a leader in an enterprise, Yang Lin, now in his 70s only learned how to use a smartphone last summer. It was not his daughter or granddaughter who taught him how to use his mobile phone, but Wang Hui, a volunteer in the Xiangyang Road community in north China’s Tianjin where he lives. Volunteer Sui Mingzhe (right) takes a photo with a senior during a training session. (Photo provided by the interviewee) Volunteers like Wang and college students from over 100 universities from all over the country have been dedicated in helping senior citizens learn how to use smart…