In November 2021, under the guidance of Young Volunteer Guidance Center, Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (CCYL) and the Publicity Department of the CPC Beijing Committee, co-sponsored by Beijing Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC), Beijing Volunteer Service Federation and other departments,the Capital Volunteer Service ProjectCompetition came to a successful conclusion. The “Warmth from Little Home” project, from the Young Volunteers Association of USTB School of Humanities and Social Science, stood out from more than 700 projects and eventually won the gold award after the preliminary, semi-final and final contests. (only 20 projects in Beijing were awarded this prize).

Initially launched in March 2018, “Warmth from Little Home”is a long-term volunteer service projectjointly negotiated and carried out by USTB School of Humanities and Social Science and Children's Hope Foundation (CHF), it has once won the honorary title of “2018-19 New Outstanding Volunteer Service Project”. The projectservessick children aged from 0 to 16 in the “Little Home for Medication-seeking Children” (a free residence set up by CHF for trans-provincial families seeking medical treatment in Beijing for their critically ill children),and the main activities are accompany children and help them with their homework. Volunteers utilizes their professional knowledge of social work to develop “one-to-one” customized plans for children in accordance with different ages and physical conditions, so as to improve the effect of volunteer services.

Most families in the“Little Home for Medication-seeking Children”are impoverishedBeijing drifters withcritically ill children. The 7-year-old Melody (alias) is one of them. A history of five years of blood immune disease, demands of a strictly conditioned living environment for her. Therefore, USTB volunteers madea specialand thoughtful plan for her, covering from the aseptic environment to the psychological care after treatment.Fortunately, a few months ago, Melody’s physical data leveled off, which permitted her to be discharged from hospital. Upon her departure, Melody’s parents expressed their gratitude to USTB volunteers and the “Little Home” staff, saying that “we thought things would hardly get better during all these years of drifting until we met you.” A little love is enough to warm people’s heart, let alone an ocean of love.

“Children’s laughter is the sweetest laughter in the world.” Under four years of hard work by USTB volunteers, “Warmth from Little Home” projecthasbeen carried out 146 times, involving more than 1,000 participants and bringing indirect benefits for nearly 10,000 people.Meanwhile,a total of 23 articles has been published on USTB and other social media platforms and attracted more than 10,000 viewers. While making self-contributions, USTB volunteers have also captured the attention of more people caring for the ill children, to help the“Little Home” continue and develop.

The Capital Volunteer Service Project Competition aims at fully implementing of the guiding principlesof President XI Jinping’s speech on volunteer services, improve the level of institutionalization and normalization of volunteer services in Beijing, cultivate and support the development of volunteer service organizations, and promote the construction of outstanding volunteer service projectdatabase. The “Warmth from Little Home” project will uphold the original inspiration of helping the disadvantaged seek for medication, will care for every recipient attentively towards the goal of “Disseminating Warmth and Preserving Tenderness”, and will also carry forward USTB’ s the exclamation mark spirit of "Being Upright and Sensible". Students from the School of Humanities and Science will spread the humanistic care of “Conveying Truth in Words and Bearing Law in Mind”,and put professional knowledge into practice to better serve for society.