Volunteering

Shanghai is a city of vast wealth compared with much of China, but there are still plenty of people in the city and the surrounding area who need help. Many people come to Shanghai and want to dedicate some of their spare time to charity work, but it can be difficult to find the city's charity and volunteer organisations. There are in fact a wealth of options for those who wish to help the less fortunate in Shanghai, but they aren't particularly well advertised.

Here is a (non-exhaustive) list of Shanghai's many volunteer organisations. Credit to expat magazine City Weekend, as many of these links were found in the "Helping Hands" feature included in the May 16-29 2013 issue.