Community in Beijing's Haidian district helps senior citizens become tech-savvier
Updated: December 10, 2020 10:56Xinhua
A student volunteer from Beijing Foreign Studies University teaches senior residents to use a health-tracking app, introduced amid the COVID-19 outbreak, at a community activity center in Haidian district, Beijing, capital of China, Dec 8, 2020. Since 2014, a community in Beijing's Haidian district has organized some 240 workshop events to help senior citizens become tech-savvier. So far, more than 6,000 elderly people have learned how to use digital devices and mastered digital-era skills such as online shopping and making hospital appointments with the help of student volunteers from 18 colleges and universities. [Photo/Xinhua]
Shi Jiayi, a student volunteer from Beijing Foreign Studies University, teaches as a senior resident learns how to use a health-tracking app, introduced amid the COVID-19 outbreak, at a community activity center in Haidian district, Beijing, capital of China, Dec 8, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Huang Yicheng (R), a student volunteer from Beijing Foreign Studies University, demonstrates for a senior resident how to make a hospital appointment using mobile phone at a community activity center in Haidian district, Beijing, capital of China, Dec 8. [Photo/Xinhua]
Huang Yicheng (L), a student volunteer from Beijing Foreign Studies University, teaches a senior resident to make a hospital appointment using mobile phone at a community activity center in Haidian district, Beijing, capital of China, Dec 8, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A student volunteer (C) from Beijing Foreign Studies University teaches as senior residents learn how to order food using mobile phone at a community activity center in Haidian district, Beijing, capital of China, Dec 8, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
