The C.A.Y (Care About the Youth) activity group works for the public good. Public figures from various circles take part in this group for life-care education, psychological consultation and crisis prevention. The purposes of this organization are as followed: To make everybody cherish their lives as well as others'; To establish a Youth Suicide Prevention mechanism joint by the government and social power; To set up a non-religion, non-politics, non-government, non-profit organization, aims at youth suicide prevention and life-care education. Now, the C.A.Y activity group is under the guidance of China Song Chingling Foundation, Chinese Youth Life-education Committee. It’s office is in Liling No.1 Middle-school, Hunan Province.
In Nov. 2005, Premier of China’s State Council, Wen Jiabao extended warm greetings and thanks to all the members of C.A.Y activity group. He also wrote instructions on youth suicide :"The governments and Communist Youth League at all levels as well as schools ,bear responsibilities for both physical and mental health of youth. Related departments should pay highly attention to those issues and suggestions."
In the past 3 years, more than 500 thousand people joint C.A.Y activity group through different ways. Those people including leaders of the Party and State governments at all levels, stars(or celebrities),professors as well as overseas Chinese. During the 3 years, more than 1000 young people who tried to suicide were assisted. Thus to put forward relative motions and proposals on NPC, which refers to suicide prevention and life-care education. What’s more, the annual Jasmine Forum has become a platform to discuss issues, such as to strengthen moral construction among minors and college students, the realization of self-worth under the market economy environment and so on..
In the three years, a volunteer team was set up by CAY activity group, and the work of this team is preventing crisis and educating people about life. It consists mainly of psychiatric consultant experts, educators and social workers from the whole country. In this team, 40% are graduates, and 90% have the related abilities. There is a professional operating team in the group which is rich in international experiences and tactful perceptions. The group also has a top advisory team which can provide for professional guides. The volunteers of CAY activity group are preparing to help others at any time, and they can provide the people who need help for best services.
More than 100 activities about educating people about life have been held through out the whole country by CAY activity group, and these activities were going on with student forums, debates, theme speaking and so on. The contents are mainly about mental education, safe education, health education, drug-fighting and AIDS-preventing and etc. More than 400 materials and handbooks about educating people about life were handed out like “Discussing briefly about teaching people to live”. More than 10,000 publicity papers were handed out, and exhibitions about caring life were held for several times. More than 30 comments and special articles after the interview were given by different media, and more than 10 articles were published in the newspapers and magazines.
A professional team was organized by CAY activity group to serve voluntarily in Sichuan province for 10 days on July 12, 2008, and these volunteers have different professions such as psychology, physic, education and so on. By using these professional advantages, they helping people in many fields like medical treatments, mental aids and etc.
The web about preventing youths from committing suicides and educating people about life, the special audio and video web about caring life, and Jasmine forum are the expanded projects of CAY activity group. These projects are charged by the web management center of CAY activity group.
