外国语学院励耘青年志愿者协会面向北师大全体师生招募志愿者于2016-2017第二学期以及2017-2018第一学期每周六下午定期走访珠海市香洲区博爱护老院，以尽自己的绵薄之力，给他们带去温暖和欢乐。

在每周六的去程车上，青协负责人都会给志愿者们进行简单的培训，包括一些护老院内的注意事项以及与老人的交流方式等。到达护老院后，往往把志愿者两两搭配分组，确保每一个小组内都至少有一名志愿者能够说粤语，以避免与老人们交流过程中的语言障碍。他们分散至各个房间与老人们交谈，有时也会与看护老人的护工交谈，了解老人们的日常生活以及健康状况。老人们兴致高涨时，志愿者会将老人们用轮椅推出房间，集聚在客厅一起唠家常。有位老奶奶对志愿者们说到，自己年轻的时候在西班牙待过一阵，虽然两鬓双百已年过九十，却还是不愿别人将她年龄说大，还兴致勃勃地教我们西班牙语。

博爱护老院活动作为外国语学院的常规活动，活动成效显著、参与度广。不仅本学院的学生，管理学院，教育学院，特许经营学院等学院在内的学生都积极参与其中。通过此类志愿活动，让志愿者们有机会了解和体会到老人已近暮年的生活，让大家感受到"老吾老以及人之老"这一中华民族的传统美德在新时期所面临的新挑战和时代意义。

                                        Voluntary Service of the Youth Volunteer Association

                                      of School of Foreign Languages at Boai Nursing Home

The Liyun Youth Volunteer Association of School of Foreign Languages(YVA of SFL) recruited volunteers from all the teachers and students in BNUZ to pay regular visits to Boai Nursing Home in Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai every Saturday afternoon in the second semester of 2016-2017 and the first semester of 2017-2018. Volunteers brought joy and warmth to the elderly by their pygmy efforts.

On the way to the nursing home on every Saturday, group leaders of the YVA would have a simple training for the candidate volunteers, such as some reminding in the nursing home and ways of communication with the elderly and so on.  The Association generally divided the volunteers into several groups and made sure  that each group had at least one Cantonese volunteer  for avoiding language barriers in the communication with the senior people. Volunteers talked with the elderly in each room. Sometimes they would talk with nursing home operators to have a better understanding of the old people’s daily life and health situation. When the senior people were in a high spirit, volunteers would help them out of the room in wheelchairs, and gather in the living room to talk about daily happenings. An elderly lady mentioned her staying in Spain when she was young. Although over ninety years old with white hair at her temples, she still did not want to mention her age to others and intended not to be called as an “old lady”. What’s more, she has a high spirit of teaching volunteers Spanish.  

As a regular activity of SFL, the voluntary visit to Boai Nursing Home has gained remarkable achievement and great participation. Not only the students from the School of Foreign Languages, but also the students from the Schools of Management, Education and  Franchise Management all involved actively. Through taking part in such kinds of voluntary activities, volunteers have the opportunity to understand and experience the life of the elderly and realize  the challenges and significance in the new era that the traditional virtue “Love the elderly as yours” that Chinese nation is facing with.