Is there any official agency for looking after the poor and

Is there any official agency for looking after the poor and homeless in China? Do people living ont eh streeet have support for their basic needs like water and food?

When I was in SH in October, I saw some old people picking plastic bottles and collect them for exchange at recycling station, I was saddened by the sight as some of them reminded me of my own grandparents.

At times I saw they beg for people not to give them their (empty) drinking bottle), yet the youth sometimes just throws the bottle into a river or a dump delibrately! I felt pretty angrey about this.

As a general rule, I only give money to the eldly beggers as they are tend to be most vulnerable, and instead of money, I always bag the left over (clean food) from a restaurant if I can't finish it, and give them to the homeless.
Posted by YingZ at 2005-01-14 19:19:05
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