New dawn, new hope

The drive to raise the number of volunteer workers in China has seen their recruitment and management become a challenge for many organizations.

Project Sunrise, a grassroots organization that provides help for college and school dropouts and students from poor families, supports more than 500 people from impoverished families in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, according to Liu Yaohui, the project's director.

"We only have five full-time staff, so we couldn't operate without volunteers," the 30-year-old said.