Fei Lai/Shanghai Daily news

Shanghai Roots & Shoots, the local branch of the international Jane Goodall Institute, kicked off a new program yesterday that seeks to give leukemia patients more information about their disease - and more optimism about life.

The Care for Leukemia Patients program provides free lectures on healing by doctors and experts from Ruijin Hospital. It seeks to build confidence among sufferers of the disease through communication and psychological therapy.