Echo Hu/ Shanghai Daily news

The Shanghai Red Cross Association yesterday launched a service hotline (6323-7380) to recruit volunteers to serve in the city’s 10 Red Cross institutes as part of its celebrations for the 16th Red Cross Day today.

The association stipulates that volunteers must be available to offer their services at least once a month and work for more than two hours every time. They are also required to keep up their service for at least a year.

Foreign volunteers are also welcomed to the join the activity but so far a foreign language hotline service is not available.

The association will interview candidates and provide free training to those who pass the interview. Volunteers will get a certificate from the administration.

The administration unveiled 10 Red Cross service centers yesterday, including one at Fudan University's Children's Hospital and at Nanhui Central Hospital.