ELEVEN children from southwest China with congenital heart diseases are being treated at the Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, with operations and all travel expenses covered by good Samaritans.

This charity offering, led by the Shanghai Volunteers Foundation and the hospital, is one of more than 300 being held and planned around the city for this year’s “Greatest Love under the Sky” — the month-long charity program involving all charities in the city, which began yesterday.

Lasting until January 7, the 23rd annual program will include monetary and material help for people in need, including free voluntary services and donation-gathering as well as media campaigns to promote charity.