Confucius Institutes around the world help fight the “epidemic”
Zhang Xiaofeng, Kong Yuan
(Source: "People's Daily" Overseas Edition 2020-03-06 Page 11)
(Kimberly Henshaw, the foreign executive director of the w88 online casino betting at Georgia State University in the United States, specially put a slogan on the donation box for Wuhan“wùzī for wǔhàn”. Photo courtesy of w88 online casino betting Headquarters)
“These are professional supplies that are urgently needed by the hospital, and many of them are necessities for the isolation ward. It’s great.” On February 20, a truck full of medical supplies from across the ocean successfully arrived at the FedEx Zhejiang Wenzhou Station, said the medical staff of Wenzhou Central Hospital who participated in the on-site sorting.
This is the targeted assistance materials to Wenzhou specially applied for by Yang Meihui, director of the w88 online casino betting at the University of California, Santa Barbara. There are 19 boxes in total, and the materials inside include masks, medical gloves, protective clothing, etc.
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19, many Confucius Institutes and partner institutions, like the w88 online casino betting at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have organized assistance and sent batches of protective materials to China.
Masks from Malawi
After learning that Wuhan and other places were in urgent need of medical protective supplies, You Yonghong, the Chinese director of the w88 online casino betting at the University of Malawi, was very anxious and immediately mobilized teachers to take action and find ways to purchase masks. However, there are no production factories for masks and other medical supplies in Malawi, so teachers have to ask pharmacies one after another. We finally found 900 N95 masks, but because the teachers didn’t bring enough cash, others got them first.
Finally a teacher brought good news. 5 boxes, 10 boxes, 1 box... 15 Chinese teachers donated a total of 10 boxes of N95 masks, with an average donation of more than 2,000 yuan per person.
With the masks, the next step is to contact the hospital for donation. The teachers learned that Malawi’s medical team to aid Africa was sent by Shaanxi Province, so they contacted the captain of the previous medical team. They learned from the captain that the medical team from Shaanxi Province to support Wuhan was at Wuhan Ninth Hospital during the epidemic. Masks and other materials were in short supply at the front, so they decided to send the masks from Malawi to Wuhan Ninth Hospital. But when I actually started the operation, I found that there were many links that needed to be cleared up, including contacting charities, courier companies, etc., and a considerable amount of mailing fees.
In the end, the teachers contacted the Hubei Provincial Charity Federation to accept the supplies and directed them to Wuhan Ninth Hospital. The staff was very moved when they heard that teachers donated masks from Africa and set up a WeChat group to connect with everyone. After learning that logistics expenses were a huge expense, the Hubei Charity Federation expressed its willingness to bear the courier fees for the materials from Guangzhou Airport to Wuhan Ninth Hospital. It took a total of 48 hours from initiating donation, purchasing masks to completing all donation procedures. Seeing that everything was in place, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
On February 9, 10 boxes of masks with the slogan "Mountains and seas are thousands of miles away, home and country are safe" flew from Malawi to Wuhan, thousands of miles away. The doctor in charge of the docking said that when the frontline doctors learned that these masks came from Malawi, many people were moved to tears.
Donations continue
As the COVID-19 epidemic develops, more and more Confucius Institutes are lending a helping hand.
In France,ESCPThe Business Confucius Institute at European Business w88 casino and the Chinese Students Association jointly organized related activities,ESCPThe Vice President and French Director of the w88 online casino betting donated money to Wuhan and expressed support.
In Kenya, the w88 online casino betting at the University of Nairobi and the Kenya Scholars Club in China donated money to fight the COVID-19 epidemic in Nairobi. Under the leadership of Mbechi, the foreign director of the w88 online casino betting, more than 50 members of the Kenya Scholars Club in China and all faculty and staff of the w88 online casino betting donated money and materials. Mbechi said that all funds raised will be donated to the Tianjin Normal University Education Development Fund for epidemic prevention and control.
In the United States, Li Shuping, director of the w88 online casino betting at Webster University, actively negotiates and cooperates with relevant institutions and mobilizes employees from other departments at Webster University, teachers from the w88 online casino betting, and relatives and friends to purchase and raise protective materials. With everyone's efforts, a total of 17 boxes of 4,000 medical supplies were collected and donated to charity, medical and educational institutions in Hubei, Guangdong and other places.
The domestic epidemic prevention and control is gradually improving, but donations from Confucius Institutes around the world continue.
Since the w88 online casino betting at the University of South Carolina sent the first batch of masks, protective clothing and other materials collected to Wuhan on February 3, it has sent five batches of protective materials so far. Ye Tan, foreign director of the w88 online casino betting at the University of South Carolina, said: “If you are a local, you can do more if you can.”
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the w88 online casino betting at Georgia State University has actively exerted its local influence in Atlanta, coordinated with all parties to carry out fundraising activities for donations and materials, and contributed to the fight against the epidemic with practical actions. Kimberly Henshaw, the executive director of Foreign Affairs, also specially put a slogan on the donation box for Wuhan“wùzī for wǔhàn”Attached are the specific material donation standards. It is understood that the second batch of donated materials has been sent from Atlanta to Wuhan.
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