"I hope you can take these with you when you serve the people in need."
Miss Luo, living in the Shiweitang Street in Guangzhou, Guangdong, donated 50 bags of rice from Harbin and 5000 masks to the service station before the Mid-Autumn Festival which falls on September 21, hoping that these materials would be delivered to the neediest people in the district.
A few days ago, the service station operated by the Guangzhou YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) has received donations of relief materials from many residents, who would like to provide basic pandemic prevention protection and life support for people in special difficulties in the street.
Over the past few days, 50 families with particular difficulties in the area have received holiday blessings and gifts after visits by social workers. From reception to distribution, they transferred the donation to each person in urgent need of help.
As one of the volunteers, a student born after 2005 with the surname of Zhou, visited the people in need with a social worker many times, seeing their difficult situation and urgent needs. After donating masks and oil rice last year, he again used his lucky money received as a Lunar New Year gift to buy 1,000 masks, which were contributed to the social work station on August 27, accompanied by his parents.
According to Zhang Qian, deputy director of the social work station, residents donated materials spontaneously because of their recognition of the hardship and lack of the people in need, and the professional services provided by social workers after they received volunteering service themselves in the community.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
“希望你们在服务困难群众的时候可以带上我的这份心意。”“感谢您的爱心捐赠！社工站会善用每一笔受捐财物。”这是中秋节前夕，发生在由石围塘街社工服务站门前的一幕。
5000个口罩以及从哈尔滨运来的50袋大米，家住石围塘街的罗小姐特意赶在中秋节前夕将这些爱心物资捐赠给社工站。她希望委托社工们将这些节日慰问品送到辖区内最需要的困难群众手中。
日前，由广州基督教青年会承接运营的石围塘街社工服务站接连收到多位居民的物资捐赠，旨在为街道特殊困难群众提供基本的防疫保障和生活支持。
连日来，经过社工团队走访探视，辖区内50户特别困难群众家庭陆续收到了节日祝福和慰问品。从接收到分发，社工站精准用好受捐物资，将捐赠者的爱心传递到每一个急需帮助的人。
05后的小周同学作为其中一名志愿者，多次跟随社工入户探访困难群众，看到了他们艰难的处境和迫切的需要.继去年捐赠口罩和油米后，他再次拿出压岁钱买了1000个口罩，于8月27日在家长的陪同下捐赠给社工站
据社工站副主任张茜介绍，居民之所以自发捐赠物资，源于他们看见困难群众的艰辛和缺乏、认同社工提供的专业服务。而这份触动正是从他们亲历社区志愿服务而来。
https://www.gospeltimes.cn/article/index/id/58234
爱心接力暖人心——广州YMCA社工携手热心居民为困难群众送温暖
"I hope you can take these with you when you serve the people in need."
Miss Luo, living in the Shiweitang Street in Guangzhou, Guangdong, donated 50 bags of rice from Harbin and 5000 masks to the service station before the Mid-Autumn Festival which falls on September 21, hoping that these materials would be delivered to the neediest people in the district.
A few days ago, the service station operated by the Guangzhou YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) has received donations of relief materials from many residents, who would like to provide basic pandemic prevention protection and life support for people in special difficulties in the street.
Over the past few days, 50 families with particular difficulties in the area have received holiday blessings and gifts after visits by social workers. From reception to distribution, they transferred the donation to each person in urgent need of help.
As one of the volunteers, a student born after 2005 with the surname of Zhou, visited the people in need with a social worker many times, seeing their difficult situation and urgent needs. After donating masks and oil rice last year, he again used his lucky money received as a Lunar New Year gift to buy 1,000 masks, which were contributed to the social work station on August 27, accompanied by his parents.
According to Zhang Qian, deputy director of the social work station, residents donated materials spontaneously because of their recognition of the hardship and lack of the people in need, and the professional services provided by social workers after they received volunteering service themselves in the community.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Guangzhou YMCA Aids People with Special Needs
