The Chinese Christian community gave support to Xi'an which has been quarantined for more than two weeks.
A total of 1,690 local confirmed cases have been reported in Shaanxi Province since December 9, including 1,663 in Xi’an, the capital of China’s northwestern province, according to the Shaanxi Provincial Health Commission on January 4. From December 23, communities (villages) and units in Xi'an had implemented closed-off management. With a population of 13.5 million, Xi'an, in lockdown was under great pressure to fight the pandemic.
As Rev. Wang Jun, chairman and president of the Shaanxi CC&TSPM, attributed great importance to the anti-pandemic work of the churches and the society as a whole, a survey was conducted by a meeting point as well as some charity organizations to understand the shortage of pandemic prevention materials in each community. Based on summary statistics, Rev. Wang called CCC&TSPM for support and said they needed supplies worth more than 716,000 yuan, including medical masks, protective clothing, protective gloves, protective masks, shoe covers, and effervescent tablets of disinfectant, according to Shaanxi CC&TSPM.
Receiving the rescue call, staff workers of CCC&TSPM, the state-approved umbrella organization for Protestant churches, instructed the social service department to transfer the relief funds on the same day. On the first day of the new year in 2022, the prevention materials arrived in Xi'an from other places.
During the days that followed, local churches and non-profit organizations in Xi'an distributed these materials to many places in need.
Responding to the lockdown of Xi’an City, the faith-based Amity Foundation started to carry out an investigation and to support the local community's pandemic prevention. As of December 31, it had distributed 850 sets of protective clothing and 4,800 medical N95 masks to nearly 200 volunteers in 20 communities in the Weiyang District and Baqiao District of Xi'an, the foundation said.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
据陕西省卫健委1月4日最新公告，自2021年12月9日以来， 陕西全省已累计报告本土确诊病例1820例，其中西安市1793例。12月23日零时起，西安市全市小区（村）、单位实行封闭管理。西安市有着1350万人口，抗击疫情压力大。
陕西省基督教两会主席、会长王俊牧师十分重视全省、西安全市教会及社会整体的抗疫工作。省基督教两会通过西安市碑林区东十一道巷聚会点，联合八家公益慈善组织对西安市的社区防疫做了调查，对各社区防疫物资短缺的情况进行了解、统计和汇总，所需物质累计价值71.689万元（包括医用口罩，防护服，防护手套，防护面罩，鞋套，消毒液泡腾片）。王俊牧师将此需要电话报请基督教全国两会请求支援。 据陕西基督教两会
基督教全国两会负责同工接到省基督教两会的救援申请，批示基督教全国两会社会服务部当天将救援款项拨付陕西。在2022年新年第一天，在凛冽的寒风中，将从外地采购的71.689万元的防疫物资运抵西安。
在随后的几天中，西安当地的8家基层教会和公益组织，将防疫物资分发至多个有物资需求的地方。
及时进行需求调研后，爱德基金会于12月23日封闭管理当天启动陕西疫情响应，支持当地社区防疫。截至12月31日，爱德基金会累计向西安市未央区和灞桥区的20个社区近200名志愿者发放防护服850套，医用N95口罩4800只。据爱德基金会
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The Chinese Christian community gave support to Xi'an which has been quarantined for more than two weeks.
A total of 1,690 local confirmed cases have been reported in Shaanxi Province since December 9, including 1,663 in Xi’an, the capital of China’s northwestern province, according to the Shaanxi Provincial Health Commission on January 4. From December 23, communities (villages) and units in Xi'an had implemented closed-off management. With a population of 13.5 million, Xi'an, in lockdown was under great pressure to fight the pandemic.
As Rev. Wang Jun, chairman and president of the Shaanxi CC&TSPM, attributed great importance to the anti-pandemic work of the churches and the society as a whole, a survey was conducted by a meeting point as well as some charity organizations to understand the shortage of pandemic prevention materials in each community. Based on summary statistics, Rev. Wang called CCC&TSPM for support and said they needed supplies worth more than 716,000 yuan, including medical masks, protective clothing, protective gloves, protective masks, shoe covers, and effervescent tablets of disinfectant, according to Shaanxi CC&TSPM.
Receiving the rescue call, staff workers of CCC&TSPM, the state-approved umbrella organization for Protestant churches, instructed the social service department to transfer the relief funds on the same day. On the first day of the new year in 2022, the prevention materials arrived in Xi'an from other places.
During the days that followed, local churches and non-profit organizations in Xi'an distributed these materials to many places in need.
Responding to the lockdown of Xi’an City, the faith-based Amity Foundation started to carry out an investigation and to support the local community's pandemic prevention. As of December 31, it had distributed 850 sets of protective clothing and 4,800 medical N95 masks to nearly 200 volunteers in 20 communities in the Weiyang District and Baqiao District of Xi'an, the foundation said.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Christian Community Supports Quarantined Xi'an City
