Hong Kong teams to aid quake-struck areas
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May 10, 2010, Monday
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TWO teams including dozens of volunteers are to set off today to support the reconstruction work in the earthquake-stricken Sichuan and Qinghai provinces respectively, an organization in Hong Kong said yesterday.
Staff and volunteers from Social Workers Across Borders of Hong Kong launched the charity activity to mark the second anniversary of the May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan which claimed tens of thousands of lives.
With hand-made cards and flowers, about a hundred Hong Kong families sent their best wishes for single mothers from the earthquake-stricken areas on Mother's Day yesterday.
Earthquake hero Wong Fuk-wing, whose nickname is Ah Fok, was also highlighted during the activity. He died rescuing four persons in the earthquake that hit Yushu in Qinghai Province on April 14.
His deed not only moved millions of people back in his home city of Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, but also highlighted the contribution of many Hong Kong volunteers for their countrymen over the past years.
The organization's Service Director Nussica Cho said Wong, a stranger to most of Hong Kong people, has moved and inspired all the volunteers.
"We want to tell others what Wong did is so meaningful, and his deed embodied the spirit of all volunteers, as well as the spirit of Hong Kong," said Cho.
Staff and volunteers from Social Workers Across Borders of Hong Kong launched the charity activity to mark the second anniversary of the May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan which claimed tens of thousands of lives.
With hand-made cards and flowers, about a hundred Hong Kong families sent their best wishes for single mothers from the earthquake-stricken areas on Mother's Day yesterday.
Earthquake hero Wong Fuk-wing, whose nickname is Ah Fok, was also highlighted during the activity. He died rescuing four persons in the earthquake that hit Yushu in Qinghai Province on April 14.
His deed not only moved millions of people back in his home city of Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, but also highlighted the contribution of many Hong Kong volunteers for their countrymen over the past years.
The organization's Service Director Nussica Cho said Wong, a stranger to most of Hong Kong people, has moved and inspired all the volunteers.
"We want to tell others what Wong did is so meaningful, and his deed embodied the spirit of all volunteers, as well as the spirit of Hong Kong," said Cho.
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