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4·14 Earthquake Relief Special - 10
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2010-05-06 11:11
Yushu Rescue – We’re Doing Our Best, Part 10
May our help bring a little comfort to the pain of parting.
May 3, Weather: Sleet
Today, we’re divided into three groups. Gao Ming is cooking alone, while Losang Nima and Lasang Qudan are seeing patients at the tent clinic as usual. The rest of us have split into two smaller teams to visit families in extreme poverty. After finishing breakfast at 7:30 a.m., we were ready to set off and start our work. However, it was raining heavily, so we had no choice but to wait for the rain to stop. We didn’t begin our work until 10:30 a.m.
Today, Losang Nima and Lasang Qudan jointly treated a total of 140 people, including 4 children and 43 elderly individuals. They also visited and registered 89 households identified as being in extreme poverty, of which 24 were families from Xiangda Town whose information was obtained through the secretary of the Xiangda Town Party Committee.
Today, as I visited one household after another to check on families facing difficulties, I encountered many touching moments. Particularly noteworthy was a family of six, with four children: the oldest pair of twin girls who are only nine years old, a seven-year-old boy, and the youngest girl, who is five. The mother is solely responsible for caring for all of them. Their father was seriously injured in the earthquake and has been transferred to Xining for treatment. After learning more about their situation, we realized that, given their current circumstances, the children probably rarely get to speak with their father. So, Wanmadan Zeng immediately took out his own mobile phone and connected the children’s father, who was far away in Xining. Starting with the youngest little girl, he arranged for each child to speak with their father one by one.
Although the three young children spoke very little, every word they uttered was filled with greetings and comforting words for their father. When it was the oldest girl’s turn to speak on the phone, she held the phone in her hand but was so overcome with grief that she couldn’t utter a single word. Throughout the entire call, the nine-year-old kept bursting into loud sobs. We, who were present at the scene, were deeply shaken by the heartbreaking pain of this father-daughter separation—utterly at a loss, unsure how to comfort these children. Everyone reached into their pockets and handed out money to each child, letting them buy some snacks. Perhaps that was the only thing we could do at that moment. Unexpectedly, when the family’s youngest daughter, just five years old, received the money, she turned to us and said, “We’re going to save this money to call our dad…” Maybe our help can’t completely heal the emotional wounds of our fellow countrymen, but we truly believe that everyone’s kindness can offer them a bit of comfort as they begin to recover from the heartbreak of separation and loss. Perhaps this is exactly like a single starlight before dawn—though it may not yet dispel the darkness, it can still warm the path ahead toward the light.
Tomorrow’s plan is for everyone to gather into a single group and distribute supplies to the particularly vulnerable families who registered over the past two days. After several days of on-the-ground visits, we’ve learned that the disaster area generally doesn’t lack food or shelter. However, there are still many particularly disadvantaged groups—such as elderly individuals living alone, orphans, severely injured people, and persons with disabilities. During our upcoming relief efforts, our rescue team will pay special attention to meeting the needs of these vulnerable populations.
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