One shoulder of the wind, the beginning of summer. In the "Red May" of another year, there is such a group of people, they are a red light that appears every day, and they are an indispensable and easily overlooked figure, they are Red Cross volunteers with great love.
Where did you come across "Volunteer Red"?
In the Red Cross ambulance training course, the site of the Red Cross volunteer service activities, the community Red Cross service station, the homes of the needy, squares, buses, blood donation stations...... "volunteer red" and everyone's life are inextricably linked.
On the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Red Cross Society of China and the arrival of the "5.8 Red Cross Fraternity Week", a group of advanced "volunteer reds" have emerged in the Red Cross Society of Huanxian County, who have warmed countless people in need with a hot heart and composed a hymn to life. They are in all walks of life, but great love is everywhere.
Wu Zhiqiang is an emergency medical worker at Huanxian People's Hospital. In his spare time, Wu Zhiqiang devotes himself to public welfare. In 2017, he joined the Huanxian Red Cross Volunteer Service Team and participated in more than 30 volunteer services and popularized first aid knowledge more than 80 times. He was awarded the "2023 Red Cross System Outstanding Volunteer" by the Qingyang Red Cross Society.
Wu Zhiqiang often said: "When a candle lights another candle, it will not lose anything, but will only make the surroundings brighter." ”
Since joining the Red Cross volunteer team, Wu Zhiqiang has always been striving to spread and carry forward the Red Cross spirit. Make full use of the professional expertise of their own work, in view of the current situation that the people in the county have a low awareness rate of emergency knowledge and first aid skills, through the "professional-volunteer-public welfare" science popularization model, go deep into campuses, enterprises and institutions, grassroots hospitals and other places, and carry out volunteer activities such as public science popularization, lecture tours, medical poverty alleviation, and first-aid culture construction.
"As a Red Cross volunteer, I am deeply aware of the importance of my responsibility and mission, and I always believe that the spirit of being a doctor is related to health and life is in the same vein as the Red Cross spirit of 'humanity, fraternity and dedication'." In the volunteer service activities, Wu Zhiqiang hopes that through his own efforts, the knowledge and ability of the masses in the county to "self-help, will rescue, and dare to rescue" in emergencies, prevent and reduce the harm caused by emergencies, and also hope to widely spread the spirit of the Red Cross through his own modest efforts to convey more warmth to the society.
As a caring kindergarten teacher, Feng Feng is more persistent in Red Cross volunteer service activities. As the leader of the Red Cross Publicity and Communication Volunteer Service Team of Huanxian County, Feng Feng has actively participated in a number of Red Cross public welfare activities since 2019, giving full play to the main role of the Red Cross in emergency rescue training, and promoting and popularizing emergency rescue knowledge and skills. It has organized and participated in more than 20 volunteer trainings and large-scale activities of Red Cross primary ambulance personnel in various schools, trained more than 1,000 people, successfully recruited more than 200 volunteers, and guided more than 100 volunteers to register with their real names. He was awarded the "2023 Red Cross System Outstanding Volunteer" by the Qingyang Red Cross Society.
"I hope that more people will participate in the Red Cross volunteer service, continuously optimize the Red Cross resources, gradually improve the effectiveness of Red Cross publicity and communication, and better promote the development of the Red Cross cause." Feng Feng told reporters that whether it is the "warm every moment" of volunteer service or the "golden 4 minutes" of emergency ambulance, it has produced a good publicity and communication effect on popularizing the knowledge and skills of mass emergency ambulance, and improved the ability of the general public to help themselves and each other.
What is the spirit of the "Red Cross"?
The simple words of "humanity, fraternity, and dedication" have become a banner to promote positive social energy and lead a new trend in society today, and the beautiful background of the Red Cross is flashing everywhere on the land of Huanzhou in the new era. The volunteers moved and acted according to the order, and the fortresses of volunteer service were quickly deployed, the flags of volunteer service were flying high, and the moments of volunteer service were moving.
In recent years, under the strong support of the county party committee and the county government and the correct guidance of the provincial and municipal Red Cross Societies, the Red Cross Society of Huanxian County has taken the initiative to integrate and serve the "needs of the party and government" and "the expectations of the masses", and strive to build a more cohesive, influential and credible "Red Cross Society around the masses", spread the Red Cross spirit of "humanity, fraternity and dedication" with practical actions, convey warmth with love, express warmth with actions, and constantly enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness and security.
It is understood that in 2023, the Red Cross Society of Huanxian County will actively participate in the work of "three rescues and three contributions", distribute disaster relief materials to flood-stricken areas, and urgently purchase 42,000 meters of drought-resistant water pipes; Vigorously promote the "five advances" of emergency ambulance training, successively go deep into enterprises, government agencies, schools (parks), and carry out ambulance training for 2,774 people in 38 phases, 8,143 people in 15 phases of popular training, 2,774 first-aid kits, 2,774 ambulance training materials, and 8,143 emergency ambulance popularization books; The coverage of humanitarian care and assistance has been continuously expanded, and 50,000 yuan of funds from the fraternity to send 10,000 families have been used to purchase rice, flour, oil and other daily necessities to provide livelihood assistance to 180 families in need; It has successively raised 1.5242 million yuan to fund 5 schools, implemented student assistance for 92 students with family difficulties, and successively carried out 3 square publicity on "World Red Cross Day", "World Blood Donation Day" and "Organ Donor Day", compiled 3,000 brochures and 10,000 leaflets, realized more than 900 unpaid blood donations, and registered 289 people for hematopoietic stem cells, remains and human organ donations; The public welfare fundraising has achieved remarkable results, and a total of 6.942 million yuan of public welfare materials and funds have been raised.
Liang Juan, vice president of the Red Cross Society of Huanxian County, said that they will make full use of the Red Cross propaganda points for the practice of civilization in the new era, carry out theme publicity and volunteer service activities, widely disseminate the values, humanistic spirit and moral pursuit of the Red Cross Movement, publicize the advanced models and dynamic results of the county Red Cross, spread positive energy, show a new image, and effectively enhance the social influence of the Red Cross work.