Since the beginning of October, 37 rivers in Shanxi Province have been flooded due to continuous heavy rainfall, causing serious floods and geological disasters. Up to now, 1.75 million people in Shanxi Province have been affected, 120,000 people have been urgently relocated, 2.85 million mu of crops have been affected, more than 17,000 houses have collapsed, and the direct economic losses have reached more than 5 billion yuan.
In order to help the people in the disaster area rebuild their homes and resume production as soon as possible, the Handan District Charity Federation of Handan City, Hebei Province, issued a "Fundraising Proposal" to all sectors of society, calling on caring people to join the Shanxi flood relief action. At the same time, it quickly launched a public fundraising project for the flood disaster relief in Shanxi on the Alipay public welfare platform and Tencent public welfare platform, and the project has reached more than 600,000 yuan under the extensive attention and strong support of the majority of netizens and people from all walks of life.
At the same time as the fundraising activities were launched, the Handan District Charity Federation quickly contacted the Shanxi Charity Federation, the local government of Linfen, Yuncheng, the Charity Federation and other units, and obtained the true and accurate disaster situation and specific material needs in the disaster area.
Shanxi is located on the Loess Plateau, and this rainstorm and autumn flood not only cause flood disasters in many places, but also accompanied by geological disasters such as landslides and mudslides, as well as multiple disasters such as cooling and frost. In particular, the rural areas along the Fenhe River have been particularly seriously affected, hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland have been soaked in water, a large number of people have been relocated and resettled, and the temperature has been lower for days, the weather is cold, and a large number of drainage tools and cold and warm materials are urgently needed on the front line of the disaster.
With the strong support of the Handan District Government and the District Civil Affairs Bureau, under the strong leadership and scientific dispatch of the leaders of the District Charity Federation, and after intense and full investigation, the Handan District Charity Federation quickly launched the emergency budget and procurement procedures for materials, and purchased the funds raised into urgently needed pumps, cotton coats and other materials in the disaster area, and rushed to the disaster area to urgently aid the disaster area. Due to the impact of heavy precipitation and geological disasters in successive days, many national and provincial highways connecting the disaster areas collapsed and blocked, and in order to ensure the safe arrival of materials in the disaster areas, the leaders of the District Charity Federation personally came to the front line of the "battle" in the disaster areas to command. At present, four batches of 3,000 cotton coats and 235 pumps of aid materials have been sent to Yuncheng and Linfen in Shanxi to help the local people return to normal life as soon as possible. The supply of follow-up supplies will be supported to the best of our ability according to the needs of the frontline.
In the face of catastrophes and calamities, the people on both sides of Taihang watched over each other and helped each other to overcome the difficulties together. The actions of the philanthropists in Handan racing against the clock to help and march toward danger fully embody the unity and national feelings of the people of Hebei and Jin in the face of disasters and difficulties. In this Shanxi disaster relief, Handan philanthropists gave full play to the advantages of their own business capabilities and the modern management level of the team to keep pace with the times, successfully raised a large amount of charity funds in a relatively short period of time, and timely mobilized multiple social resources to cheer for flood prevention and rescue, post-disaster recovery and other work in the disaster area, which fully reflected the social responsibility and responsibility of a professional charitable organization.
According to the "Charity Public Welfare News" reporter, since the Handan District Charity Federation obtained the public fundraising qualification in mid-June this year, it has launched a number of disaster relief, medical assistance, poverty alleviation, and student assistance charity fundraising projects. In the field of emergency relief, after the "7.19" Henan flood, the charity federation has successively carried out the "flood relief, rush to henan", "Central Plains brothers, hand in hand to fight floods" and "love to help, love Henan" Internet public fundraising project. In the fields of medical assistance, poverty alleviation and education assistance, the Handan District Charity Federation has successively launched projects such as "Caring for Families Poor Caused by Illness", "Dream of Students from Families with Sick And Difficulties", "Call for Help from Blood Cancer Patients", "Families with Serious Illnesses Who Are Difficult to Save Themselves" and so on. The efforts and struggles of the Handan District Charity Federation for charity have been well received by all sectors of society, and in 2020, it was rated as "AAA-level Chinese Charity Organization" by the Civil Affairs Department of Hebei Province; In August 2021, it was listed as a high-quality public welfare partner by Alipay Charity and Sina Micro Charity; In September, it won the title of "Excellent Charity Organization of Handan City" issued by the Handan Civil Affairs Bureau.