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Lishui charity association receives 21.88m yuan donation

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated : Feb 11, 2020 L M S

According to the municipal charity association of Lishui in East China's Zhejiang province, charity organizations of all counties (cities and districts) of the city had received a total of 21.88 million yuan ($3.13 million) in donations by Feb 7.

At present, more than 20,000 masks bought by the charity association have been donated to the city's novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) epidemic prevention and control headquarters.

Since the NCP outbreak, Liu Xinshui, head of the Yiwu-Lishui chamber of commerce, has been helping Lishui charity association contact manufacturers in Yiwu to buy masks. But because of transport restrictions, Liu has to ask his friends in Yiwu to drive the masks to Lishui.

"As long as the masks go where they are needed, we will overcome all the difficulties have to overcome," Liu said.

People from all walks of life are contributing to Lishui's anti-epidemic efforts. Mengniu Dairy Group donated 7,065 items of Mengniu milk worth 300,000 yuan to the municipal charity association. The logistics company will voluntarily distribute them to first-line medical personnel as nutritional supplements for the public.

"As soon as we receive donations, we will use the money to buy anti-epidemic materials such as masks to support the medical workers and staff who are fighting the epidemic, and the people in severely affected areas," said a person in charge of the municipal charity association.

Many Lishui enterprises have also contributed to the front line of the epidemic. For example, Nice Group donated 10 million yuan to the China Charity Federation through the municipal charity association, with the money being used to support the medical workers fighting the epidemic and related epidemic prevention and control research.