Yiwu Charity Associations Cover All 13 Towns and Streets |
| Date Added: December 21, 2009 06:40:50 AM |
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| After two year's preparation, Yiwu Charity Associations of all 13 towns and streets finally come into being. balance valveFrom now on, people in straitened circumstances in Yiwu can go straight to the charity agencies of town governments or street offices to apply for charity relief. Charity Associations Flow control valvebecome a relief platform It is reported that, Yiwu has a strong economy though; it has a considerable number of people struggling in financial difficulties. At present, the city has more than 40,000 disabled people, more than 8,000 households with minimum subsistence guaranteed, more than 1,800 people with serious diseases, and more than 140 poor college students annually. In addition, there are more than 50 patients with leukaemia and more than 140 patients with uremia. Therefore, the city started the preparation of setting up Charity Associations in 13 towns and streets 2 years ago, with a purpose of building a platform for future charity subsistence and collection of relief fund in towns and streets. The president of Yiwu Charity Federation Gong Huiwu introduced that the establishment of Charity Associations of towns and streets enables them to contact the masses much more closely, understand the difficult situations at the grassroots level much more clearly and concretely, pick out needy people much more accurately and timely, so as to enhance the public credibility of Charity Associations. |