加州桂籍侨胞募得近8万美元善款 赴广西横州灾区助学帮扶
据中新网10月15日报道，广西横州遭遇特大洪水以来，在美国加州的桂籍侨胞闻讯自发募款，近日将近8万美元善款转至广西华侨爱心基金会，用于当地灾后重建与助学帮扶。美国大唐会馆创会会长梁兴栋、美国加州广西同乡联谊会副会长郑绍红，代表加州多个侨社团数百名捐款的桂籍侨胞，专程奔赴横州灾区，开展助学帮扶和灾后重建走访慰问。
在横州罗村小学，代表团成员将慰问品逐一送到10名受助学生手中，询问孩子们的学习情况、家庭近况和目前面临的困难。郑绍红介绍，这次捐赠全部由华侨人士自发组织、自愿募集，为让每一份爱心被看见，侨胞们还特意制作了一面「捐款签名爱心墙」，将捐赠给广西侨联侨史馆保存。
代表团还与横州市委统战部副部长、侨办主任刘晓宇等当地负责人座谈，了解助学资金发放程序、受灾家庭走访帮扶以及危房修缮重建的推进情况，并沿途考察了灾后房屋修缮和校园恢复重建点位。梁兴栋在与受助学生交流时寄语，把眼前的困难化作学习的动力，用知识改变命运。
（据中国新闻网10月15日报道）
California's Guangxi Natives Raise Nearly $80,000 for Flood Relief and Students in Hengzhou
California-based natives of Guangxi raised nearly $80,000 for flood relief in Hengzhou, Guangxi, and recently transferred the funds to the Guangxi Overseas Chinese Love Foundation for post-disaster reconstruction and student aid, China News Service reported on October 15. Liang Xingdong, founding president of the U.S. Datang Association, and Zheng Shaohong, vice president of the California Guangxi Association, traveled to Hengzhou on behalf of hundreds of donors from several California overseas-Chinese groups to visit affected families and students.
At Luocun Primary School in Hengzhou, the delegation handed supplies to 10 aided students and asked about their studies, families and current difficulties. Zheng said the drive was organized spontaneously and voluntarily by overseas Chinese donors, who also created a "donation signature wall" that will be donated to the Guangxi federation of returned overseas Chinese's history museum for preservation.
The delegation also met with local officials, including Liu Xiaoyu, deputy head of the Hengzhou municipal United Front Work Department and director of its overseas Chinese affairs office, to review how student aid is distributed, how affected families are being visited and assisted, and how damaged homes are being repaired or rebuilt, and toured reconstruction sites for homes and schools. Liang encouraged the students to turn present hardship into motivation to study.
(Source: China News Service, October 15)
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