巴拿马地震赈灾：华人协会两车物资送灾区，华人面包店送出两千袋面包
巴拿马南部10月9日发生7.5级地震后，科克莱省华人协会与华人商户连日向灾区送水送粮：在佩诺诺梅经营六家面包店20年的华人商户Luo Weiqiao关店备货，向当地医院送出约2000袋面包。
新华社10月11日报道说，这场地震震中位于洛斯桑托斯省Tonosí西北约39公里处，巴拿马政府次日宣布进入紧急状态，各地设立收集中心，接收饮用水、食品和其他物资，送往受灾最重的省份。
在受灾省份中，定居巴拿马的华人社区参与了捐赠协调，并把食品和生活必需品分发给受灾居民。
佩诺诺梅市长Robin Kam对新华社表示，华人协会从紧急状态的第一天起就提供了支持。
科克莱省华人协会会长Liu Zhizhen介绍，地震后协会与地方当局协调，已经捐出两皮卡车的饮用水、饼干、牛奶、纸尿裤和其他物资，并计划继续捐赠。这批物资一部分由协会购置，一部分由华人社区成员自愿捐出。
Liu Zhizhen说，协会按灾区需要采购物资再送过去。他还表示，互助也来自华人商户和居民的个人行动，一些人把自己店里的商品送到医院和社区，分给邻居。
在巴拿马生活20年、经营六家面包店的华人商户Luo Weiqiao组织员工备餐，主要送往佩诺诺梅的Aquilino Tejeira医院。他介绍，第一天他们分发了800多份面包，之后关掉店面筹集物资，备齐约2000袋面包和600至700瓶矿泉水。
Luo Weiqiao说：「在这里生活了这么多年，人对这个地方有了感情。我已经把自己算作半个巴拿马人。」他表示，会按社区的需要继续提供帮助。
另据巴拿马《La Prensa》10月16日报道，中国驻巴拿马使馆10月15日向巴拿马消防局捐赠一批物资，包括食品、生活必需品、帐篷、手电筒、电池、毛毯和床单，供应科克莱、埃雷拉、洛斯桑托斯和贝拉瓜斯四省的区域消防站。大使Zhang Xiangyan表示，救护车、太阳能板、帐篷、食品和饮用水等援助已经并将继续通过当地华人社区渠道送往重灾区，国家民防系统、消防局和多个受灾社区都是受助对象。
来源：新华社、《La Prensa》
Panama Earthquake Relief: Chinese Association Sends Truckloads of Supplies as Bakery Owner Gives Away 2,000 Bags of Bread
After a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck southern Panama on October 9, the Chinese association and Chinese merchants in Coclé Province spent days delivering water and food to disaster areas: Luo Weiqiao, a Chinese merchant who has run six bakeries in Penonomé for 20 years, closed his shops to prepare supplies and sent about 2,000 bags of bread to a local hospital.
Xinhua reported on October 11 that the quake's epicentre was about 39 kilometres northwest of Tonosí in Los Santos Province. The Panamanian government declared a state of emergency the following day, and collection centres were set up to gather drinking water, food and other supplies for the hardest-hit provinces.
Members of Panama's resident Chinese community joined the relief effort, coordinating donations and distributing food and daily necessities to affected residents.
Robin Kam, mayor of the district of Penonomé, told Xinhua that the Chinese Association had provided support from the first day of the emergency.
Liu Zhizhen, president of the Chinese Association of Coclé Province, said the association coordinated with local authorities after the quake and had already donated two pickup truckloads of drinking water, biscuits, milk, diapers and other supplies, with further deliveries planned. The supplies were bought by the association or donated voluntarily by members of the Chinese community.
Liu said the association bought supplies according to local needs and delivered them to the affected areas. He added that help also came from individual Chinese merchants and residents, some of whom took goods from their own businesses to hospitals and communities to hand out to neighbours.
Luo Weiqiao, who has lived in Panama for 20 years and runs six bakeries, organised his staff to prepare food, mainly for the Aquilino Tejeira Hospital in Penonomé. On the first day they handed out more than 800 portions of bread; afterwards they closed the shops to gather supplies, assembling about 2,000 bags of bread and between 600 and 700 bottles of mineral water.
"After so many years living here, you grow fond of the place. I already consider myself half Panamanian," Luo said, adding that he would keep helping according to the communities' needs.
Separately, Panama's La Prensa reported on October 16 that the Chinese Embassy in Panama donated supplies to the country's fire service on October 15, including food, daily necessities, tents, flashlights, batteries, blankets and sheets, for the regional stations in Coclé, Herrera, Los Santos and Veraguas. Ambassador Zhang Xiangyan said ambulances, solar panels, tents, food and drinking water had been and would continue to be delivered to the worst-hit areas through local Chinese community channels, with the national civil protection agency Sinaproc, the fire service and several affected communities among the recipients.
Source: Xinhua, La Prensa
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