Shanghai Daily news
Residents donate money for the tsunami-hit regions of
Southeast Asia in Xujiahui yesterday. The city's civil affair authorities
have established coordinating offices for public donations to the relief
efforts.
Cheng Jinhu, a migrant worker from Anhui Province, took three buses to
reach the Shanghai Red Cross on Sunday.
Why? He wanted to donate his monthly
salary of 1,000 yuan (US$120) to the survivors of the Indian Ocean earthquake
and subsequent tsunamis.
"In 1991 we survived a flood because of the
generosity of others," said the 41-year-old. "Now it's time for us to repay
their kindness."
Hundreds of others have spent time over the holiday to
donate money, said the official with the Red Cross. Old men, unemployed women,
primary school students and others all came to give.
"I'm bearing not only a
son, but also a loving heart for him," said a pregnant woman who donated 2,000
yuan.
Since December 30 when the local Red Cross began accepting donations,
more than 600,000 yuan has been collected. Only cash donations are accepted.