72-year-old sanitation worker donates 10,000 yuan anonymously to typhoon-stricken areas: I just want to make a contribution silently.
Affected by Typhoon Likima, a serious flood disaster occurred in Ningguo City, Anhui Province recently, and more than 110,000 people were affected. After the disaster, there was a warm heart scene: on August 14th, the office of Ningguo Municipal People’s Government received five "registered letters", each containing 2,000 yuan, a total of 10,000 yuan in donations, all of which were signed "Zhufeng Town Pingyi". Immediately, the local authorities started a spontaneous relay to find the anonymous donor. With the exposure of anonymous’s true identity, the donor who moved Ningguo has moved China.
Who is he?
Five anonymous donation letters triggered a search for good people in the city.
Affected by typhoon "Lichima", flash floods broke out in many places in Ningguo, Anhui Province recently, and roads were destroyed and houses collapsed, causing more than 110,000 people to be affected. After the disaster, at 4: 00 pm on August 14th, the office of Ningguo Municipal People’s Government received five registered letters: each envelope contained 2,000 yuan, totaling 10,000 yuan, all signed as "Zhufeng Town Pingyi".
The staff of the Ningguo People’s Government Office told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter: "The letter is anonymous and there is no indication of the purpose of the money, but we speculate that it should be a donation." After the news of anonymous donation was exposed, it attracted the attention of local netizens. Everyone forwarded the tracing message one after another, wondering who the donor named "Zhufeng Town Pingyi" was, and even more wanting to know the story behind the anonymous donor.
"We immediately found the post office where the letter was sent through the postmark." The staff said that they learned from the surveillance video of Ningguo East Post Hall that the letter was sent on August 13th, and the sender was an old man with the words "Ningguo Sanitation" printed on his clothes.
"Everyone attaches great importance to this matter and immediately entrusts us to find someone." The relevant staff of Ningguo Urban Management Law Enforcement Bureau told the reporter of Beiqing Daily that because the surveillance video was relatively clear, the Environmental Sanitation Department immediately organized the heads of various companies to identify and basically confirmed the identity of the elderly. The old man named Le Jinmei, 72 years old, lives in Hongjiata Village, Wayaopu Village, Zhufeng Street, and is a sanitation worker.
found it
Old people are usually very frugal, and their families are sick and embarrassed.
When the Urban Management Law Enforcement Bureau initially determined that the old man who donated money was Le Jinmei, Director Li of the Civilization Office of Zhufeng Sub-district Office visited the house. "He is an ordinary sanitation worker, his family is not rich, and his walls are all rough and cement."
On August 16th, the reporter of Beiqing Daily contacted Le Fazhi, the son of Le Jinmei, an old man who donated money. "My father took advantage of his family to donate10,000 yuan, and the family only knew about it after seeing the tracing information in the circle of friends." Le Fazhi said that although he confirmed that it was his father at the first sight when he saw the video, he still couldn’t believe it. "He didn’t admit that he donated money at first. I asked again and again before he told me that the money was donated to the villagers affected by the typhoon."
"When I first learned the news of my father’s donation, my family didn’t quite understand it." Le Fazhi said frankly, "The family’s economic situation is not very good, and 10,000 yuan is not a small amount for us." Le Fazhi told the reporter of Beiqing Daily that his father had been a sanitation worker for more than ten years. "He had been farming at home before, and later, because he was too old to do farm work, he began to work as a sanitation worker to support his family." According to Le Fazhi, my father’s monthly salary and meal allowance add up to only 2,065 yuan. "He is reluctant to spend money himself at ordinary times, and he can carry it when he is sick. The money saved should be saved."
Talking about the recent situation at home, Le Fazhi said: "The family has not been calm recently and spent a lot of money." His mother broke her hand when she fell last year, and his wife was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma at the beginning of this year. The treatment has cost about 150,000 yuan. When the reporter of Beiqing Daily contacted Le Fazhi, he was working in a chicken farm. "I went out to work at 9 o’clock last night, and I couldn’t go home all night. Our family are farmers and earn hard money." When talking about his wife’s follow-up treatment expenses, Le Fazhi said: "The current economic situation can still be sustained. Let’s take it one step at a time."
Too touched
I just want to make a silent contribution. The donation has been used for disaster relief.
Although the father donated money behind his family’s back, the old man’s explanation afterwards convinced him to be happy. In 1991, Le Fazhi’s family was flooded. With the help of all walks of life, the collapsed river bank in the village was rebuilt, and every household received rice distributed by the government. "Our family weathered the storm with the help of everyone. My father is old and always wants to make some contributions to society."
Le Fazhi said that when the typhoon hit, my father learned about the collapse of houses in the mountains through TV, and many people lost contact because of the flood. "Compared with the people affected by the disaster, although our family has poor economic conditions, at least the whole family is together, and my father wants to do his little to help them." Le Fazhi also told the reporter, "Zhufeng Town is the place name here, because it needs to be signed when sending a letter, so he improvised ‘ Pingyi ’ This fake name. "
When it comes to this father’s donation, Le Fazhi is not surprised when he thinks about it. "This is not the first time my father has done good deeds. In the 1980s, my father donated money to Shuguang Primary School in the village to help the school transform its teaching facilities. In the early 1990 s, the Fangkengwu Group repaired the bridge, and the poor father also donated more than 200 yuan. " For his father’s repeated donations, Le Fazhi said that he only learned after listening to others. "My father quietly donated without telling us."
"This time, he is the same. He just wants to do something for the people affected by the disaster and doesn’t want others to know." Le Fazhi told the reporter of Beiqing Daily that Le Jinmei did not expect that everyone would find him through the monitoring of the post office. "My father is very embarrassed now. He never thought that doing this would have such a big impact."
The relevant staff of the Ningguo People’s Government Office said that at present, donations from the elderly have been donated to charitable associations for local disaster relief work.
Text/reporter Zhang Ya Intern reporter Zhao Yihan
Co-ordination/Chi Haibo