[Commentary] On the afternoon of May 6, the Guangzhou Foreign Volunteers Exchange Meeting was held at Guangzhou Tianhe Liede Social Engineering Service Station. 25 volunteers from 15 countries including the United States, Angola, France, Ghana, Italy, and India were invited to participate , Which also includes two French volunteer families.
25 volunteers introduced themselves one by one, some of them came to Guangzhou for a few months, and some lived in this city for 20 years, and they also set up a family here, but without exception, from all over the world In recent months, people with different skin colors have invested in volunteer services to fight the epidemic in Guangzhou.
[Same period] American volunteers' poetry
Volunteers in China I see that their work is very positive, and they treat us very enthusiastically, through the inspiration they give me, they give us so much, I also want to give back some contributions to this society.
[Commentary] The poem is from the United States. He came to China with his parents 20 years ago. As a self-media person, she likes to record every bit of life and share, but because of the epidemic, her recorded content has changed a lot. She began to use a foreigner's perspective to record all aspects of Guangzhou during the epidemic and share it with various places. Audience.
[Commentary] And also using his own social media to disseminate information, there is also the host of this exchange meeting, Romeo is Italian, has also been in Guangzhou for 14 years, in the past few months, he continuously Surprised by the reality different from other countries.
[Same period] Italian volunteer Romeo
For example, I was particularly surprised that basically after the outbreak, every day I received text messages, I actively sent text messages to remind us what to do and not to do. This thing has never happened abroad, so I want to ( (Guangzhou people) They studied. Later, I did not return to my country and it was also a wise choice, because now abroad is also more serious.
[Commentary] These foreigners living in Guangzhou not only become volunteers, but also contribute their enthusiasm and friendliness in Guangzhou. At the same time, they also become disseminators of information, spreading China's prevention and control measures and ideas to other countries. People understand, learn from and learn from.
[Same period] Italian volunteer Romeo
(European countries) Ordinary people simply do n’t know who they want to listen to, they have to believe what is true and what is fake, so at that time I felt that I had to take responsibility, and I wanted to tell them what perfection is in Guangzhou, China. How to do it, so at that time I started to communicate with them on foreign social platforms and tell stories. That was my first live broadcast on a foreign social platform, mainly to tell them that we succeeded, we are succeeding, Which path are we taking and why do you not study hard.
[Same period] American volunteers' poetry
Because I found that there are a lot of misunderstandings between China and the United States. I hope that through my voice, I can give the West some correct and objective information, because now as an American who grew up in China, I am very sad. To some incorrect information, so this is also one of my motivations.
[Commentary] On the same day, these foreign volunteers were also awarded the honorary title of "Guangzhou Community Friendship Envoy".
Reporter Wang Qingran reports from Guangzhou
Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]