China News Service, April 9th, according to the European version of the WeChat public account of the European Times. Recently, a 94-year-old grandmother from Taicang City, Jiangsu Province, China launched a five-generation family to Macerata, Italy. 10,800 masks were donated to help them respond to the emergency of the new crown epidemic.
The Italian Cronache Maceratesi website reported on the 5th that Macerata and Taicang signed a letter of intent for friendly exchange cities in 2016, forming a friendship city. Over the years, the two cities have carried out many exchange activities. The donation activity was initiated by the football cultural exchange organization "Via Soccer", which has facilitated football exchanges between the two cities on many occasions. Su, who is in charge of material transportation, said that since the donation began, Taicang citizens have participated actively.
Grandma Lu, who had received children from Macerata during the cultural exchange event, mobilized the five generations of the family to find masks. Finally, the family donated 10,800.
Grandma Lu is 94 years old. In her yard, she is also planting a tree of friendship symbolizing the friendship between the two countries. Romano Carancini, the mayor of Macerata, also attended the tree planting ceremony.
Su, who is in charge of transportation of materials, said: "Grandma Lu is very worried about the Italian epidemic and has been asking about whether the masks have arrived. Affected by the epidemic, there are very few freighter flights. It was very difficult to transport the masks, but we finally did it."
In addition to Grandma Lu's family donating a large number of masks, Taicang citizen Ms. Yang also donated 8,000 masks. She said that there are no people she knows in the Marche region, and she donated masks just to help Italian friends.
This time, "Via Soccer" raised a total of 95,000 masks in Taicang City. On April 6, all masks arrived in Italy and were being delivered to Macerata. The person in charge of the organization said: "These masks are as precious as gold. Some people even go to places more than 4,000 kilometers away in order to find supplies. For the Chinese, helping others is like a family matter. There are more than 100 people for this time. Of the transportation coordination for more than a week. "