China News Service, July 6th, according to the WeChat public account of the "Africa Overseas Chinese Weekly", a few days ago, in order to help the Botswana overseas Chinese who suffered serious losses due to the fire in late June, "the fire is ruthless, the folks love", the Botswana Shandong Chamber of Commerce The donation ceremony of the affected villagers was held at the chamber of commerce office. Ding Yanyu, President of the Botswana Shandong Chamber of Commerce, Honorary President of the Botswana Shandong Chamber of Commerce, Nan Gengxu, President of the China Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association of the Botswana and the Chinese Charity Foundation, Song Lihua, Vice President of the Shandong Chamber of Commerce, Zhang Bo, Vice President Zhang Bo, and Yu Chenglong , Li Huajun attended.
Ding Yanyu said in his speech that he was very pleased to see that the overseas Chinese from Shandong took active actions and donated money to help the affected overseas Chinese to rejuvenate. This shows the spirit of fraternity that Qilu's children are in need, and also fully demonstrates the generous donation, willingness to take responsibility and the spirit of the Chinese people in Bobo.
On behalf of Botswana China Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association and Chinese Charity Foundation, Nan Gengxu expressed condolences to the disaster-stricken overseas Chinese, and expressed that the United Reunion would donate 5,000 Pula condolences to each affected merchant, hoping to help the disaster-stricken overseas Chinese to overcome the difficulties and revitalize the flag. drum.
Nan Gengxu said that in the past two decades, there have been several large and small fires in Bo, which involved many Chinese people, causing great losses to Chinese people and overseas Chinese. Fires are like tigers. Although they do not happen frequently, they are extremely devastating. Not only can they cause financial losses, they can even endanger lives. He called on the overseas Chinese in Bo to learn lessons, especially in the winter when dry, they should be more vigilant, remove flammable fire sources in a timely manner, and usually do fire prevention measures in accordance with rules and regulations. The overseas Chinese have been operating and developing in Botswana for a long time, and they must not be lucky, raise awareness of prevention, and prevent accidents before they happen to prevent similar incidents from happening again.
On behalf of the disaster-stricken overseas Chinese, Yu Chenglong thanked the Shandong Chamber of Commerce, the Bohua Charity Foundation, and the overseas Chinese who traveled to Bo for their assistance, which gave them the opportunity and motivation to stand up again. He said that he must learn this painful lesson, pay attention to preventing fires in the future, observe laws and conduct business in accordance with the law.
Song Lihua and Zhang Bo, vice presidents of the Shandong Chamber of Commerce, introduced some basic knowledge about applying for fire insurance in Bo and the work done by the Shandong Chamber of Commerce for fundraising after the incident. It is reported that there are a total of 41 registered directors or individuals in the Shandong Chamber of Commerce. A total of 38 participants participated in the event.
In late June, five Chinese shops near the Botswana long-distance bus station caught fire and suffered heavy losses, and millions of goods were burned out. After being informed, the Shandong Chamber of Commerce and other overseas Chinese groups convened an emergency meeting to initiate a charitable initiative in WeChat group to donate to the affected overseas Chinese.