Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Plea for help - car crash victims

Terrible business. 

Two very real problems here in China.  Firstly that the roads aren't that safe, what with unpredictable pedestrians, cyclists, buses, trucks, no-one wearing seatbelts, and vehicles built like the volvos of yesteryear (tanks not crumple zones).  Secondly that seemingly the national health system can't provide medical costs relating to life support for this young child.

I think this sort of plea is quite common here.  Could be because there are scams.  Could be because there are a lot of tragic things that happen in China.  Could be the lack of health & safety regulation.  Could be because with a billion people, anything and everything happens every day.  Anyway, coming via my choir, I imagine this is a very real request for help, for a not insignificant sum of money.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: IFC Shanghai <ifcshanghai@yahoo.com>
Date: Nov 13, 2006 3:08 PM
Subject: Fwd: [ifcbeijing] Please help an IFC member in need
To: IFC Shanghai <ifcshanghai@yahoo.com>



（中文请见下）

Dear IFC,

Li Yuxia, one of our sopranos, recently had a tragedy in her family
and is in dire need of financial support. We would like to call for
help of any form and magnitude among the greater IFC community.

In a car accident in early October, Li Yuxia's father was killed,
her brother and sister-in-law seriously injured and her 6-year-old
nephew left in a coma, from which he has still not waken up. With
her mother already retired and living on 1000 RMB per month, and her
nephew's parents both unable to work for at least 6 months, Li Yuxia
is now the sole wage earner in the family. She has been desperately
searching for ways to provide the 50,000 RMB per month for her
nephew's ICU and related treatment, which has complete depleted her
brother's family's savings. She herself is in the final year of her
Ph.D. studies at Peking University, which she does not want to give
up but may be forced to in order to start working full time.

So let's sing in our hearts a requiem for the dead and think in our
minds about what we can do to help the living. Cash donations would
be much appreciated, as would any advice/recommendations on how to
obtain funds, or perhaps suggestions of work opportunities (Li Yuxia
is researching English Literature and has perfect spoken/written
English). Please contact me to offer help: kholahan@wesleyan or 1350
100 1426.

Thank you very much!

亲爱的IFC同志们：

李玉霞（女高）不久前家庭遭遇不幸，现在迫切需要帮助，请IFC各位伸出援助之手。

事故总是会发生，甚至我们身边最亲的人也不放过。十一期间，李玉霞的父亲与兄嫂一
家外出，不幸遇到车祸，父亲当场身亡，兄嫂重伤，至少半年内均无法工作，而李玉霞6
岁的侄子重度昏迷，至今尚未苏醒。现在全家的收入就只有李玉霞母亲每月1000块的退
休金，兄嫂家只有很少的积蓄，对于小侄子每月5万圆左右的重症监护病房费及其它治疗
费用来说，只是�shy;水车薪。兄嫂基本上有医疗保险，而小侄子的治疗费用就全落在李玉
霞的身上了。她本人现在仍在北大读博，尽管不想就此休学，但很可能必须放弃，才能
找一个全职工作挣钱。

那么让我们心中唱着悼念死者的挽歌，脑中想想怎样帮助还活着的人吧。任何形式的帮
助都将感激不尽，不管是捐钱，还是有什么可能会有用的信息，请联系我 - 邮件:
kholahan@wesleyan.edu，或电话1350 100 1426。

多谢大家！！
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Melissa Gronemeyer 
IFC Shanghai
Membership Secretary


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