There are 349 students in six teaching classes in Xinmi West Street junior middle school in Henan Province, which is particularly different. They come from xiahezhuang primary school. Why do they study on the junior middle school campus? Let’s start with the torrential rain in Henan this year.

Since July 20, many places in Henan have suffered continuous and rare heavy rainfall, especially in Zhengzhou. Under the rainstorm, xiazhuanghe primary school suffered heavy losses. Heavy rainfall caused a large area of embankment breach in Xiazhuang section of Shuanghe River, and the river washed into the campus with sediment and stones. The sludge in the campus was up to 30 cm thick. Combined with the immersion of flood, the foundation of the teaching building gradually sank from north to south, and the 1832 square meter building became a class D dangerous building.

The classroom of xiazhuanghe primary school soaked by the flood also has a thick layer of dry silt

After the disaster, Kong Dongmei, chairman of Dongrun public welfare foundation, urgently contacted the education bureau where the Henan project was located, donated 1 million yuan to Henan Charity Federation at the first time, and then donated 5 million yuan through China Charity Federation for primary and secondary schools damaged by floods in Zhengzhou and Xinxiang to carry out post disaster reconstruction and repair.

A cordon has been set up around the teaching building of xiazhuanghe primary school

After receiving the allocated charity money, xiazhuanghe primary school purchased teaching equipment such as desks and stools, office desks and chairs, computers and so on before the start of school. With the coordination of the local education bureau, the whole school was moved to West Street junior middle school to implement boarding management. This is the scene at the beginning of the article.

“On the Rainstorm Day, my daughter less than one year old and I were trapped at home. Later, we were picked up by a forklift.” Referring to the rainstorm on that day, Mu Caihong, a teacher of xiazhuanghe primary school, is still worried. Now, she still takes her children to stay in school.

The second junior middle school in Dake Town, Xinmi City is also one of the schools seriously affected. On the evening of July 20, the flood rushed into the playground and campus, resulting in the collapse of the school wall, serious damage to the football field, cracks in the toilet wall and sinking of the foundation.

The playground of No. 2 junior middle school in Daye town soaked by flood

How thick is the mud? Guo Tianlong, a ninth grader of the school, told reporters that he and his classmates went to the school to clean up the sludge. It took two weeks to clean up the campus.

“We must keep this trust and make good use of every sum of money!” Zhang Yingwei, the principal of No. 2 junior middle school in Dake Town, Xinmi City, said excitedly that in order to ensure the normal start of school, the school has repaired the fences, playground and other places with charity funds, and the damaged software facilities will be replaced in the next step.

According to the Henan Charity Federation, the 6 million yuan donated by Dongrun public welfare foundation has been fully allocated to 19 primary and secondary schools in Zhengzhou and Xinxiang. “The love of charitable organizations and the attention of the society are the pressure and our driving force.” The relevant person in charge of Henan Charity Federation said that every donation received by charity organizations is the embodiment of deep friendship. Only by using every penny on the blade can we live up to trust.

it happens that there is a similar case. In October this year, after the flood in Shanxi, Dongrun public welfare foundation made an emergency donation of 5 million yuan to rush to aid Shanxi’s flood control, disaster relief and post disaster reconstruction. Whenever a disaster happens, Dongrun public welfare foundation can always rush to help in time. What does it rely on?

According to Li Hong, the project leader of Dongrun public welfare foundation, Dongrun public welfare foundation has always been responsible for carrying forward the spirit of public welfare and disaster relief. It has always paid high attention to emergencies, especially the humanistic care for teenagers and the practical help direction in learning and life in emergencies such as anti epidemic and disaster relief. The foundation has established an emergency response mechanism. Once there is an emergency, the foundation quickly establishes a working group led by the chairman to quickly grasp the dynamics of the disaster and make a plan. After the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, Dongrun public welfare foundation has invested a total of 50million yuan to establish the “Dongrun special fund for fighting the epidemic, medical security and children’s education”.

Li Hong said that Dongrun foundation has supervision over every donation, from early project establishment to fund allocation, and then to the use of each fund. The foundation also has a sound financial system and audit system to ensure the safe and efficient use of each donation.

As a national non-public foundation in charge of the Ministry of civil affairs, Dongrun public welfare foundation takes promoting the spirit of public welfare and helping the cultivation of national scientific talents as its own responsibility. It provides disaster relief, poverty alleviation and grants, focuses on improving the living and learning conditions of teenagers in economically underdeveloped areas, continues to pay attention to children’s preschool education and youth education in poor areas, and widely carries out public welfare activities to help poor students.

Chairman Kong Dongmei and students of Kezhou No. 1 middle school were photographed in September 2019

Over the past six years, Dongrun public welfare foundation has carried 18 projects such as “Qiu Chengtong Science Award” and “Dongrun sailing scholarship” into many counties and cities across the country, with a journey of nearly 100000 kilometers, benefiting more than 50000 children in more than 2000 schools. In the first half of this year, the foundation implemented the “spring warming plan” and “Dongrun sailing scholarship” projects in Lushan County, Jiaxian County, Sheqi County, Zhenping county, Taiqian County, Queshan county and Xinxian County, Henan Province, benefiting nearly 7000 primary and secondary school students, with a subsidy of more than 8 million yuan.

Kong Dongmei believes that child protection and child education do not exist alone, but occur in various events and situations. In major events such as anti epidemic and disaster relief, Dongrun public welfare foundation paid attention to children and education for the first time. She also hopes to work with all public welfare people to make public welfare a way of life.

In September this year, the 11th China Charity Award recognition conference was held in Beijing. With the “Dongrun special fund for fighting the epidemic, medical care and children’s education” project and its outstanding contributions to the charity field of fighting the COVID-19 epidemic, Dongrun public welfare foundation won the highest honor in China’s charity circle - “China Charity Award”.