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Love Assistance in Expo Shanghai Construction Site
Date:12/06/2008

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At the distant Construction Site of Expo Shanghai, there're also many workers from Sichuan quake-hit region. After the Sichuan Wenchuan Earthquake, some had lost contact with their family members and relatives, houses of some workers are destroyed and relatives of some worker are victimized. When difficulties arise in one place, aid comes from everywhere. The builders of World Expo from Sichuan become the focus of us. It is a common action for Expo people to attend love and care to victims not in the quake-hit areas.

After the Earthquake, construction headquarter office of Expo Shanghai Project immediately contacts each construction project departments to make clear of how many number of workers with household registration in Sichuan and status of damage to them for all construction projects. "World Expo Village (Section A), there are 48 workers from Sichuan: 48 of them are affected by the quake; houses of 6 workers are collapsed, houses for other 42 workers are subject to damage to different extents. For Rail Transport 13 Station at the Expo Site, there are 38 workers from Sichuan; two of them are affected by the quake; one of them lost his family members; and family members of one worker are injured. For the Performance Center, there are 40 workers, 40 of them are affected by the quake, houses of 7 workers are collapsed and houses of 33 workers are subject to damage......" It is reported from statistics that there are total of 900 workers working on the construction site of Expo Shanghai and 189 workers are affected by the powerful earthquake, among which one migrant worker lost his family, family members of two workers are injured and houses of another 187 workers are collapsed or seriously damaged. According to a staff of project department of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, "After we get the information timely, we actively organize to condole with the affected workers and assist them to get connected with their family and provide assistance to them as much as practical. At present, related department already organizes some seriously affected worker to go back home safely."

Blood is thicker than water; assistance is from neighborhood watches and unity is strength. A network woven by love and care connects each construction site of the Expo Site Project to console heart of 900 workers from the quake-hit areas. At the completion of basement structure, Expo Center project department is actively organizing staff to donate money to quake victims to extend our care and warm. Expo Village, Expo Boulevard, Dapu Road Tunnel, and Rail Track No. 13 station projects also donate pension and phone card to affected worker and try our best to help them reconstruct their home.

There're many Sichuan workers engaged in "World Expo Section III of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau" project. After the earthquake, they are worried about their family very much. Project department leaders timely organize people to assist them to get connected with their family. After they knew everything is fine, they all continue to devote themselves in construction of Shanghai. We are deeply moved by the Sichuan workers. Our staff also organizes a special donation spontaneously in addition to the donation to the quake-hit areas, i.e., a special donation for Sichuan workers who still bravely continue to work although their hometown is destroyed. From the donation, we give our special care and love to those workers. One of affected worker said, "We are worried about our hometown and we want to go home, but we don't know how to help them if we go home. We really appreciate your care and attention. From TV program, we know people all around the world are helping our hometown. So we stay here and continue to work hard. I think that is what we can do to reward the society, and that is the biggest support to reconstruction of our hometown."

Assistance and love from Expo Shanghai to Sichuan quake-hit areas are continued although the distance is several thousands kilo meters away.