文稿:平民
照片:佚夫、陈安生
视频:Susan
翻译:Cecilia
编辑:佚夫
新西兰报原创
2020年由于疫情的肆虐让所有人都变得特别艰辛，尤其是对于弱势群体，也因此变的更加困难。对于奥克兰位于南区偏远地方的贫困村”奥塔拉食村”更是一个严峻的考验。
The year 2020 has been particularly difficult for everyone due to the epidemic, especially for the less fortunate. This is especially true for the “Otara Village”, a poor village in a remote part of Auckland’s South End.
这个”村″主要是由年长的老人和贫困的弱势群体组成。由于这个地区以贫困著称，因此经常引起一些善长人翁的关注，不定时的为他们赠送食品。正因这样，当地政府于一年前便成立了慈善机构称之为”奥塔拉食村”。然而，这个慈善机构也同样的引起了新西兰华人华社的关注。
This “village” is made up of mainly elderly and disadvantaged people. Because of the area’s reputation for poverty, it often attracts the attention of the kindness people who give food to them from time to time. This is why a year ago the local board set up a charity called “Otara Kai Village”. However, this charity has also attracted the attention of the Chinese community in New Zealand.
还有两天就马上要圣诞节了，今天一大早 ，pakuranga华人协会洪本立会长和副会长赵华、财务黄慧芳、理事盛嘉勋等已准备了一车的食物送给贫困村。而爱心人士陈安生也不约而同的带上七箱面包食物等赶到了贫困村设立的”咖啡店”现场，以尽微薄之力为他们送上温暧，让他们能在这个圣诞节过得好一些。
《新西兰报》记者曹正加也闻讯赶到了现场。当”奥塔拉食村”的两位负责人看到了华人送来这么多的食物时，都非常的激动，连声谢谢。记者看到，这些食品到来时，货架里存货已不多了。见到华人送来的土豆、胡萝卜、洋葱、大白菜，南瓜、水果、罐头、吞那鱼、茄汁黄豆罐头、面包、饼干等食品，大家马上也忙了起来，一下子货架丰富起来。
With two days to go before Christmas, early this morning, the President of the Pakuranga Chinese Association, Mr Hong Ben Li, Vice President Mr Zhao Hua, Treasurer Ms Huang Huifang and Board Member Mr Sheng Jiaxun prepared a truckload of food for the poor village. Ansheng Chen also brought seven boxes of bread and food to the “coffee shop” and set up in the poor village; within a small effort to bring them some warmth and make them feel better this Christmas.
New Zealand newspaper reporter Cao Zhengjia was also on hand. When the two people in charge of the Otara Kai Village saw the amount of food delivered by the Chinese, they were very excited and thanked them. The reporter saw that the shelves was almost empty before the food arrived. Later on, the staff filling all the shelves with potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, pumpkins, fruit, tinned food, tuna, tinned soy beans in aubergine sauce, bread and biscuits.
记者访问了”奥塔拉食村”的负责人，她说:”这次疫情对我们打击很大，这个地区的居民因为临近机场，在这个区域有很多居民在机场工作。然而在疫情的影响下，很多人丢掉了在机场的工作，因为基本没有飞机往来于机场。这一批人因为没有其他可以用来谋生的技能，所以没有办法重新在找到一份工作。我们现在做的这件事情（The Otara Kai Village）,我们并不想把自己称作“Food bank”，因为有些时候寻求他人帮助是一件很难以启齿的事情，所以后来我们的大门是对这个地区所有的人敞开的。当他们来取走食物的时候，这种方式，可以让取走食物的人不会感到那么难为情。而且我们相信所有来拿取食物的人都是真正需要那些食物的人。当然政府也对我们也作了最大力度的工资补贴，让他们觉得并没有太难过”。
“We are working so hard under the epidemic, as many people living close to the airport area as they worked at the airport before they failed of jobs. Cause no flight and the airport almost shut down.” said the director of the Otara Kai Village. As those group of people have no other skills that they can use to earn a living, so they have no way of finding a job again. What we do now (The Otara Kai Village), we don’t want to call ourselves a ‘food bank’ because sometimes it’s difficult to ask for help. So we opened the door to welcome all the people in the area. By the way, we hope people do not felt embarrassing when they took the food. And we believe that all the people who come and take the food are the ones who really need it. And of course the government also subsidises our wages to the maximum, so they don’t feel too bad”.
当记问及洪会长是怎么发现这地方和对他们的支助有什么计划时。洪会长说:”我们协会在疫情期间通过市政府的相关人士李永杰了解到了这个地方有很多需要帮助的人。然后在三个月前，我们决定动员我们的会员每个人出一份力，对他们进行援助。现在圣诞节临近，我们希望这里的人也可以度过一个美好的圣诞节，所以又组织了这一次的捐赠。而且我们在接下来也有长期援助这个社区的计划。在疫情期间，我们的会员在两天內捐赠了18000多纽币和1900纽币联合其它社团购救护车给St John。所以我们的会员们是十分有爱心而且非常愿意对陷入困境的人们伸出援手的″。
我们非常欣慰我们华人有这种爱心与胸怀，对有需要的当地人爱的奉献。他们对当地人的捐助不仅仅是驰援的意义，更是拉近与本地人的距离，加深两者之间友谊的一个体现。我们衷心希望疫情尽快过去，民生灰复正常。人间充满大爱，世界一片和谐。
When the reporter asked how he found the place and what his plans were for supporting them, he said, “We are very happy to be here. President Hong said, “We found out about the place and many people need help during the epidemic through Li Yongjie, from the municipality. Then three months ago we decided to mobilise each of our members to make a contribution to assist them. Christmas is coming, we hope that the people here will also have a good Christmas, so we organised this donation again. We also have long-term plans to support the community in the future. During the epidemic, our members donated over N$18,000 and $1900 with other communities to buy an ambulance for St John. So our members are very caring and willing to give a helping hand to the people in need.
We are very pleased that we Chinese have such a warm heart to help the local people in need. Their donations to the locals are not only a sign of solidarity, but also a sign of friendship between them and the locals. We sincerely hope that the epidemic will pass and everyone back to normal life. The world will be a harmonious place when people are filled with love.
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