Chapter 746: Great Sentiments
Although Johannesburg is known as the 'City of Gold', there is actually an invisible disparity between the rich and the poor under the prosperous background.
To what extent is the disparity between the rich and the poor, that is, when you walk on the streets of Johannesburg, you can completely feel that you are in some developed Western country, because all aspects of the construction of the urban area, entertainment, food, accommodation, etc., are of a very high level, and of course, the price is also very 'level'.
If you don't go to the slums and dangerous neighborhoods and volunteer to meet the people there, you won't be able to appreciate the staggering disparity between the rich and the poor.
There are people who are rich enough to rival the country, and there are also people who are poor and can't open the pot for three meals.
The rich generally live in the city, eat the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, live in bungalows and villas, go out with luxury cars, and even carry bodyguards with them, or for safety, or for pretending to be 13, and the poor are not only excluded by the society, but also have no place to live and work, and even the people in the city reject them, and over time the poor people slowly gather together, forming a poor people's own life circle - slums.
Tonship is the name of the 'Johannesburg' slum, and almost every city has one or several plots of land for refugees from their own country or other African countries, where the living conditions are extremely difficult, the people who live there are abandoned, and the only people willing to contact them are church missionaries and volunteers from all over the world.
Compared with the words and deeds of the missionaries, volunteers are obviously more popular with the people in the slums, because volunteers will bring a lot of things to them, basically covering all aspects of life, so whenever volunteers come here, people will rush from all directions, those who are sick will find volunteers to see a doctor and get medicine, those who are hungry will find volunteers to ask for food, those who are thirsty will find volunteers to ask for water, and when they are cold, they will find volunteers to ask for clothes, in the eyes of the people in the slums, volunteers will 'do anything'.
"The environment here is very poor, the road is not easy to walk, you should put on your mask!" Mi Xue introduced the situation of the slum with Ding Hao and Song Qian as she walked, and it can be seen from her speech that she knows everything about the slum, according to them, they will basically come to the slum once every three days to see what the people here need, for example, if someone is sick, they have to give them medical treatment and medicine.
Michelle and her friends have been volunteering here for nine months, and they usually stay in one place for a year and then go elsewhere to continue the same work, and when they leave, the organization sends another group of volunteers to take their place.
In other words, Mi Xue will stay here for at least three months, which is consistent with Ding Hao's mission cycle.
"Michelle, what did you do before?"
"I work at the 'Huaxia Kingdom' and 'Beijing' Local Taxation Bureau!"
"Local Taxation Bureau?" Song Qian showed a surprised expression and asked, "You have been here for a year, and your unit is willing to approve such a long vacation?"
"I quit my job two years ago!"
"Isn't it?"
"Yes, volunteer work often requires running around, which is very time-consuming, and I can't take care of both sides of the work, so I quit my original job and concentrate on volunteering!" Mi Xue said disapprovingly, but Song Qian and Ding Hao were very surprised.
The Local Taxation Bureau, that's a very good job, not to mention the high salary, the extra income is also very amazing, how many people dream of going in, but Michelle actually put such a good job and didn't come to such a place where birds don't as a volunteer?
Is it sick?
"That's how you love volunteering?"
"Yes, I like this job very much, although the original work unit is good, but the work is too boring, I want to do something meaningful while I am young!"
"But that's too much to pay, isn't it?"
"It depends on what you think, in my opinion, volunteers bring me far more than a national civil servant, and as a volunteer, I can gain a lot of things that ordinary people can't!"
"What is it?" Song Qian asked curiously.
"A happy and contented smile, and a sense of accomplishment!"
Michelle's words may be general, but anyone who has volunteered may feel the same way.
Volunteers themselves are 'voluntary', and many of the things they do are unpaid, sometimes even backwards, but they have no regrets.
"Many people here, like me, have given up their original good jobs to join the ranks of volunteers, as long as we sincerely pay, we can always get full rewards, even if it is just a thank you, it is worth it!"
"I admire your noble sentiments!" Ding Hao smiled and gave Mi Xue a thumbs up, although they didn't know what kind of person called 'Mi Xue' needed to use so many people from the 'Hidden Dragon' to protect, but just for her volunteer sentiments, she was worthy of the protection of the 'Hidden Dragon'.
Of course, the person whom Fu Yuanhang appointed Ding Hao to protect, would her identity be ordinary? Ding Hao didn't think so.
"Everyone is here to volunteer, so don't say anything like that!" Mi Xue said with a smile.
"What do you usually do?" Ding Hao asked.
"In addition to being a volunteer teacher in the school, the rest of the time is spent with my friends helping the poor here!"
"The environment here is so bad, aren't you afraid?"
"At first, it was actually a little, but after doing it for a long time, I realized that these people are actually very pitiful, and they are all very good, only because of the different living circumstances, so that people from the outside world have a strange look at them, in fact, they should enjoy the same human rights and freedoms as us!" said Michelle.
"It's a pity that this world has never been fair!" Ding Hao said.
"You're right, that's why we're going to do everything we can to help them and help them change their living environment as much as we can!"
"The 'slums' are so big, and there are so many people, isn't it too thin to rely on your strength alone?"
"It's really just a small effort, so we've been pulling sponsors everywhere!"
"Pull sponsorship?"
"That's right, get sponsorship from local businessmen, entrepreneurs, and trade unions, hoping that they can get some money to help the people here, for the people here, any little help is a relief in the snow, but it's a pity ......" Mi Xue shook her head and smiled bitterly.
"What a pity?"
"It's a pity that there are so few people willing to support us, and those businessmen and entrepreneurs who hear that we are volunteers will avoid us for various reasons, and some even sweep us away!"
"And that kind of thing?"
"This is actually human nature, we are used to it!"
"Then these things in our hands are ......"
"It's all transferred from other places, the number is very limited, and it's only sent once a month, as you said, there are too many people here, and this living material is a drop in the bucket, and we can't take everyone into account!"
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There are many people, few things, and the obvious supply exceeds demand, which makes Michelle very powerless.
"Our funds are very limited, and we need money in every place, so we will ask for sponsorship from local businessmen and entrepreneurs everywhere we go, but unfortunately with little success, and there are very few people who are willing to lend a hand, and many times we take our own money to buy things!"
This is still a very great sentiment, which moved Ding Hao and Song Qian very much.
Of course, society is such a reality, and whether the rich are willing to support it or not is their heart.
"Isad and I will go to their house in Crewe, and we'll meet in the open space after delivering our things!"
"Okay, be careful!" the two companions parted ways with Michelle and them, and as Ding Hao and them slowly went deeper into the 'slum', different emotions slowly surged into Ding Hao's heart......
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