"Our used clothes will be their new ones."
From Sep 15 to Sep 30, Hangzhou Yuhang Christian Church launch a campaign called "2016 Used Clothing Donation".The clothes donated in the campaign will help the brothers and sisters of a church in Nujiang, Yunan so they can get through the coming winter.
"Maybe we don't have enough money to establish a school, raise a family or change the economic condition of a territory, but we are able to stop some people from suffering from cold. The power is not huge but strong, and the clothes are not new but they are filled with love. "It is the brothers and sisters of a church in Nujiang, Yunan who will get help from this campaign.
As the church staff explained, this church is called Tongdang Church which is located on the hillside near Myanmar where the altitude is above 2500 meters will be the recipients of this aid. The lives of most of the brothers and sisters are also difficult. Also, some refugees coming back mainland from Myanmar have a difficulty in living for they can't get government subsidies without registered permanent residence.
In the first half of this year, some staff of Yuhang Church paid a visit to the church. At that time, the church was short of money, so Yuhang Church did something to help. One of these staff shared, "The lives of the brothers and sisters of Tongdang Church is so difficult that when I heard of the name of Tongdang (pawning buckets) for the first time,I thought if it meant this region was so poor that they had to pawn their buckets. "
As you could see, this region badly needs help.
It is understood that it is the fourth year after the completion of the new hall of Yuhang Church, and they have just paid off the money used to build the new hall. However, the churches in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are still rich, so they want to help the churches in the poor regions. The church staff said the Yuhang Church formed a helping partnership with a church in Gansu, paid a visit and helped a church in Inner Mongolia and started helping this church in Yunnan last year." Last year at the same time, the Church started mobilizing brothers and sisters to donate clothes to help them get through the coming winter."
According to the notice, the campaign will be held on the first floor in the Multi-functional Building of Yuhang Church. The clothes wanted are cotton coat and trousers with more than 80% new for both children and adults, "the clothes for adults can also be used for children", and there is a special reminder: "no summer clothes."
