Alimu (R) and staff members carry the relief materials in Urumqi Airport on April 22, 2013. (Photo/Xinhua) |
Edited and translated by Wang Xin, People' Daily Online.
Alimu is a street food seller in southwest China's Guizhou province. He has help more than 100 poor students to continue their studies, so people kindly called him the "grassroots philanthropist".
After learning the deadly earthquake that jolted Lushan country, Alimu and other Xinjiang-based businessmen sent 2,000 pancakes, 3,000 boxes of convenient foods and drinking water as well as other relief materials to the quake-hit zone from Urumqi on April 22.
He said the relief materials will be distributed to rescuers and people in the quake-hit areas for free.
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(2013.4.13-4.19)