Dongfeng Cummins: sowing sunshine for children

On May 12, 2008, the Sichuan Wenchuan earthquake brought endless pain to the Wenchuan people. At the same time as disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction of their homes, the mental health of survivors has received great attention. A large number of psychological workers have provided psychological counseling for survivors. This shows that people’s assistance to vulnerable groups is no longer limited to the material level, and psychological assistance has also become one of their important contents. Recently, the "Heart Sunshine" group, composed of members of the Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co., Ltd. Public Interest Committee and volunteers, once again came to two mountain primary schools subordinate to Baokang County in Hubei Province to visit poor students who had been subsidized before and took on with the students. Face to face communication and exchange. On the Children's Day of the Children’s Day, the caring and sincere blessings of Dongfeng Cummins volunteers illuminated the children’s hearts like the bright sunshine of early summer.

Focus on children's spiritual needs

It is understood that as early as 2004, the Dongfeng Cummins Public Welfare Committee began to donate to poor students in dozens of primary schools in Baokang County, subsidizing the study and living of these children and graduating from junior high school. Only last fall and this spring, the Public Welfare Committee organized a call for employees to donate 135,000 grants, 4,000 books and supporting facilities, and 350 sets of desks and chairs to impoverished students and schools. While providing poor students with the help they can and solving their lives and learning difficulties, paying attention to their spiritual needs and guiding their healthy growth is an important part of Dongfeng Cummins's "Soul of the Heart" action.

During the lunch with the children, members of the charity committee and the children had a relaxed and comfortable conversation about their study and life. They asked them carefully about the joy and confusion in their lives. They also asked their children's wishes to be interested. topic. In many cases, material donations are often limited to school supplies, which of course can guarantee the most basic needs of poor students. However, poor students are still children, and their lively and playful nature will not be extinguished by poverty. Therefore, when the children hope to get a basketball that can be played with small partners after class, or if they want a beautiful and beautiful Barbie doll that is often seen on TV, the volunteers feel very understandable and say that they will do so as soon as possible. Help them achieve these desires.

Communication, closer to each other's hearts

When talking about the need for regular face-to-face interaction with aided children, Wen Chao, chairman of the Dongfeng Cummins Community Charity Commission, said: Most of these aided children lack healthy families, and they are also in relatively poor economic conditions. It is easy for them to have good personalities. The formation of obstacles, these are often manifested as low self-esteem, emotional fragility, psychological closure and so on. The volunteers communicate with each other face-to-face and communicate with each other, so they can close each other's distances and open their closed hearts, walk out of their own world, live in harmony with everyone, live happily, and learn happily.

It is also true that long-term communication has established a trusting relationship between the child and the donor. When they saw the donation of their uncles and aunts, the children seemed to be happy and happy, and the children who did not appear were a bit disappointed. With the enthusiastic development of the topic, the children became more and more active and showed a childishness.

“All we do is to help children have a happy future. The material requirements are easier to meet, and spiritual help and guidance are more difficult to do, but if you do it with your heart, it may help your child and help. They feel better the warmth and love of the society and open up their hearts, for example, this time, the children are very happy, and afterwards they wrote a letter to their donors, and everyone also wrote back.The whole process, everyone remembered I feel very satisfied and very happy. This sense of happiness is even more impressive and lasting than the sense of achievement brought by cash and material donations.” Volunteer Li Xingang was very pleased to talk about the children's small moves.

Charity, calling for more psychological care

With the development of society, more and more companies are committed to returning to society and taking on more social responsibilities while developing themselves. The Sichuan earthquake has also made Chinese citizens’ public awareness into a higher level - from The donation of money and goods in kind turned to the psychological and emotional needs of vulnerable groups. This trend is also affecting the public welfare undertakings in China as a whole.

Good communication and communication with vulnerable groups can deepen their inner world, relieve their psychological pressure, and eliminate their psychological obstacles. This is exactly the original intention of Dongfeng Cummins' “Soul of the Heart” action. Seemingly simple, but behind it has a deeper meaning: effective listening and counseling, comfort, not only ease the psychological pressure of vulnerable groups, but also help them better face life and adapt to society. This has an irreplaceable role in promoting social harmony, promoting the healthy development of social charity donations, and improving the living conditions of poor and difficult groups, alleviating social conflicts and enhancing social cohesion.

“It is precisely based on this understanding that Dongfeng Cummins hopes to build a bridge of communication and interaction with grantees and jointly promote the rapid and good development of community philanthropy.” Wen Chao said, “Compared to the entire society, one enterprise and one The strength of people is undoubtedly meager. We hope that more volunteers will join us. It will not be empty talk if we work together to build a harmonious society."