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Written by: Lao Minyi
2020-03-10 00:00
Last updated: 2020-03-10 00:13Under the haze of the epidemic, the whole city was "hard to find" at the beginning of this year. Many companies have announced the production of "made in Hong Kong" masks, alleviating the suffering of the people. The social enterprise "masHker Local Good Mask" starts at 1 pm today (10th). "Buy two and donate one" pre-sale masks, that is, citizens buy three boxes of masks for 248 yuan, one of which will be donated to the patient group. The founding team believes that the mask needs of many chronically ill patients are easily overlooked, and hopes to encourage citizens to help themselves in the epidemic through the spirit of "Pay It Forward".
Social enterprises "masHker Local Good Masks" will start selling masks "buy two and donate one" or "buy four and donate two" at 1 pm today. (Photo by Liang Pengwei)
248 yuan "Buy two and donate one" Up to "Buy four and donate two"
At the beginning of this year, the price of the harbor hood has been constantly high, and the citizens are eager to line up in the early hours for "purchasing" at a reasonable price. Four young men in their 80s and 90s who are currently starting or have been engaged in medical-related social enterprises and enterprises have created the "masHker Local Good Hood". Today, 20,000 online funds will be distributed online to pre-sell their local manufacturing. Masks, successful people can only choose 248 yuan "buy two and donate one" (then buy two boxes, donate an extra box) or 496 yuan "buy four and donate two" (then buy four boxes and donate two extra boxes), on average RMB 2.4 per mask.
Each box will have 51 masks. The purpose is to inherit the spirit of "+1 sharing" and remind the public to give an extra mask to those in need around them.
Click here to enter the registration website or enter the URL: https://mashker.noq.com.hk/
Denis said that the need for masks for chronically ill patients is often overlooked, and he hopes to donate masks to them. (Photo by Liang Pengwei)
One of the founders, Denis, said that many people with disabilities and chronically ill patients can't line up long masks. The pain of their masks is often ignored, so the first group of beneficiaries will be 48 patient groups. Another founder, Wing, described this time the operation mode of the factory combining social enterprises, hoping to work with non-governmental organizations and business organizations to form an ecosystem to help each other and deal with current social problems. "Under the hearts of people, The people have lost confidence and hope in Hong Kong, and hope that public confidence can be restored this time. " Facing the lack of masks and the inability to respond to the epidemic, the team hopes to provide material and psychological support through this charity pre-sale.
Yuan Shaolin said that during the epidemic, many chronically ill patients reduced their going out and the amount of exercise was greatly reduced, affecting their physical and mental health. (Photo by Liang Pengwei)
Yuan Shaolin, chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance of Patient Organizations, said that the new crown virus is easy to pass from person to person, and some experts even estimated that 800 invisible patients have a latent community. Some patients even reported that they went out three times to buy daily necessities and food on the 20th. They were afraid to be afraid, depressed, and afraid of being affected by the epidemic, so they were encouraged by the donation of social enterprise masks.
In addition, social enterprises will employ 20 people with disabilities to assist the daily production and operation of the mask factory. Hong Kong Rehabilitation Force Director-General Zhao Liji said that there are about 580,000 disabled people in Hong Kong, accounting for about 8% of the total population of Hong Kong, and it is even more difficult to find a job in the epidemic. In the future, people with disabilities involved in the production of masks will receive training and main assistance in the packaging process.
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"MasHker Local Good Mask" will produce disposable three-layer filter protective medical masks, which comply with EN 14683 Type II medical mask standards. The bacterial filtration rate is more than 99%, which effectively blocks the penetration of bacteria. .
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