Yau Tsim Mong District is a place where ethnic minorities mainly live. Among the 18 districts, Yau Tsim Mong has the most subdivided housing units.
In order to help ethnic minorities and grassroots families, Kowloon Lok Sin Tong and Yau Tsim Mong District Office started the "Home Anti-epidemic Support Project" on the 4th of this month, providing material support to the diagnosed ethnic minorities and subdivided housing households, including halal food, In the three weeks since the launch of the plan, a total of 897 families with confirmed cases have sought help, and a total of 2,547 people have benefited.
The kits contain food, rapid test kits, disinfection items, and safety medicine kits for adults and children. We hope to provide timely assistance to families who have been diagnosed and quarantined when they are most in need.
(Photo provided by Le Shan Tang)
Yau Tsim Mong District Commissioner Yu Kin-keung said that ethnic minorities pay less attention to anti-epidemic information and are relatively in short supply in terms of supplies.
The "Home Anti-epidemic Support Program" has contacted different ethnic groups in the district to cooperate. When a confirmed case of ethnic minorities asks for help, a group that knows their language can understand their needs. They will be reminded of the latest epidemic prevention information so that ethnic minorities can receive the most appropriate support.
Liu Aishi, director general of Le Shan Tang, said that the team hopes to "help one to get one" amid the epidemic. Some members have sent supplies to a family of seven at the grass-roots level, and a family of four has been diagnosed with a tenement case, and there are also two families. After the family is diagnosed, the whole family needs to be isolated, and material support is desperately needed. Therefore, Leshantang sent staff to deliver food, rapid test kits, and safety medicine kits for adults and children, hoping to provide timely assistance when the grassroots diagnosed households need it most. .
The "Home-based Anti-epidemic Support Scheme" was launched in Yau Tsim Mong District for three weeks. The company sponsored the supplies, and with the assistance of the Yau Tsim Mong District Office, the network identified those who needed to be diagnosed, and then the staff of Lok Sin Tong contacted the diagnosed minority. Descendants and grassroots families sent supplies from house to house.
The project has so far assisted 203 households with 812 confirmed ethnic minority families and 694 households with 1,735 confirmed subdivided or grassroots families living in Yau Tsim Mong.
The plan will continue until the 31st of this month. Families who are diagnosed with material needs can call 6592 1344 for assistance.
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