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According to Zita Tomilinienė, director of the Pregnancy Crisis Center, the appreciation of the Taiwanese population to the center came as a pleasant surprise.
Since 2013, the center has been collecting donations on an international donation platform. globalgiving.org, but it became so popular for the first time.
“As I understand it, a famous Taiwanese figure found our center on the donation platform and started encouraging people to donate money as a thank you to Lithuania for vaccines. She started the campaign and we only found out when she emailed us.
As far as I know, the campaign became quite popular in Taiwan: people were invited to donate on social media, during television shows, ”says the director of the Pregnancy Crisis Center of Taiwanese gratitude.
Photo from 123RF.com / Pregnant woman with older child
According to Z.Tomilinienė, the amount of money donated to the center reaches more than 100 thousand. USD (about 84 thousand euros).
This is a very significant support for the activities of the organization.
Donate to sick children
It was not just the Pregnancy Crisis Center that attracted the attention and support of the Taiwanese population.
Justina Žukauskienė, director of the charity and support fund “Mamu unija” for children with cancer diseases, says she was very surprised to see the number of victims. globalgiving.org platform.
“Every month, we receive approximately $ 300 (approximately $ 250) in donations through this platform. And now, when I checked, about 50 thousand” fell “last month. USD (approximately 42 thousand euros).
For us, this is an incredibly large amount. I’m still in shock. We can send children to Switzerland for treatment with that money, we can allocate funds to our Family Home, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Center, because we still don’t have all the equipment, ”says J.Žukauskienė, an unexpected victim.
Photo of “Mother’s Union” / “Mother’s Union” celebrates its anniversary
Another fund for the care of children with cancer diseases, Rugutė, has also attracted the attention of Taiwanese residents and monetary donations.
Edita Abrukauskienė, director of the foundation, counts the generously sacrificed victims that she did not know until she received globalgiving.org a letter from representatives of an amazing activity in Taiwan.
Soon after, the representative from Taiwan also contacted the fund, who explained that this is how Lithuania would like to be thanked for donated vaccines.
“In a preliminary way, in the last weeks we have received more than 20 thousand from Taiwan. Euro victims. It was very unexpected for us. After all, Lithuania donated vaccines to Ukraine and other countries, but we really did not feel so much feedback and kindness about our shoulders.
The people of Taiwan have made a truly incredible gesture, which means a lot to us. A man from Taiwan who contacted us wrote in a letter that we would now have friends there. This is very nice ”, says the director of Rugutė.
Photo from personal archive / Edita Abrukauskiene
A generous response for a major sacrifice
Matas Maldeikis, head of the group of parliamentary relations of the Seimas with the Republic of China (Taiwan), highlights that 20 thousand. the donated vaccines became a very important gift to Taiwan.
“Taiwan has coped well with the spread of the coronavirus at the beginning of the pandemic. Perhaps that is why there was no rush to order vaccines. At the same time, it began developing its own vaccine and hoped to be able to use it soon, but testing and validation took time.
With the outbreak of a new outbreak, only about 3 percent were vaccinated in Taiwan. population. China has taken advantage of the vaccine shortage. It began offering Sinovac vaccines to Taiwan, which it considers its separatist province. However, Taiwanese consider this proposal a “deadly kiss” and see China’s aspirations to further link Taiwan with China for such “generosity,” Maldeikis explains.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Matas Maldeikis
The MP says he sees parallels in this behavior with China’s Sputnik V vaccine offered by Russia.
Maldeikis says that almost the transactions between the Taiwanese government and Modernos from the US, AstraZeneca from the UK and BioNTech from Germany have been suspended and ultimately blocked due to Chinese intervention.
“China is doing everything possible to isolate Taiwan diplomatically and is doing everything in its power to ensure that this country does not even have the right to participate in the WHO as an observer.” Now he is preventing Taiwanese people from receiving vital vaccines in every way. The acquisition is hampered even by private companies or individuals.
We are the third country after the United States and Japan to donate vaccines. The number of donated vaccines is not large: Taiwan has a population of 23 million. However, it is a gesture of friendship and support that, in the general context of the blockade, acquires tremendous moral value.
The Chinese have a saying: the gift is easy, but friendship matters. That is why it is so important to them and their response is so generous, ”says M. Maldeikis.
It is a gesture of friendship and support that acquires great moral value in the general context of the blockade.
Thank you on social media
Many Taiwanese people are leaving messages of support on the Crisis Pregnancy Center Facebook account on the Crisis Pregnancy Center social network.
In the comments, people thank Lithuania for vaccines, send their wishes and say that they are looking forward to visiting our country.
“We love you, Lithuania. It is an eternal friendship and it is better to be dead than red”, writes in English the commentator, who has received more than 200 trusts, in the account of the Crisis Pregnancy Center.
In addition, a sensitive video is being spread on social media, in which Taiwanese residents thank Lithuania in Lithuanian.
“We hope to get to know each other’s cultures better,” says the Taiwanese people in the video.
VIDEO: Taiwanese thank Lithuania for sending coronavirus vaccines
Sooner The President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, thanked Lithuania.
“The people and governments of Taiwan and Lithuania are working together to combat the pandemic and we will continue to expand the partnership based on a common belief in freedom and democracy,” Tsai Ing-wen said on Twitter.
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