Stand with China｜硬核捐赠！广以老师跨国助力武汉
防护服、口罩、手套、医用湿巾……今天上午，一批从以色列寄出的医疗防护物资顺利送达武汉市第三医院。这批物资由广东以色列理工学院外籍教师全额捐赠，饱含中以友谊、师生之情。
学生网上求助，老师跨国响应
“我妈妈所在的武汉市第三医院（同仁医院）首义院区被征用为新冠肺炎定点医院，她明天要上一线。目前N95口罩、防护服不足，请愿意提供物品的人联系我。”2月14日晚，广东以色列理工学院18级于博文同学在网上发了一条“物资告急”求助。其时，武汉防疫形势十分严峻。这个消息立即得到许多广以学生、家长以及老师的转发。
远在以色列的一位老师看到后，迅速将其转发到大群里。这个群的成员都是目前人在以色列的广以老师们。“我们能不能发起募捐，捐赠物资给这个医院？”这一倡议立即得到热烈响应，短短几个小时，便募集到了4600美元（约合31900元人民币）。
资金有了，但如何在总人口只有800多万的以色列采购到一批与武汉一线需求匹配的医疗防护物资呢？况且海外采购还面临着清关、物流等一系列问题。身在国外的老师们分工合作，有的协助将需求翻译成英文、希伯来文；有的多途径、多渠道搜寻防护服、口罩、手套、医用湿巾；有的提前了解物流政策。与此同时，一场“接力”也在广以校园内进行：加速办理境外物资捐赠意向书，申报捐赠物资免征进口税等手续。
我们都是这个星球的一份子
实验室助教Roni Cohen表示，新冠病毒的爆发导致全球的医疗防护设备紧缺、昂贵，我们的采购过程充满挑战。“感谢GTIIT给力的同事，我们最后成功找到了可以提供所需设备的供应商。”
在大家的共同努力下，2月27日，这批物资顺利从以色列寄出。
广东以色列理工学院副总干事、运营部总监Eran Gal-Or表示，目前中国抗疫狙击战正处于关键阶段，虽然我们能提供的帮助有限，但仍希望借此机会，向处在疫情中心的湖北人民，特别是我们的湖北学生和老师表示支持。“我们都是这个星球的一份子。”教授化学工程原理2M课程的Alon Dolev 表示：“疫情发生后，我一直牵挂着中国学生们。希望一切尽快好起来，期待不久之后就可以见到大家。”
感谢你们给予的信心和力量
“那么多人都愿意伸出手来帮忙，我在武汉，我也应该做点什么。”发出物资告急信息后，于博文在武汉家中的生活变得更加忙碌——除日常抗疫外，还要对接来自熟悉的、不熟悉的人们从各地寄来的爱心物资。期间，他还去社区参加志愿者服务，协助分发蔬菜。
于博文协助送菜上门
于博文的妈妈付葵是武汉市第三医院的一名麻醉医生。疫情爆发之后，其所在的医院被征用为发热定点医院，她被调往发热门诊，负责对门诊病人进行诊断排查，疑似和确诊的病人收住院。其他发热病人排查后去相关专科医院就诊，同时还负责咽拭子核酸采样检测等工作。“每班4小时，3个医生，平均接诊60-70个病人。穿上防护服，戴上口罩和护目镜，我的角色就从母亲转换成防疫一线的医务人员！”
于博文妈妈全副武装
当得知儿子所在学校的老师们从以色列募集物资时，付医生激动地表示：非常感恩万里之遥的捐赠。“我们感受到了每一件物品背后满满的情意和爱。感谢你们给予的支持和力量，我们会乘着风，划破疫情的浪，看到回归生活的曙光！”
于博文和妈妈
A batch of medical supplies sent from Israel arrived at Wuhan No.3 Hospital this Sunday as support for protecting against the outbreak of coronavirus. The medical equipment, donated by GTIIT foreign faculty, includes protective gear, face masks, medical gloves, and wipes.
Online help request received cross-board support
"Wuhan No.3 Hospital, the place that my mother works for, has been requisitioned as a designated hospital for COVID-19. She will work on the front line to battle the epidemic tomorrow. Since there is a lack of medical protective equipment, if you are willing to donate N95 masks and protective gear, please contact me." Yu Bowen, a sophomore of GTIIT from Wuhan posted this message on WeChat Moment on the evening of Feb 14. Many GTIIT students and even their parents helped to forward this message on their WeChat.
The message was picked up and shared to a WeChat group of GTIIT faculty and staff who are currently in Israel. An campaign to raise money for Wuhan No.3 Hospital was launched and within hours, 4600USD was collected.
But how to purchase proper medical protection in Israel? Moreover, difficulties such as customs clearance and shipping influenced the process of overseas procurement. To solve these problems, the group members divided their duties: some translated the request messages into English and Hebrew; some sought and purchased medical equipment such as protective gear, face masks, medical gloves, and medical wipes; others familiarized the logistics policy in advanced in case of need. At the same time, GTIITers in Shantou also contributed to this process, by coordinating with Wuhan Charity Federation with donation willingness and following up the tax exemption procedures for import donation.
We are all just human beings together on earth
"Purchasing equipment was a challenge because these types of medical protective equipment became very rare and expensive due to the outbreak of coronavirus plague," said Roni Cohen, Lab Tutor of GTIIT. She added, "thanks to the wonderful people of GTIIT, we managed to find suppliers that could provide the required equipment."
With the joint efforts of GTIITers, a shipment was sent from Israel on Feb 27.
"We realized that our contribution is modest within the context of the current situation, but we still wanted to show our solidarity to the people in Hubei that are still struggling in the heart of this crisis and in particular to show support for our students and faculty from there who have gone through some testing times," said Eran Gal-Or, Deputy General Director of GTIIT. Alon Dolev, who teaches the course on Principles of Chemical Engineering 2M said, "in the last few weeks I think a lot about my Chinese students. I realized we are all just human beings together on earth. I pray and hope for the best...and to meet again soon."
Thank you for your support
Yu Bowen also wanted to do something especially when he realized that there are many people stay by them. After posting the message on WeChat, his life became busier than ever. He helped to deliver equipment coordinating with people from around the world and volunteered for vegetables distribution service.
Yu Bowen volunteered for vegetables distribution service
Yu Bowen's mother Fu Kui works in Wuhan No.3 Hospital as an anesthesiologist. The hospital was requisitioned as a fever designated hospital due to the epidemic outbreak. Dr. Fu was then transferred to a fever clinic and responsible for coronavirus detection. Suspected and confirmed patients will be admitted to Wuhan No.3 Hospital while others will be suggested to the Specialist Hospital for treatment. She also helped with nucleic acid sampling and testing of throat swabs. "We work for 4 hours per shift in a team of three doctors, receiving around 60-70 patients in average." Dressed with protective gear, mask and medical glasses, I told myself, "I am not only a mother but also a frontline medical staff."
Yo Bowen's mother well prepared for frontline battle
Knowing that the faculty of GTIIT, where her son studies, purchased medical supplies from Israel, Dr. Fu was moved and said, "thank you for your gift to Wuhan No. 3 Hospital. We really appreciate your kindness. I firmly belief we will eventually win this battle."
Yu Bowen and his mother
文：GTIIT传媒与公共事务部
图：由受访者提供
Text by GTIIT News & Public Affairs
Photos provided by interviewees