【和通社纽约讯 记者刘闻益】 2020年12月18日，世界和谐基金会（WHF）、全美拉丁裔商会（NASLCC）和数家中国公司在纽约肯尼迪机场举行新闻发布会，正积极以慈善行动应对新冠（COVID-19）的大流行。 WHF，NASLCC和女性会长特别工作组将与其他非政府组织合作，捐赠20万枚KN95和3层医用口罩。 这是这些组织首次携手募捐向南美捐赠口罩和医疗用品。 20万个口罩将发送给弱势小区，例如女性拥有的商业组织，儿童和哥伦比亚的医院。
哥伦比亚共和国副总统马莎·露西亚·拉米雷斯（Martha Lucia Ramírez）通过视频向活动现场致以真挚的讲演，表示感谢。该活动由纽约洛克东方基金会和世界和谐基金会的企业家会员组织，捐助者包括WHF企业会员单位：中国广东清远雷特科技发展有限公司和中国广东康业医疗科技有限公司。 。
参与该捐赠的组织包括：世界和谐基金会（UNEP-NGO），洛克东方基金会，拉丁美洲裔全美国国商会和其他美国华人公司。他们将继续向仍在疫情中的发展中国家进行援助，包括非洲，亚洲和南美的发展中国家进行慈善捐赠。 其他在美国和哥伦比亚进行合作与物流合作的组织NASLCC女总统特别工作组（WPTF）主席Abby Razo，NASLCC执行董事会成员Oscar Mejias，州参议员罗得岛Sandra Cano Fundacion LECORP FLC NIT，代表纽约州哥伦比亚小区领导人的组织受害者组织“哥伦比亚阿德兰特”主席Luz Giraldo- Duque，Fundepaz牧师Fernando Echeverri等哥伦比亚裔领导人， Eduardo Giraldo皇后西班牙裔商会和纽约州拉美裔商会联盟，拉美裔餐馆协会，拉美裔商会前主席纽约州主席Bodegas协会，纽约州妇女商会Quenia Abreu，纽约市LGBTQS商会CarmenHernández和哥伦比亚国家稻米协会（FEDEARROZ）理事Elkin Florez。
同时，为促进南美和拉丁美洲国家在疫情爆发后的经济发展，促进这些国家与中国之间的贸易，并帮助妇女和农民创造更多的就业机会，世界和谐基金会（WHF）和NASLCC将开展综合农产品和疫情产品（PPT）进口并在不久的将来进行出口合作。目标是从哥伦比亚开始寻找更多的拉丁美洲国家参与合作。
关于洛克东方基金会： 洛克东方基金会（Rock-Orient Foundation）是一家公益组织，由美国著名慈善家洛克菲勒家族的第五代斯蒂芬·洛克菲勒（Stephan Rockefeller）担任主席，华尔街的中国慈善家Max Chen（陈迈克）担任首席执行官。该基金会的愿景是利用慈善事业来促进社会变革和发展。该基金会为加强与各国的关系，以增进人与国家之
间的多元文化和多语言理解。他们参与了教育机构，并通过艺术与教育方面的交流和伙伴关系促进了跨文化的倡议。最近，该基金会捐赠了上百万口罩个口罩，以在当前的COVID-19大流行期间支持哈佛、耶鲁、纽约市立大学等学区和小区。
世界和谐基金会是隶属于联合国环境规划署的非政府慈善组织。创会理事Frank Liu (刘藩）、陈波、Richard Jordan，Jeanmarie Nicole Edwards , 与负责南美洲的理事Garcia Latino 是本次活动的组织者，WHF来自五大洲的理事与其他干部都是WHF的公益事业的积极支持者，本次援助疫情来自中国的四十万个口罩是由WHF北京与广东的干部募集而来的， 他们是魏平华、裴英、朱兆斌、魏平华、姚善伟、赵东洲、邓Demi， WHF基金会致力于促进和平与和谐。
自2005年成立以来，WHF与联合国合作举办了许多慈善活动和会议。在过去的15年中，它一直站出来为不同国家的灾难提供援助，例如：海地地震，汶川地震，非洲埃博拉病毒，武汉新冠状肺炎，日本核泄漏和中国非典SARS。过去，基金会也支持过联合国首脑大会晚会与第一夫人慈善晚会，联合国非政府会议，联合国全球论坛大会，联合国成立60周年，70周年和75周年庆典，联合国春节联欢晚会，联合国全球气候会议，联合国抗埃博拉音乐会等等。
THE WORLD HARMONY FOUNDATION & NASLCC AID COLOMBIA ON THEIR FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
NEW YORK, NY, Dec. 23, 2020 – On November 22nd, the leaders of different organizations joined forces in a press conference celebrated in JFK’s Terminal 4 of Avianca Airlines. The reason for this event was to donate 200,000 KN95s and 3-layer medical masks to Colombia. The organizations that teamed up to make this donation possible are the World Harmony Foundation (WHF), the National Association of State Latino Chambers of Commerce (NASLCC), and several Chinese companies are in action to aid the (COVID-19) pandemic. The WHF, NASLCC and NASLCC’s Women President Task Force with cooperation of other non-governmental organizations held the handover ceremony. This charity action is the first time that these organizations have joined hands to donate masks and medical supplies to South America. These masks will be distributed to vulnerable communities In Colombia, such as those of women business owned organizations, children, and hospitals. Most attendants to the ceremony joined the event via Zoom. This virtual conference was joined not only by members of the different organizations but also by the office of the Vice President of Colombia, Martha Lucia Ramírez. The Vice President and her office staff recently recovered from the COVID-19. This event was organized by the Rock Oriental Foundation, New York, and the entrepreneur members of WHF, within the donors are: Qingyuan LEITE Technology Development Co., Ltd, Guangdong China and Kangye Medical Technology Co., LTD, Guangdong China of the WHF.
Within the speakers of the mask handover conference were leaders of the organizations that were involved with the logistics and/or cooperated to make this donation possible. Among the speakers/participants of the conference were Nicole Edwards (CEO of the WHF), Frank García (Chair of the NASLCC), Frank Liu (one of the founders of the WHF), Francisco Marte (NY Bodegas Association), Luz Giraldo- Duque (Chair of the victims organization “Adelante Colombia”), Eduardo Giraldo (Colombian leader & former chair of the Queens Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and NY state Coalition of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce), Carmen Hernández (NYC’s LGBTQS Chamber of Commerce), Fernando Echeverri (FundePaz Priest) & Bishop Ebony Kirkland. During the conference, the leaders expressed the importance of joint efforts like this. Many of the them looking forward for future collaborations like this.
Organizations that participated in the donation charity action or were involved with it are the following: World Harmony Foundation (UNEP-NGO), Rock-Orient Foundation, National Association of State Latino Chambers of Commerce, Abby Razo (Chair of Colombia’s NASLCC Women President Task Force), Oscar Mejias (NASLCC Executive board member), Quenia Abreu (NY State Women Chamber of Commerce), Latino restaurants Association, Bronx Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, and American Chinese companies. It is part of the plan of some of these organizations to continue making charitable donations to developing countries still in the epidemic, including developing countries in Africa, Asia, and South America.
About Rock-Oriental Foundation:
Rock-Oriental Foundation is a public welfare organization with the fifth generation of the famous American philanthropist Rockefeller family Stephan Rockefeller as the chairman and Wall Street’s Chinese philanthropist Max Chen (陈 Mike) as the CEO. The foundation’s vision is to use philanthropy to lead to social changes and evolution. The foundation looks to enhance relations for an improved multicultural and multilingual understanding between people and nations. They have been involved with educational institutions and promoted cross-cultural initiatives through exchanges and partnerships in the arts & education. Most recently, the foundation donated 100,000 masks to support the CUNY community and neighborhood during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This is the 1st time since 1950’s that the foundation supports the farmers in Latin America and Colombia.
About the World Harmony Foundation:
The World Harmony Foundation is a non-governmental charity organization affiliated to the United Nations Environment Program. The founders are Frank Liu (刘凡), Bo Chen, Richard Jordan, Nicole Edwards (CEO) and directors as Frank García (Vice Chair Committee of Latin America and Caribbean), as others from five continents. This foundation is committed to promoting peace and harmony. Promote harmony between China and the United States, harmony across the Taiwan Strait, and harmony between North and South Korea.
Since its establishment in 2005, it has held numerous charitable actions and conferences in cooperation with the United Nations. In the past 15 years, it has stood up to take responsibility in times of disasters in different countries, such as: Haiti Earthquake, Wenchuan Earthquake, Ebola in Africa, Wuhan New Coronary Pneumonia, Japanese Nuclear Leakage, SARS Wait. In the past, the foundation has supported the 60th, 70th, and 75th anniversary celebrations of the United Nations, the United Nations Heads and First Ladies Charity Gala, the United Nations Non-Governmental Assembly, the United Nations Global Forum Assembly, the United Nations Global Climate Conference, the United Nations Anti- Ebola Concert.
About NASLCC:
The National Association of State Latino Chambers of Commerce (NASLCC) is a coalition of state Latino Chambers of Commerce from across the country for more than 3 years they met to formalize and charter the NASLCC. NASLCC represents 80% of Hispanic chambers in the US and Puerto Rico today and SME members in South America and Mexico.
“We look forward to more American philanthropists and Chinese philanthropists to join hands, learn from them, and make more contributions to the development of epidemic assistance and economic, trade, and employment in developing countries such as South America and Africa!” -NASLCC’s Chair Frank García
