Letter from Tulum, MEXICO
Hello, I’m Han Young Joon, representative of Cointree and a field activist.
First of all, I sincerely wish your health and well-being of all those suffering from the Covid-19 pandemic. I was very moved and proud to hear that the whole nation is working together to overcome the Covid-19 in Korea and that wise countermeasures are setting an example for rest of the world. But meanwhile, the Virus has spread around the world and the Tulum area in Mexico is not an exception.
The Mexican government announced that schools were closed, daily necessities were exhausted in the mart, and eggs were nearly twice as expensive due to Covid-19. Local residents in this area are the poorest in Mexico. Many families make less than 10,000 won(10 USD) even if they work all day.
It’s practically impossible for those people who work whole day and live a day to get those expensive daily necessities in this pandemic.re
Of the four brothers who sell snacks and bread on the street, the first and second are still on the road.
They went out to visit tourists because they had to bring bacons to their family even in the this pandemic.
The children were exposed to the risk of Coronavirus infection, but they couldn’t stop because they had to starve right away if they stopped selling it.
It is tatally same with 70 children of the Hope Blossom School, which was founded and operated by COINTREE.
Parents continue to live unsafe lives due to the more urgent situation around them than Covid-19, and the children who sent a message of support to Korean supporters recently could not come to school but stay at home.
I’m also at a loss how to serve our this cummiunity. Currently, there are no hospitals in our Tulum area to examine the Covid-19 or to treat them. Of course, even if they’re sick, it’s a stroke of the sky for local residents to see a doctor.
While I am with them at the scene, the pain of this pandemic situation is clearly visible. We decided to provide basic necessities urgently, but we can only provide limited support with the current budget.
“Huanito, what are you going to do now when residents who is sick come? Can you keep helping me?”
I answered after thinking for a long time about what the he said.
“No, just do it for the students at the school, and that’ll be all. Please say no to everyone.”
In fact, I was in great despair because I couldn’t help everyone in the field and I kept meeting people who needed help.
But I couldn’t stay still with just got stressed out of it, so decided to do my best for what I can do right now.
Let’s just focus on hope.
So I decided to make and distribute the package of emergency supplies. Among the parents of children of Hope Blossom School decided to provide emergency support to families who are currently unable to afford their living expenses.
Based on the family of four, one emergency package costs about 26,000 won. It will be of great help to families who cannot get their daily necessities right away or need something to eat.
I uploaded this content on my personal SNS first. In Korea, maybe the virus situation around the world is making everyone tired, but many people have gathered their hearts.
There were those who sent two-thirds of a family’s monthly living expenses in the U.S., those who sent all their balance in the bank in Korea, those who lost their jobs due to Covid-19 but helped with their hearts, and those who sent hope in the name of their children.
The small markets in locals ran out of daily necessities, but I still could get some of them at large stores which is mostly used by foreigners.
I know you’re also in a very difficult situation in Korea, but I with you’ll join us in purchasing emergency supplies to support the livelihood of poor Mexican families in this area where tomorrow’s life is really bleak.
One package of emergency goods for a family of four is about 26,000 KRW, 24 USD.
It can be 10 cents to 10 dollars quite many of you could donate. BUT I hope small carings can get together and overcome this difficult time together.
If you join us to the people in Tulum in Mexico that I hope you can overcome the crisis.
Thank you very much for reading the long story. And I sincerely wish the health and well-being of all the people who are here and there in this planet.
Hang in there! 🙂
Best Regards,
Representative of COINTREE,
HAN YOUNG JUN
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