俺們的獎狀

還在小學讀書的時候，每次得到一張獎狀，爸爸媽媽都要給我掛在房間的牆上。那是很久以前的事了。

這幾天，看了不少關於捐款的消息，老大和我也討論了一下該怎麽辦。我們的想法很簡單，捐款要適當分散，讓每個有意去賑災的機構都得到資助，各展所長，幫助受災的人民，也許是比較理想的。

了解了一下，我們覺得國際紅十字會(International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)不錯。他們的行動計劃裏，不僅有短期的搶險賑災，也有長期的幫助支持。而且他們剛剛開始一個為期十二個月的籌款行動，目標是兩千萬某外幣，大約一千九百萬美元或一千兩百萬歐元。

所以我們最後就捐到了國際紅十字會的網站。下麵是自動回複，“衝浪潛水員”是我給換的:) 這回複看著就象小學時候的獎狀，是一種鼓勵，所以拿來掛在這“網上的家”的牆上。現在我們的財力有限，希望以後可以給的更多吧。

當然，真正的英雄是災區的人民，英勇的解放軍，和所有在災區奮戰的人們，不分地域、國籍。我們做的，真是微不足道。希望他們能夠知道，我們的心和他們在一起。

2008.5.16

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