随着遇难者遗体下葬，好似生活又归平静。50条鲜活生命消失了，对于世人来说，时间流逝也许将慢慢淡化。而身陷其中的家庭又会是怎样呢？

据媒体报道：次生的灾难还在继续：一位65岁妈妈因无法承受丧子之痛远赴基督城参加丧礼时心脏病发作去世，再次上演让人滴血的一幕，而更多是家庭顶梁柱的离去，遇难者家庭绝望与窘境刚刚开始：六个老幼、三个孩子..一个个煎熬的家庭悲剧正在上演。

幸好，更多善良的新西兰各族群国民，正在以他们的爱心，去温暖着这群无助的受难者家属。以他们的温情去暖化受难者家属及伤者冰凉的心。正如奥克兰市长讲的：捐款无法挽回生命，但它可以在未来数年里缓解受害者家庭的经济压力。爱心能慢慢撫慰着痛失亲人的心灵！而捐款能帮他们度过难关。

新西兰潮属总会作为政府注册的慈善机构的这次捐款，是这个社团一如既往的一次善举，而刚好由潮属总会主办的国际会议,让各国籍潮汕裔人士尽显爱心。正如一起来参会的美国加利福尼亚州丹尼尔市长表达的：美国政府第一时间捐助200万美元，而来的美国多个潮汕社团及中国大陆及港澳台地区还有法国，印尼，柬埔寨等国家社团无私奉献了200多万纽币，证明了人间还有真情存，大爱在。善举感动了美国市长，也让他感叹：潮汕人在美国也不乏做善事。 

潮属总会多年来无选择的救助需要帮扶的对象，不管是之前的圣.约翰救助总会的救护车及医疗设备的捐赠，还是流浪者群体捐助，到自闭症儿童的关爱。他们都关爱着新西兰每个需要帮扶的人。于他们来说:：他们也是新西兰国民的一分子。是两百多个族群其中的一个。他们中的很多人，也曾是难民，也获得了新西兰国民的大爱接纳而容身这里，他们渴望一个和平的环境，充满温馨与祥和的社会，更需要周边充满着欢笑和安宁，快乐而祥和。而不是绝望的眼神和忧郁的身影。救助他们就是帮助自己。谁也不愿意生活在不安稳和充斥着忧伤的环境中，选择来到新西兰就是为了享受这个和平环境和多元文化之下的宁静世界。

已经做了这个选择，就要维护这个选择。去尽自己的义务，这种追求，相信每个居住在这里的人都是向往的和会自觉不自觉的去维护的，相信谁都不会去伤害自己也置身其中的美好环境的。我们还呼吁：你如果有时间，可以申请去陪伴仍在疼痛难忍的尚未痊愈的伤者，去抚慰遇难者家属心灵的创伤。

愿我们共同为新西兰的祥和，幸福的家园，多做善举！

Thoughts of peace and charity

The victims of the Christchurch tragedy have been laid to rest, but the survivors and the families of the 50 loved ones lost will continue to live with the consequences of hate.

As wider New Zealand society struggles to set things right in the aftermath, there have been acts of love, compassion and support from kind-hearted Kiwis.

People are also digging deep to provide financial support.

While donations cannot bring back lives — as Auckland Mayor Phil Goff stated recently — it can help relieve the financial pressure of the victims’ families for the next few years. Love can help victims’ families healing from the pain; donations can help get them through this tough period.

This is why our group is keen to help out. The Chao Shan General Association of New Zealand is a government-registered charity. We have supported the likes of St Johns Ambulance, Auckland City Mission and autistic children in recent times.

This terrible act of terrorism coincided with the start of a conference we are hosting in Auckland – the 20th Convention of Teochew International Federation.

While the vast majority of federation members are not citizens of China, all consider Teochew in China’s Chao Shan area in ​​Guangdong Province to be their spiritual home.

Some left as refugees years ago, finding new homes around the world in places such as France, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macau, Cambodia, the USA and New Zealand.

With Teochew International Federation convention delegates being here during this terrible time for New Zealand, it was understandable that many were eager to help out with the Our City, Our People fundraising drive set up by the Christchurch mayor to support the families and Muslim communities impacted.

More than $2 million dollars was raised from the Teochew community during a convention dinner.

Those of us who arrived as refugees are certainly thankful for being welcomed in when we had nowhere else to go.

The promise of a peaceful, multicultural society is the reason many people migrate to New Zealand.

This terrible event has threatened to shatter that dream.

We are eager to help our New Zealand home heal.