Xiamen voluntary rescuers battle funding problems

Wang said: "In the early days of the rescue work, the team used the Dutch treatment, meaning the work was funded by the team members or friends. However, with the increase in the number of rescue missions, the team is unable to raise funds maintain normal operation, so we seek help from the society."

It is learned that the Dawning rescue team has three main sources of funds: self-raised funds, social donations, and lecture fees. Among them, social donations and self-raised funds accounted for more than 80 percent.

"A lot of vehicles and equipment are provided by the team members themselves. However, they never take the initiative to reimburse them."

The crowdfunding news caught people's attention: "Please ask everyone to forward the support. The Xiamen Dawning rescue team announced the financial statements to the public and accepted social supervision. Now we have only 12,971.05 yuan balance left."

"There were only 10,000 yuan left in the account. The more than 200,000 yuan paid by the team members have not been reimbursed. In fact, the financial situation is negative. The money on the books can only support two or three missions," Wang said.