Zhou Pingping (C), a volunteer of disaster relief, talks with other volunteers at the resettlement site in the Changlinhe Middle School, Feidong County, East China's Anhui Province, on July 28. [Xinhua/Li Xin]

Zhou Pingping, 22, an ex-soldier and a third-year college student, joined the disaster relief work with her mother in her hometown in Changlinhe Town of Feidong County in East China's Anhui Province, when she had the summer vacation at home.

Many villages near the town have been greatly affected by the recent torrential rainfall, and the town's Changlinhe Middle School was designated a resettlement site for more than 290 evacuated residents. After leaning of the news, Zhou and her mother Niu Heyun immediately volunteered to work in the temporary shelter.

The mother-daughter pair, together with other volunteers, carried disaster relief supplies, disinfected public areas on a regular basis, distributed meals and measured people's body temperatures. They also played with children at the relocation site and helped them with their homework.

"As a Party member and a veteran, I have the responsibility to serve my hometown and help it out of difficulties. I'm also happy to be a partner of my mom," Zhou said.  

Zhou Pingping (R) delivers lunch boxes to the villagers at the resettlement site in the Changlinhe Middle School, Feidong County, East China's Anhui Province, on July 28. [Xinhua/Liu Junxi]

Zhou Pingping (R) helps an elderly woman go to the bathroom. [Xinhua/Li Xin]

Zhou Pingping (R) checks a resident's body temperature before he enters the resettlement site in the Changlinhe Middle School, Feidong County, East China's Anhui Province, on July 28.[Xinhua/Zhou Mu]

Zhou Pingping (L) helps a girl with her homework in the resettlement site in the Changlinhe Middle School, Feidong County, East China's Anhui Province, on July 28.[Xinhua/Liu Junxi]

Zhou Pingping (L) helps a girl with her homework in the resettlement site in the Changlinhe Middle School, Feidong County, East China's Anhui Province, on July 28.[Xinhua/Liu Junxi]

Zhou Pingping (R) plays with a girl outdoors. [Xinhua/Zhou Mu]

Zhou Pingping disinfects a sink in the resettlement site in the Changlinhe Middle School, Feidong County, East China's Anhui Province, on July 28. [Xinhua/Zhou Mu]

Zhou Pingping disinfects the restroom in the resettlement site in the Changlinhe Middle School, Feidong County, East China's Anhui Province, on July 28.[Xinhua/Li Xin]

Niu Heyun (2nd, R) serves an elderly person who receives a medical examination in the resettlement site in the Changlinhe Middle School, Feidong County, East China's Anhui Province, on July 28. [Xinhua/Li Xin]

Zhou Pingping (R) has a meal together with her mother Niu Heyun during a break. [Xinhua/Zhou Mu]

Zhou Pingping (1st, L) works with her mother Niu Heyun (2nd, L) to send prepackaged meals to residents in the resettlement site in the Changlinhe Middle School, Feidong County, East China's Anhui Province, on July 28.[Xinhua/Liu Junxi]

A camera captures the smiling faces of the mother-daughter pair as they do their voluntary work in the resettlement site in the Changlinhe Middle School, Feidong County, East China's Anhui Province, on July 28. [Xinhua/Li Xin]

(Source: Xinhua/Translated and edited by Women of China)