Wayne Worrell presents face mask to a woman (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Many foreigners in Vietnam have joined hands with localpeople in the fight against COVID-19 since the recent second outbreak began inlate July.
Wayne Worrell, 54,a British teacher living and working in Vietnam for more than 10 years, and someof his friends decided to conduct a campaign to present free face masks toothers to help raise awareness about protecting their health and the health of theentire community.
He said that whenHanoi reported its first case of infection, who had returned from the hotspot DaNang, he went out and saw many people not wearing face masks. He thought he hadto do something to raise public consciousness.
Wayne and hisfriends, including Vietnamese and foreigners, made a collage of many smallpictures showing them wearing face masks to spread a message of how importantface masks are.
The collage made by Wayne Worrell and his friends (Photo courtesy of Wayne)
After the collagewas shared widely on social networks, he thought about other practical measuresto adopt, and contacted medical supply and equipment providers about his ideaof distributing face masks in the community.
Hoang Thi NhuPhuong from the P&U Vietnam Joint Stock Company, which is providing freeface masks for Wayne’s campaign, said that after listening to his initiative thecompany decided to provide thousands of face masks to fight COVID-19.
On the first dayof the campaign, Wayne and his friends walked around the streets of Hanoi handingout nearly 300 face masks and reminding people to wear them when going out.
Chelsea AnnKerbaugh, an American involved in the campaign, said there are many foreignersliving and working in Vietnam and they are keen to join hands with local people.
Of a similar mind,Daina Raiskuma from Latvia, who owns a café in Hanoi, said she joined thecampaign because she believes it’s a significant effort. “No matter who you areor where you come from, as long as we are united, small efforts together make abig difference,” she said./.
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Wayne Worrell presents face mask to a woman (Source: VNA) 
The collage made by Wayne Worrell and his friends (Photo courtesy of Wayne) 
