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A | 中新网福建诏安8月20日电 (沈晴槟)8月19日，福建省漳州市诏安县桥东镇西浒村迎来了一位特殊的寻根者——来自台湾云林县斗南镇的“90后”青年沈文鹏。
B | ISLAMABAD -- The United Nations' World Food Program on Wednesday appealed for $19 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by a series of devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that has rocked western Afghanistan.Ana Maria Salhuana, deputy country director of the World Food Program in Afghanistan, said it was helping survivors but it urgently needed more funding because “we are having to take this food from an already severely underfunded program.”The group said it is working to provide emergency food assistance to 100,000 people in the region.“Disasters like these earthquakes pound communities who are already barely able to feed themselves back into utter destitution," the WFP said.A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck part of western Afghanistan on Sunday, after thousands of people died and entire villages were flattened by major quakes a week earlier. It was the fourth quake the U.S. Geological Survey has measured at 6.3 magnitude in the same area in just over a week.The initial earthquakes on Oct. 7 flattened whole villages in Herat province and were among the most destructive quakes in the country’s recent history.The WFP said staffers responded within hours of the first earthquakes, distributing fortified biscuits, pulses and other food items to affected families in destroyed villages.“An estimated 25,000 buildings have been destroyed," the group said a statement. “The survivors are currently sleeping in tents next to the rubble of their homes, desperate and afraid of further earthquakes and aftershocks.”The latest quake was centered about 30 kilometers (19 miles) outside the city of Herat, the capital of Herat province, and was 6 kilometers (4 miles) below the surface, the U.S. Geological Survey said. More than 90% of the people killed were women and children, U.N. officials said. The quakes struck during the daytime, when many of the men in the region were working outdoors.Taliban officials said the earlier quakes killed more than 2,000 people across the province. The epicenter was in Zenda Jan district, where the majority of casualties and damage occurred.The WFP said affected families will need help for months with winter just weeks away. It said that if there is funding, the emergency response will be complemented by longer-term resilience programs so vulnerable communities are able to rebuild their livelihoods.The UN body was forced earlier this year to reduce the amount of food families receive and to cut 10 million people in Afghanistan from life-saving food assistance due to a massive funding shortfall. In addition to the earthquake response, the WFP also urgently needs $400 million to prepare food before winter, when communities are cut off due to snow and landslides. In Afghanistan, these include communities of women who are being increasingly pushed out of public life.The initial quake, numerous aftershocks and a third 6.3-magnitude quake on Wednesday flattened villages, destroying hundreds of mud-brick homes that could not withstand such force. Schools, health clinics and other village facilities also collapsed.Besides rubble and funerals after that devastation, there was little left of the villages in the region’s dusty hills. Survivors are struggling to come to terms with the loss of multiple family members and in many places, living residents are outnumbered by volunteers who came to search the debris and dig mass graves.Earthquakes are common in Afghanistan, where there are a number of fault lines and frequent movement among three nearby tectonic plates.。经确认先祖源流脉络后，当天沈文鹏在诏安县台联、桥东镇政府和西浒村村委会的协助下，来到祖辈口传的“老家”。
C | 图为台青沈文鹏(右二)在福建漳州诏安县西浒村的七圣宫与宗亲合影留念。漳州市诏安县台联供图 沈文鹏的家族记忆，浓缩在云林县斗南镇碑刻的族谱中。
D | 据记载，其先祖沈柴公生于康熙五十九年(1720年)，卒于乾隆六十年(1795年)，妣黄氏，祖籍地为“福建漳州府诏安县二都桥仔头西沈”。世代口传中，沈氏四房先祖从诏安渡海迁居台湾，最终在云林县斗南庄落地生根。 沈文鹏表示，这份记载，祖父生前反复念叨，至临终不忘。在中国闽台缘博物馆的协助下，沈文鹏手中的台湾族谱与诏安沈氏族谱完成了关键信息比对，确认其为诏安沈氏桥头四房祖迁台后人。 当天，沈文鹏抵达西浒村，村里数位长辈早早在村内等候，热情迎接这位台湾宗亲。
E | 在宗祠“追远堂”内，长辈们如数家珍般向他介绍西浒村的历史沿革、沈氏家族在诏安的开枝散叶，以及所传承的“慎终追远”祖训，并将一部装订好的西浒村《沈氏族谱》赠予沈文鹏，嘱咐他带回台湾，让后代子孙都能知晓家族的源流。 沈文鹏表示，关于家族的来处多是阿公的口述和片段的文字记载，此次亲自站在西浒村的土地上，与宗亲面对面核对祖源，那种踏实感是无法替代的，回去后将把西浒村见闻详细告知云林亲友，并带更多的家人返乡谒祖。(完) 【编辑:万纪玮】。
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