Stay away to help better

Volunteers can contribute to the disaster-hit areas via other means than blindly flooding to the areas, says an article in People's Daily. The following is an excerpt:

Recently, while thanking volunteers for their contribution to the disaster relief work in the quake areas, local officials in charge of the relief work asked them to retreat from the quake areas for the time being and resume their work at a proper time in the future.

A great many volunteers went to the quake areas to aid the relief work after the Wenchuan quake. They have played an important role in the rescue work and helped the quake areas restore social order.