You may well be aware of the following:-

16/5/08 400 ShelterBoxes committed to China via Beijing Rotary Club
27/5/08 800 boxes in China together with a four man SRT + 200 boxes on the ground in Sichuan Province
29/5/08 650 tents on their way to China from ShelterBox Headquarters at Helston, Cornwall
30/5/08 (today) A further 650 tents to be sent from Helston and a further 700 from Vango in Shanghai.

Most if not all of the Rotary Clubs in District 1290 (supported by Rotary Clubs throughout the United Kingdom) have been fundraising to purchase Shelterboxes for both China and Myanmar (Burma). Read More...

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Bill Chiang has sent some photos from the disaster area.

Working with Shanghai Charity Foundation the Rotary Club of Shanghai raised in excess of 400,000 at their annual Charity Golf Tournament with surplus proceeds targeted towards earthquake relief. Read More...

As of noon 28 May: Confirmed deaths 68,109; Missing 19,851; Injured 364,552. Read More...

Thursday 29th May- CHINA: A further 650 tents left ShelterBox HQ yesterday with 650 planned to leave today and 700 due to leave immediately from the tent manufacturers warehouse in Shanghai.
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Tuesday 27th May - CHINA: The immediate response by ShelterBox of 800 boxes to China is finally reaching some of the Sichuan Provinces worst hit villages. The distribution of the first 200 boxes began today by the 4-man ShelterBox Response Team on the ground. The first consignment of boxes where split into two lots of 100.

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We would like to introduce ourselves as the ShelterBox Response team currently on deployment in China. We are Pat Prendergast, Tom Lay, Peter Clouting, and Matt Roberts; all working as volunteers for shelterbox in the earthquake hit province of Sichuan.
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Today I appeared on Dialogue on China Central Television. Dialogue, which is broadcast nationally, is as close as China comes to Meet The Press. The topic was charities and the earthquake. Here's a link -->

http://www.cctv.com/video/dialogue/2008/05/dialogue_300_20080526_1.shtml

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As of noon, 25 May
Confirmed deaths 62,664; Missing 23,775; Injured 358,816; Homeless 5 million+ Read More...

BEIJING, China: A powerful aftershock hit a poor, mountainous region of Sichuan Province on Sunday afternoon, toppling thousands of buildings and injuring hundreds, as China struggled to find shelter for millions of earthquake refugees. Read More...

Dear Rotarian,

This is my first mail to you. I am a governor of Rotary
International District 2570 Saitama JAPAN.

We feel very sorry to the big earthquake in Sichuuan. We
would like to contribute for this disaster. Would you kindly
tell us how we can
donate to The Rotary Club in China.

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Paul Yoshihiko Ishikawa(Iruma Rotary Club)
2007-08 Governor
Rotary International District 2570
Tel: +81-4-2964-3141
Fax:+81-4-2962-5737
paul@ca.mbn.or.jp

ROTARY CLUB INTERNATIONAL, GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA (Canada) & SHELTERBOX CANADA FUNDRAISING EFFORT FOR THE EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS IN CHINA

This message has also been forwarded to my international Rotary Club colleagues on LinkedIn.com (social networking website for business professionals). To connect with Rotarians from around the world, please encourage your Rotary colleagues to join my group at:http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/38448/590505166A06

In today's world of instantaneous communications and with the revolution in social networking, I believe we can ramp up this fundraising effort on a global scale very quickly. As you are aware, the earthquake in China has left over 5.5 million people homeless and over 80,000 dead. We need to act on this fundraising initiative as quickly as possible. Without food and shelter, many people will perish. I hope that my fellow Rotary colleagues will take this opportunity to demonstrate our mantra, "Service Above Self", to the world community unequivocally and forcefully.

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Yes, I am helping Sheltr Box in scouting possible sites for its distribution.
Two days ago, we toured Dujiangyan and Peng Zhou, including some of the
towns and villages. Read More...

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