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...

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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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...

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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Yesterday, we toured the disaster areas. There are tents of al shapes, sizes and qualities.
A lot of these are very cheaply made camping tents which would not last very long.
it is estimated that some of the people will have be in tents for 3 to six months, or even longer.
The Shelter Box tents are doubled layered at the top, are made with materials that are to last for at least six months to one year depending on weather conditions.  They also have a seamless bottom sheet that is seemingly connected to the sides.
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This is a real story about an old man, who came from the hardest hit zone Yingxiu Town, trying to persuade the soldiers of People's Liberation Army to accept his "gift"-a bag of cookies. In China, PLA is not allowed to take anything from the ordinary people. To give his gift and show his gratitude to the soldiers for coming to rescue his severely damaged hometown, the old man had knelt down serveral times, insisting that soliders accept his gift. The soliders then have had to ...I cried every time when watching this clip. Read More...

Four hundred ShelterBox containers will reach China’s Sichuan Province this weekend to help alleviate the acute housing shortage after a 12 May earthquake there left 50,000 people dead and more than five million homeless. Another 400 containers are en route to the area.
Each container provides a tent, stove, water purification kit, blankets, tools, and other necessities to help a family of 10 survive for six months. ShelterBox is a UK-based disaster relief organization supported by Rotary clubs around the world. Read More...

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Relief Blog Launched

Rotarian Bill Chiang who is actively on the ground in Sichuan has advised us to set up a blog for this project - so here goes. There has been no end of tragedy reported in the past 2 weeks - but now it is time to move on with dealing with the results of this disaster - and we would like the support of Rotarians worldwide to help us.