Earthquake in China
Asia is being rocked with natural disasters.
Marjorie Liu felt the recent earthquake in China. Read her account here.
Here are some images of the devastation. I had to cry at the suffering, but I was impressed that the Chinese military and medical personnel are there and helping. If America ever suffers a disaster of that magnitude, methinks we’d be on our own, particularly if the Republicans are still in power. It’s far different than what the Bush adminstration mustered up after Katrina. Also, for the most part, the bodies are covered respectfully. I read a good point about how images of white Europeans and American bodies are treated differently after disasters (black bodies after Katrina were treated disrespecfully also).
The Ministry of Civil Affairs has authorized the Red Cross Society of China and China Charity Federation to receive donations for quake-hit areas.
Red Cross Society of China
Account number for renminbi donation: 0200001009014413252, at Beijing branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Account number for foreign currency donation: 7112111482600000209 at Jiuxianqiao branch of CITIC Bank.
Donation through post office should be sent to:
Red Cross Society of China
No 8, Beixinqiaosantiao, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100007
Its website: www.redcross.org.cn
Red Cross Society of China donation hotline: (8610) 65139999, 64027620
Chinese Red Cross Foundation also receives donations, which can be sent to:
No 53, Ganmian Hutong, Dongdanbeidajie Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100010
Account number of Beijing branch, Bank of China: 800100921908091001
Account number of Dongsinan branch, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China: 0200001019014483874
Account number of Beijing Chaoneidajie branch, China Construction Bank: 11001070300059000427
Account number for foreign currency at Bank of China: 800100086608091014
China Charity Federation hotline: (8610) 66083260, 66083264, 66083194
For those who are looking to contribute to current aid efforts underway, you can now donate money to the Red Cross Society of China which has formed a disaster relief working group to be dispatched to the earthquake-stricken Wenchuan County in Sichuan.
They have also published an emergency relief hotline, along with bank account information to receive donations to assist their cause:
Account name: Red Cross Society of China
开户单位：中国红十字会总会
For those who want to donate in RMB: you can send money to the RMB account at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China branch below:
人民币开户行: 中国工商银行 北京分行东四南支行
人民币账号: 0200001009014413252
For those who want to donate in foreign currency, you can send money to the foreign currency account at the CITIC Bank branch below:
外币开户行：中信银行酒仙桥支行
外币账号: 7112111482600000209
Hotline: (8610) 65139999
Online donations: Red Cross Society of China website: http://www.redcross.org/news/in/profiles/Intl_profile_ChinaEarthquake.html ( I had to rush and find links that work!)
Click the tab for online donations
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May 14th, 2008 at 11:54 am
This is so sad. We’re living in perilous times.
May 15th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
I want to help. There’s a lot of people there in need of everyone’s help, and I’d love to, but the question is…how?
How do you know your contribution is going to the people who need it? That’s the question that always plagues me about these disasters. Look how much was raised in the wake of Katrina. Where did it all go? Certainly not to all of the people who needed it.
May 15th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Marjorie has links and since she’s actually in China, I’d hope hers go to the people who will help…I put them up on the post
May 15th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Millenia, whatever charity you think you might be interested in, go to the charity navigator
http://www.charitynavigator.org/
And check it out. They are an independent group and the searches will pull up each charity, the financial stats-I always look at the % that goes to the programs-although even that has to be taken with a grain of salt.