Earthquake is hitting Sichuan, China ...... Your help can soothe victims’ suffering

1. Earthquake is hitting Sichuan, China ......Your help can soothe victims’ suffering • On the afternoon of May 12, 2008 (14: 28 PM), a devastating 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan Province, a region in Western China. By May 21, the death toll stood at 51,151, with another 2,9328 still missing. Nearly 2,000 of the dead were students and teachers caught in schools that collapsed. The number is still increasing …… Massive rescue operation is going on.. My home has been destroyed, help ??? Destroyed city Rescuers carry the body of a victim at the Juyuan High School in Dujiangyan City, May 13, 2008. Rescuers work against the rainy weather to search quake survivors on Tuesday. Premier Wen speaks to people buried in a hospital in Dujiangyan …… A square as safe ground in Chongqing municipality Many victims are being terribly buried: A hand/schoolbag are found in the debris of a collapsed building . Roads are destroyed and blocked. Rescuers carry the body of students found in the debris of a collapsed school of Dujiangyan. A helicopter with relief supplies Wednesday morning arrives at the Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County, the epicenter of Monday's earthquake that jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua Photo) A square as the only safe ground now in Chongqing municipality. An aftershock on Tuesday afternoon was still up to a magnitude of 6.1 Rescue workers search for bodies at Dujiangyan Chinese Medicine Hospital in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province, China, May 14, 2008. Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg News People Killed: 51,151 People Wounded: 288,431 People buried: 9,500 People Saved: 33,434 People missing: 2,9328 House destroyed: 3,460,000 as of May 22 (Sina.com.cn News Report) Relatives, houses, properties, all lost, heartbroken people are in the rain …… Where to go? How to survive? Donation by Credit Card online: 1. Chinese Red Cross FOUNDATION, http://www.crcf.org.cn/gb/jianjie/jkindex.asp (In Chinese) 2. Red Cross In HongKong, http://www.redcross.org.hk 3. American Red Cross, 1-800-435-7669, http://www.redcross.org 4. MercyCorps China Earth Quake relief. http://www.mercycorps.org/chinaearthquake/?source=1062 5. Oxfam HK, https://www.oxfam.org.hk/public/donate/donate?donate_id=45 Donation By Check Write a Check Payable to: Chinese Consulate General in New York. For “China Earthquake Relief Donation”, 212-244-9392 ext. 1000. Mail to: “Chinese Consulate General in New York, For “Earthquake Relief Donation” 520 12th Ave, New York, NY 10036″ Website (In Chinese): http://www.nyconsulate.prchina.org/chn/ttxw/t434163.htm