Wednesday, May 21, 2008

U.S. Companies donate more than $30 Million Dollars to aid Sichuan earthquake survivors






Eighty U.S. companies have donated more than $30 Million Dollars to aid Sichuan relief efforts. More here from Sina.com

Pictured here a young girl draws a butterfly in her shelter at Deyang City. Children from Beichuan county, one of the worst areas in Sichuan Province, play a game in Jiuzhou Stadium in Mianyang City on Tuesday. An earthquake survivor prepares lunch at a temporary shelter in Juyuan near the city of Dujiangyan. Liang Zhengbin and his wife from Yinghua Town, look at their Wedding photo, realizing their good fortune having survived the earthquake. Earthquake survivors walk outside shelters in Dujiangyan on Monday. Thousands of people are homeless in Sichuan Province.

More tents have been pledged to help those left homeless plans are underway to collect 40,000 tents to distribute in disaster areas before the end of May. The devastating earthquake has left more than 5 million people homeless.

You too can help the survivors of last weeks devastating Sichuan earthquake by making a donation to the Red Cross Society of China which is urgently seeking money for relief efforts.