Earthquake relief efforts [updated]

[koalathebear]

Over 10,000 dead and the death toll is rising here in China. We have quite a lot of people from Sichuan and Chongqing in our office but fortunately all their families are safe. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Wenchuan County, Sichuan. I found out this morning that the Wolong Panda Reserve is located in the epicentre of the earthquake.

Comments

[svelterose]

My parents just found out; they've been keeping real close to the television.

Argh, things like this are heartbreaking. I don't even know what to say..."I hope everyone is fine" would be the generic phrase but with 10K dead, I think it's a tad unfit. >_>

[greycoupon]

The troops WALKED 100k? Wow. That's amazing. This is such an awful tragedy.

For Americans who want to donate:

http://www.ifrc.org - International Red Cross
http://www.worldvision.org - World Vision

[koalathebear]

I meant to thank you before for the links. I was getting lots of questions about where and how to donate and your links were very helpful!

[greycoupon]

You're very welcome. I snagged those links from CNN.com. I haven't seen much about donating in the US media. I suspect that is because China has not asked for international assistance (at least, last I heard). They seem to be responding to this very well considering the circumstances.

[ladysunflow]

This is horrible. Damn, what is it with this month and natural disasters? At least China's being more sensible about bringing/accepting help than the junta in Burma.

I'm glad that you are okay *hugs*
I'm all stressed though because I don't know if our key business partners are okay, and I won't have a way of knowing until Thursday at the earliest.

[koalathebear]

Thanks for the well-wishes. It's really been a very, very horrible week here and I've just been overwhelmed by the images/news about death, sorrow, destruction and pain. It's very upsetting and I have been feeling so helpless/useless.