China Green Party calls for help

In Stroud there was a stall last week raising awareness and money for the victims of the Sichuan Earthquake. Here below is a letter from the China Green party calling for donations - the death toll today is reported to be near 40,000 and expected to rise to 50,000 with 5m homeless:

Dear all Greens from the entire world:

On 12 May a major earthquake measuring 7.8 that struck Sichuan Province which is the worst to strike south west China in 30 years. The death toll continues to rise but latest reports put it at more than 11,000, with 25,000 people injured. In Dujiangyan city, a middle school classroom building collapsed and over 50 students were reported to have died. Some 80 per cent of the buildings in Beichuan County are reported to have collapsed.

Now thousands severely affected need urgently assisted to ease their suffer and to overcome the huge disasters. An emergency volunteering group is organized by Chinese Greens. The Commissioner CGP will be in charge of this group to participate the relief action in the affected sites of earthquake. Our group will mainly help injured or homeless women and children, including those of Zang (Tibetan) and Qiang minorities, to ensure they are better treated for quick recovery.

Our greens have donated money in value of over 1200 Euros, but it is far from sufficient. Besides the basic facilities for our green volunteer group, we need also large amount of foods with nutrition, clothes with functions, better toys for kids, proper readings for pupils, and other extra commodities to massive aids especially for the needs of women and children. Meanwhile, we plan to print and spread leaflets of basic knowledge as well as techniques for their relief efforts, as well as to conduct simple trainings for women on how to conquer difficulties and to give small classes to those students lost their schools.

You can help us by donations or coming to us directly as volunteer member of our green group. Any experienced advice and suggestion is also required for an effective action of helping women and children out of the disastrous situation, while any other kinds of help would be also appreciated. The group will call itself “Green Volunteer” that recruit also other volunteers who are not the party member.

Bank: HSBC United Kingdom
Account name: China Green Coalition
Account number: 11419153
Branch: HSBC Beverley Branch
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