Aide is needed for survivors of the earthquake that struck China on Monday, May 12. Listing of international agencies excepting contributions.

Date:   5/14/2008 1:01:41 AM ( 16 y ago)

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China quake rescuers face tough going


Hampered by rain, mudslides and lack of electricity, they race to find survivors buried in the rubble.

By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
May 14, 2008


MIANZHU, CHINA -- Rescue workers facing a rising death toll and heavy rains Tuesday dug for survivors of China's worst earthquake in decades, as people throughout the country searched for loved ones, medical help, water and food.

Outside Zhu Renmin Hospital in Mianzhu, where thousands of dead and severely injured people were gathered in a parking lot, police and government workers arrived early in the day to help move patients to the provincial capital, Chengdu, and other hospitals in the area.

As darkness fell along with steady rain in a city without power, doctors at the Zhu Renmin parking lot raced to move hospital beds into tents to care for patients huddled in the cold. Surgical gloves, used needles and bedpans littered the ground, along with blood-stained mattresses and adult diapers.

Officials said soldiers and police were struggling to reach at least 18,000 victims buried in and around Mianyang, many of them children trapped in the debris of collapsed schools.

Thousands more were believed trapped or missing elsewhere. Throughout the region, roads were closed by landslides and storms impeded delivery of supplies as the need for medicine and doctors intensified. Tens of thousands of survivors spent their days and nights outside.

Rescuers reached hard-hit Beichuan on Tuesday. TV footage showed soldiers in green camouflage lifting large chunks of concrete and talking to students who remained under the rubble...The official New China News Agency said 80% of the structures had collapsed in Beichuan -- whole swaths of the city.

The quake struck Monday afternoon and was felt across much of China. It was the nation's worst earthquake since 1976, when more than 240,000 people died.

Rescue workers, including thousands of Chinese troops armed with shovels, made their way through mud and landslides to reach the remote epicenter in mountainous Sichuan province.

Officials expressed gratitude for offers of relief supplies from around the world but said they would not admit foreign aid workers immediately because they could not accommodate them.

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Earthquake in China
How to help


These are some of the charities accepting donations to help victims of Monday's earthquake in China:

AmeriCares
88 Hamilton Ave.
Stamford, CT 06902
(800) 486-4357

AmeriCares has a member of our emergency response team in China assessing the health care needs and coordinating our emergency response with local NGOs and government relief organizations.

http://www.americares.org


Mercy Corps
Dept. W
P.O. Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
(888) 256-1900

Mercy Corps is channeling aid to survivors through a longtime local partner, the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, in emergency response efforts to the most devastated areas.

http://www.mercycorps.org


Save the Children
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
(800) 728-3843

Save the Children is providing tents, tables, chairs, and other school supplies to damaged schools in communities in Chongqing, China.

http://www.savethechildren.org

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