Penn State Chinese Friendship Association

On May 12th 2008, a devastating earthquake (magnitude 8.0) hit the Sichuan Province of China. The tremor was felt in most areas in China, including Beijing (900 miles away) and Shanghai (1050 miles away), as well as several foreign countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Russia.

The quake and thousands of subsequent aftershocks have caused heavy casualty. As of May 28th 2008, the confirmed death toll reaches 68,109 (including local residents and relief workers). 19,851 are still missing. More than 364,500 were injured. About 4.8 million people became homeless and over 4,000 children became orphans. Recently, about 160,000 have been evacuated due to the danger of quake lakes created by landslides.

To learn more about this earthquake, please click the following links:

CNN’s report on the earthquake;

BBC’s report on the earthquake;

The special report from Xinhua (the largest news agency in China);

Introduction to this earthquake from Wikipedia.

Here is how you can help:

1) Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in New York

Pay to the order of “Chinese Consulate General in New York” for “Earthquake Relief Donation”

Mailing address: Liu Lei, 520 12th Ave, New York, NY 10036

Phone: 212-2449392, ext.: 1000.

2) Red cross society of China

www.redcross.org.cn

Click “网上捐助/Donation on line”, fill out the blanks.

外币账号：7112-1114-8260-0000-209 (CHINA CITIC BANK H.O.IN BEIJING, SWIFT:CIBKCNBJ).

3) American Red Cross

http://www.redcross.org/news/in/profiles/Intl_profile_ChinaEarthquake.asp?s_src=HomeLatestNews

Click “DONATE NOW” and follow the instructions.

4) Penn State Chinese Friendship Association Relief Fund

Pay to the order of “Penn State Chinese Friendship Association” for “Relief Donation”.

Please Contact Mr. Ye: 814-777-1657 or puy105@psu.edu for the donation.

Thank you for reading this page and we sincerely appreciate your warm help.

Best wishes,

Penn State Chinese Friendship Association