June 25th, 2009
Hey there!!
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We need volunteers!! With schools out for the summer the kids living in temporary villages in the earthquake area have two months free and not a lot to do, so Sichuan Quake Relief is currently setting up several fun-based activity camps for them.
The SQR SAME Camps will focus on the four areas of Sports, Art, Music and English-language learning.
Camps will be run in 5-day modules from Monday to Friday, commencing Monday June 29, and running till the end of August.
We are asking volunteers to commit to at least one full week of teaching over the summer, leaving Chengdu on the Sunday, staying in the village teaching from Monday to Friday, and returning to Chengdu on the Friday evening. We are looking to build mixed teams to run each camp, so people of all ages, Chinese and non-Chinese, most welcome. And while teaching experience and some Chinese language skills would be great, they are not necessary. We just need flexible, enthusiastic people who have a sense of humour and are able to live and work under difficult conditions.
Transport costs to and from the camp, (very basic) accommodation, and food will be provided by SQR. We are currently building teams for the first seven Same Camps:
June 28 – July 3
July 5 – July 10
July 12 – July 17
July 19 – July 24
July 26 – July 31
August 2 – August 7
August 9 – August 14
If you would like to volunteer for one or more of these camps, or if you would like additional information, email volunteer@sichuan-quake-relief.org or call (86) 136 7121 2235.
SQR SAME camps 2009
SQR SAME Camps 2009 - 中文
Tags: art, Chengdu, English, music, sports, SQR SAME, summer camp, village, volunteer
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June 24th, 2009
The first “Hanmei grants” in Sichuan released by Taiwan Red Cross organizations
2009-06-10 source: www.chinanews.com.cn
According to Chengdu Xinhua (Lin Feng Yang) on the 10th June 2009, the Taiwan Red Cross organization established an organization named “Han-mei grants” in the earthquake area. The first batch of grants were issued to the ‘Liberation of North Road’ Primary School in Chengdu in Jinniu District.
Li Lidong, from the Red Cross Society of China’s Sichuan reconstruction Office, and Chen Dachen and Su Qionghua, from the Taiwan Red Cross Society, as well as important leaders from Si Chuan Red Cross Society, were invited to the issuing ceremony, also attended by more than 1,000 primary school teachers and students.
Tags: Hanmei grants
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June 22nd, 2009
The largest housing project 2009-06-04 10:17 Journalist: Yang Jin
The largest housing project for low-income urban residents has started in Guozhu, Weizhou, in Wenchuan. Guangzhou project is helping to build the project. This is the largest scale reconstruction and most significant investment of its type in the area.
The purpose of the project is recovering and improving living standards. A total investment of about 300 million yuan is planned, and the total area is about 850 square km, with 6 kinds of house types. The project is expected to finish in November 2009, when the houses could be used.
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June 22nd, 2009
Mianyang, Sichuan Province dedicated agency to protect the old county town of Beichuan
China news agency, Mian Yang, June 11 (Reporter Xiao Qing) - Reporters from Mian Yang CPC Municipal Committee were informed that in order to speed up the treatment of the barrier lake in the Tangjiahe Mountain and the protection of the old county, Mian Yang City will set up an agency to co-ordinate the work of specialized agencies. At present, these two tasks are beginning.
The protection of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County of the Old County and Barrier Lake in the Tangjiahe Mountain have aroused widespread concern and development. The post-disaster reconstruction plan is about the protection of barrier lake in the Tangjiahe Mountain in Beichuan county includes the construction of the museum, heritage and rescue, protection, water conservancy facilities reconstruction (focused on barrier lake management), there are two investment plans totalling nearly 1.2 billion Yuan.
According to a report, because management of the barrier lake in the Tangjiahe mountain and Beichuan old county’s protection regionally focus and covers a wide range, Mian Yang City plans that CHEN YUAN CHUN, who is the Municipal Standing Committee and the CPC secretary of Beichuan county, should be responsible for a specialized agency which will integrate land, water supply, environmental protection, traffic and other departments.
Tags: Mianyang
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June 22nd, 2009
Australian group re-building of the three business schools in the Sichuan earthquake damage
A school that was badly damaged in the 2008 WenChuan earthquake re-opened today (4th June 2009) in MianYang in SiChuan Province. The reconstruction project is supported by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, the Blue Scope Steel Group and the Australian Allens Arthur Robinson attorney affairs office.
ANZ Bank said that the three Australian companies are cooperating with the government of Mianyang city Sichuan Province, to reconstruct the teaching building of the YangJia school in the city which contains six new classrooms for 300 students.
The new teaching building was named an “ANZ Bank Building”. Designed for resisting earthquakes of up to 8 on the Richter scale, the building ulilizes high-quality, recyclable building materials, including steel made in Australia.
The school buildings are financed by the Australia-New Zealand Bank Group. BlueScope Steel Group is responsible for the provision of building materials and construction supervision while Allens Arthur Robinson attorney affairs office provides free legal services. The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group will also fund the school’s desks and chairs, and donate stationery to students.
The Chief Executive Officer of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, ZhaoMing Gao, said that ANZ Bank and China are involved in a long-term cooperative relationship. The Yang Middle School reconstruction project provides the opportunity to ANZ Bank “to make some permanent changes in” severely dameaged region in the earthquake.
Tags: Allens Arthur Robinson, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Blue Scope, Mianyang, Wenchuan
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June 22nd, 2009
2nd June 2009 source: www.newssc.org
According to the survey and evaluation of seismographic station, there was a 3.2 earthquake at the junction of Dujiangyan and Pengzhou (north latitude: 31.2 east longitude: 103.7) at the Beijing time 14:01:36.3
Tags: Dujiangyan, earthquake, Pengzhou
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June 22nd, 2009
The first of professional nursing facility completed a construction project in Sichuan earthquake-stricken district
2009-06-09 06:32 www.xinhuanet.com writer: Zhou Runjian
Journalists have got news from Hetong Old Age Welfare Association in Tianjin city that the Chinese Red Cross Foundation helped Hetong Old Age Welfare Association with indiscriminate subsidies to design and build the foundation of the Hetong nursing facility of the Red Cross in Ziyan, Mianzhu.
This is the first of professional nursing facilities of reconstruction project in earthquake-stricken area, which aimed at helping the old and childless, the orphaned and disabled.
The Hetong nursing facility, located at 602 Yufei Road Jiannan town, Mianzhu city, which is one of the reconstruction projects. The organization covers an area of 900 square metres. The facility has 10 units of 2 to 4 rooms with 40 beds.
http://news.xinmin.cn/rollnews/2009/06/09/2066764.html
Tags: Chinese Red Cross, health, Hetong, Mianzhu, nursing home, Tianjin
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June 10th, 2009
A note from Philip Greening-Jackson, who is working in Dujiangyan.
“We have a scheme here whereby we are going to provide occupational training to people disabled as a result of the quake. I am going to teach free, as are most of my colleagues.
We have got some equipment promised and a bit of funding but have come up RMB80,000 short. This is because we shall have to construct wheelchair accessible accommodation for these people. We will be given land and local friends will even organise the construction but we still need that last bit of cash.
We really have come to the end of our own resources now and have to look elsewhere! Please contact us if you can help.
Philip Greening-Jackson
If you can help, please contact info@sichuan-quake-relief.org as soon as possible.
Tags: accommodation, cash, construction, disabled, donate, Dujiangyan, money, occupational training, teacher, training, wheelchair
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