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Wednesday, May 14 5:10 PM
Dear friends,
News from the front line in Chengdu from Yue
Yaomeng, our colleague on the ground:
Supplies worth of RMB 600,000 Yuan have been
purchased including:
6000 boxes of drinking water, 24 bottles each,
total 144,000 bottles;
2400 boxes of instant noodles, 12 packs each,
total 28,800 packs;
Plastic sheets for making of 1700 tents, each of
50 square meters;
Yue Yaomeng says it was very difficult to
purchase enough supplies. They went to many many many suppliers and collect
all their inventories left. This was especially true for the drinking water
and tents. Through coordinating with the Bureau of Commerce, they finally got
enough.
Two teams set off earlier this afternoon each
consisting of 3-4 staff, not including the driver. There will be 3 trucks with
each team. Destinations are Du Jiangyan and Baichuan in Mianyang Prefecture.
In one of the messages Yaomeng sent back, he says
that he sees the need for more social workers, especially those specialized in
physically counseling to get in. As a Chinese development NGO, Amity needs to
consider how to make our relief work in a more professional way. The news is
now put on Amity website calling for help for voluntary consoling staff to get
into Sichuan at the time proper.
Domestically, as our staff traveled to the site
very quickly, all major media has made coverage on Amity's relief work and
appealed for donation to Amity. Up to 4:30pm, donation surpassed RMB 120,000
Yuan. People give donations on internet, others making visits to our office. A
temporary fundraising desk has been set up since 13th of May for the
passersby.
Pray for Yue Yaomeng, as he travels with our
local partners to Baichuan, one of the most severely damaged areas where after
shocks are happening. Pray for those who are traveling to Dujiangyan and wish
them all the success in distributing the supplies. Pray for peace for the
death and calm and salvation for those wounded.
Sincerely,
She Hongyu
News from the front line in Chengdu from Yue
Yaomeng, our colleague on the ground:
Domestically, as our staff traveled to the site
very quickly, all major media has made coverage on Amity's relief work and
appealed for donation to Amity. Up to 4:30pm, donation surpassed RMB 120,000
Yuan. People give donations on internet, others making visits to our office. A
temporary fundraising desk has been set up since 13th of May for the
passersby.