Red Cross calls for donations to quake-striken areas in southwest China
13/5/2008 16:46
The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) called for donations to help victims
in the earthquake-striken areas in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The
commodities in urgent need such as tents, cotton-padded quilts, food, drinking
water are not so easily be transported to the disaster-hit areas due to
transportation difficulties, according to the RCSC.
Donations in cash is
preferred at this stage, said an official with the RCSC.
Donators can donate
cash to the RCSC through the following bank account: for RMB account, the
address is Dongsi Office, Beijing Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank
of China, the account number is 0200001009014413252; for foreign currency
account, the address is Jiuxianqiao Branch of CITIC Bank and the account number
is 7112111482600000209.
The RCSC also opened a hotline 010-65139999 and
010-64027620 for consultation during the daytime.
The 7.8-magnitude quake,
occurred in Wenchuan yesterday afternoon, has killed 9,219 people in eight
affected provinces and municipality including Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi,
Chongqing, Yunnan, Shanxi, Guizhou and Hubei, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said
in a release issued at 7:00 a.m. today.
Xinhua
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