virtualreview

china: news and opinion

Red Cross receives $33 mln for snow victims

The Red Cross Society of China on Thursday announced that it had received 239 million yuan (33.4 million U.S. dollars) in cash and relief supplies for areas affected by the severe winter weather. ...full story at china.org.cn

from china.org.cn on Tue, Jul 01 2008

see also:

20 May 08 visit Red Cross faces daunting task  »  YouTube videoThe Red Cross Society of China is facing its biggest challenge in its 104-year history. Its director for emergency response pleads for more professional aid workers to assist the relief effort.
08 Feb 08 visit Donations to China's snow-hit areas reach 1.02 bln yuan  »  People's Daily By 6 p.m. on Thursday, Chinese citizens had donated nearly 1.02 billion yuan (146 million U.S. dollars) in cash and relief supplies to snow disaster areas, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Thursday. Of the total, 76.81 million ...
14 Feb 08 visit China to spend more on severe winter weather relief  »  People's Daily China's Ministry of Finance has spent 2.7 billion yuan (375 million U.S. dollars) over the past month on relief for areas affected by the severe winter weather and has allocated another 6.3 billion yuan for the work, senior ministry officia ...
13 May 08 visit Red Cross says donations exceed 120 million yuan  »  Shanghai Daily THE Red Cross Society of China has received public donations worth more than 120 million yuan (US$17 million) by 6:00pm today, for the victims in the earthquake-hit areas in southwest China's Sichuan Province. ...
14 Jul 07 visit China Red Cross offers relief to flood-hit southern areas  »  People's Daily The China Red Cross Society has sent relief supplies worth 3 million yuan (about 395,000 U.S. dollars) to six flood-hit provinces and regions in southern China. The supplies, including quilts, disinfectant, tents and rice, were shipped ...
06 Feb 08 visit Chinese public donations to snow-hit areas total 480 mln yuan  »  People's Daily The Chinese public had pledged donations of 480 million yuan (67 million U.S. dollars) to help people in areas affected by severe winter weather by Monday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA). Donations received and di ...

« Today's Stories