Donate for Earthquake in Sichuan China

Written by Tangos on May 14, 2008
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Yesterday afternoon, a strong earthquake measured at 7.8 on the Richter scale happened in Sichuan province, China. It is so strong that many people in other provinces, including me in Beijing, over 1500 km away from epicenter, felt the earthquake.

Death toll in Sichuan Province alone has exceeded 12,000 by 4 pm Tuesday, more than 9,400 people were buried in debris, and at least 60,000 people are still unaccounted for in epicenter Wenchuan County. More than 3.46 million houses were wracked.

YellowRibbonFor those who want to contribute to the relief effort, here are some donation information.

(Update: Elliott Ng has a very comprehensive post about relief and donation guide.)

If you are outside China:

1. You can make donation via Paypal to Jet Li One Foundation, a charity foundation by Kung Fu movie star Jet Li. The donations will goes to Red Cross Society of China. The page is all in Chinese, but I think you can find the Paypal button on the right. But it seems you cannot specify the donation is special for earthquake when paying through Paypal, by remittance you can.

2. For Canadian, you can also donate through Canadian Red Cross, which has set up a separated fund for China earthquake.

If you are in China:

1. If you have Alipay or Tenpay account, you can also make donation on Taobao and QQ, also donate to One Foundation.

2. You can donate directly to the Red Cross Society of China, but it is almost impossible to access the website of Red Cross now, possibly due to heavy traffic, you need to remit to their bank account (from Shanghaiist):

Account name: Red Cross Society of China
开户单位：中国红十字会总会

For those who want to donate in RMB: you can send money to the RMB account at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China branch below:
人民币开户行: 中国工商银行 北京分行东四南支行
人民币账号: 0200001009014413252

For those who want to donate in foreign currency, you can send money to the foreign currency account at the CITIC Bank branch below:
外币开户行：中信银行酒仙桥支行
外币账号: 7112111482600000209

Hotline: (8610) 65139999

9 Responses to “Donate for Earthquake in Sichuan China”

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  4. Doron Vermaat on May 15th, 2008 11:56 am

    We have uploaded several banners to the homepage of NewChinaCareer asking our visitors to support emergency relief efforts to help those affected by this earthquake. We currently link directly to the donation form of the Red Cross website.

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  6. moxie on May 19th, 2008 11:52 am

    This site collectes all the donation information:
    http://china-earthquake-relief.com

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    [...] The Mobile Monday community has no words to reflect the grief of the recent earthquakes. Simple actions can relieve pain and we encourage our members to support the efforts of the organizations on-site. The simplest way to do that is to send ‘1′ or ‘2′ by SMS to 1069999301, to donate 1 or 2 RMB to the Red Cross Society of China. The number of SMS donations is not limited and China Mobile users can send up to ‘30’ in one message. Other ways to donate here [...]

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    [...] The Mobile Monday community has no words to reflect the grief of the recent earthquakes. Simple actions can relieve pain and we encourage our members to support the efforts of the organizations on-site. The simplest way to do that is to send ‘1′ or ‘2′ by SMS to 1069999301, to donate 1 or 2 RMB to the Red Cross Society of China. The number of SMS donations is not limited and China Mobile users can send up to ‘30’ in one message. Other ways to donate here. [...]

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