Donate to the China Earthquake Relief Efforts

A huge earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale hit Central China yesterday (May 12th) near Chengdu in Sichuan province.

Luckily in the southern part of China where I located at we didn't feel anything. However, I suspect this will continue to become a larger and larger disaster as the infrastructure in central China is nothing like what it is in developed areas like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. I believe the recovery process will be massive.

Here is more information on the China earthquake from CNN and a map of population exposed to the earthquake.

Here are a couple links for donations to disaster relief funds:

Americares

International Federation of Red Cross

I can't find any charities that have specific donation pages for the China earthquake yet, but I suspect they will be added soon.

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Comments (5)

Glad to hear you are well. I was wondering.

Posted by Dedicated | May 13, 2008 7:11 AM

http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/china/2155

Here is a specific one for China. Just click on 'give now' and then you can choose from the options.

Posted by Lydia | May 13, 2008 8:24 AM

Thanks for mentioning our organization, AmeriCares. You can follow our on-the-ground updates regarding the disaster in Myanmar and China at www.twitter.com/americares.

Posted by Erin Skinner | May 13, 2008 9:37 AM

China is needing more help daily as the death toll rises.

Posted by Greg from Make Money Online | May 14, 2008 2:40 AM

That is way too bad that happened there...
Poor chinese people...

Posted by Invest Info | May 14, 2008 5:16 PM