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An Oxfam team distributes blankets to survivors in Dujiangyan. Photo: OxfamHK
Oxfam Hong Kong China Unit Director, Howard Liu, distributed packed milk to villagers in Xiushui town, one of the quake zones in Sichuan. 21 May 2008. Photo: Keith Wong/Oxfam Hong Kong
A woman stands next to her home which has been collapsed. Now she stays in a temporary tent with her families. Photo: Keith Wong/Oxfam Hong Kong
China earthquake
A devastating earthquake hit south-western China on Monday 12 May. It is thought that more than 65,000 people may have died in the 7.9-magnitude earthquake.
What Oxfam is doing
We are responding to the earthquake through Oxfam Hong Kong which has spent around $3 million to date on emergency relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction work.
Oxfam's teams have been carrying out emergency relief projects in 17 counties and cities in Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi provinces.
We have provided public health services, counselling for survivors of the earthquake, and relief supplies. Our longer-term plans are to rebuild schools and help communities better prepare for future disasters.
Oxfam Hong Kong's one month on review details what they and their partners have achieved and what their plans are for the next five years.
How you can help
- Donate online or by calling 1800 034 034
Latest news
- A home of red-white-blue (June 2008)
- A large percentage of the population is in urgent need of resettlement. In the town of Xiushui, in An Xian, Sichuan, hardly a building remains standing, and almost all of the survivors are homeless
- China Earthquake: Oxfam reaching remote areas 16 May 08
- Oxfam is reaching people in remote rural areas in the southwest provinces of China following the earthquake that stuck the area on the 12 May.... Read more...
- Oxfam commits $1.6 million to China Earthquake 14 May 08
- Oxfam Australia's statement in reaction to a series of earthquakes that hit south-west China on Monday 12 May killing more than 12,000 people.... Read more...
For media inquiries, please contact Melany Markham 0407 515 559 or melanym@oxfam.org.au