Outline of Disaster

Disaster Type	Earthquake（Magnitude 8.0）
Date	May 12, 2008
Main area of disaster	Sichuan province, China
Loss and injury of human life	Death/ Missing：87,419　Injured：374,176

Our Response

Period

May-June, 2008

Location

Sichuan Province, China

Activity Summary

We dispatched staffs to Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan province on May 15, three days after the quake, and collected information at the site and from provincial governments, relevant agencies, etc. and assessed the local situation.

We acknowledged a lack of hygiene products, cooking oil and blanket, and delivered them to the disaster-hit areas from Chengdu. Targeted areas were Qingchuan County and Jiangyou, in northern part of the province and Mao County in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in western part of the province.

Beneficiaries

Victims of the earthquake (Residents in Qingchuan county and Jiangyou, in northern part of the province and Mao county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, in western part of the province)

Main Activities

We delivered the following items to victims in disaster-hit areas.
Qingchuan County

・	Soap 10,000 pieces, wet tissue 10,000 packs, female hygiene products 5,000 packs

Western area in Qingchuan County

・	Cooking oil（900ml）10,000 bottles

Jiangyou and Mao County in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture

・	Blanket 2,240 sheets, cooking oil（1.8l）3,240 bottles

Partner Organization

Sichuan Provincial Charity Federation