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HISG Works with Local Partner for China Earthquake Relief

Aid teams traveling by foot to some of the mountain villages.

HISG is working with a strategic partner in China to get disaster relief to the communities affected by the earthquake in Sichuan on May 12. Officials estimate that 55,239 people have been killed, and nearly 25,000 people are still missing.

HISG's partner in Chengdu was the first aid organization to register in the Sichuan province, and is closely connected to HISG’s International Directors for Asia, Tom and Charlene Jennings. This organization has initiated community development projects for the Chinese in Sichuan and also among the Tibetan minorities that live in the rural mountain villages. For this relief effort, our partner has the full support of the Chinese Ministry of Health to import and transport items to previously restricted areas. They have also been offered a warehouse where they can stage shipments coming into the area, and are partnering with the Red Cross, the Chinese army and several other NGOs to deliver the aid to people in Sichuan.

HISG's strategic partners in this response have outlined a three-part response to the earthquake. First, they are trying to get food and water to the isolated villages that have been cut off from other sources. Teams are hiking up mountain roads that are currently impassable for vehicles to deliver aid to the villages. Secondly, they will help these isolated villages secure access to supplies of food and clean water and begin to provide shelters. Finally, HISG and our partnering organization will assist in the long-term recovery of treating injuries, caring for families who have lost loved ones in the earthquake, and rebuilding homes and businesses.

Through connections to local organizations, HISG is able to connect large amounts of aid to the communities that need it the most, with minimal (less than 10%) administration costs. Click here to donate to HISG if you would like to help with this disaster relief project. Click here if your organization would like to get involved in the China relief effort.