China Earthquake Information

The Alumni Association and the entire U-M community are saddened by the news of the Sichuan, China, earthquake on May 12, 2008. Alumni are asked to be helpful to our extended alumni family in China in whatever way they can. Please contact the Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) for further information or to offer assistance: http://www.ii.umich.edu/ccs

Campus Messages of Support
Schools and colleges across the campus are mobilizing their efforts and offering their condolences. At the School of Public Health, Dean Ken Warner sent a message to the school's students, faculty and staff:
"The earthquake that occurred in Sichuan, China, has caused an enormous loss of life and great suffering for the people of China. I was in China (in Tianjin, near Beijing) at the time of the quake and saw first-hand the consternation it created among the Chinese people hundreds of miles away.

One of our faculty told me he was speaking on the phone with his parents in Sichuan at the exact moment the quake occurred. I can’t begin to imagine the horror he felt at the time. While his parents stayed outside of their home for two days, they have now returned and find the home in good shape. That is one of the more fortunate outcomes of this devastating event.  

Our hearts go out to our friends and family in China."

Dean Warner's message concluded with information about how to assist through international agencies.

How You Can Help
The Center for Chinese Studies has identified several resources for information and support.

You can make a public pledge of support for the Chinese people by going to this matching link site on Pledgebank: http://www.pledgebank.com/chinaquake

The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) is calling for cash donations at this stage. Cash donations to RCSC can be made as follows:

1.  For RMB account, the address is Dongsi Office, Beijing Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the account number is 0200001009014413252;
2. For foreign currency account, the address is Jiuxianqiao Branch of CITIC Bank and the account number is 7112111482600000209

The National Committee on US-China Relations has posted a list of organizations accepting donations

And the China Data Center has joined with the Institute of Space and Earth Information Science of the Chinese University of Hong Kong to create a Web site as a preliminary effort to give initial assessment on the current and potential impacts of the recent earthquake in China. You can access the site at http://www.iseis.cuhk.edu.hk/gb/special/sichuan.html.

American Red Cross, Chinese Earthquake Relief Fund

MercyCorp

Hong Kong Red Cross (choose China Relief)