Red Cross Preparing Disaster Relief in China
The Chinese Red Cross Society ( CRCS) has begun its disaster relief work in flood-stricken areas along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
The CRCS has sent two teams to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to study the situation there and the its branches in the provinces of Hubei, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Jiangxi provinces have sent 1,522 medical teams and provided 11 million yuan (1.3 million U.S. dollars) worth of relief materials like drugs, food, clothing, quilts, tents, and pumps.
Information about the disaster relief work and donations can be obtained from the CRCS hotline: 8610-65139999 and its Website: http//www.chineseredcross.org.cn.
The CRCS got 802 million yuan worth of funds and materials for disaster victims after last summer's devastating floods. (Xinhua)
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