After a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Lushan County in Sichuan on 20 April, leaving more than 156 people dead and 5500 people injured (as of 8 p.m. Beijing Time), four Oxfam staff from our Chengdu office set off to the affected area at noon today and are estimated to arrive at the worst-hit Lushan County tonight for immediate assessment.

Oxfam Hong Kong is transferring emergency supplies from the emergency warehouse in Chengdu to the affected people in Lushan County. They include 2,180 quilts, 57 tents, 500 sets of cooking utensils and 500 sanitary kits. 

Field workers from our Kunming Office are also ready to deliver emergency supplies from the Kunming warehouse to the affected area to support the disaster relief work if needed. 

Oxfam Hong Kong has launched a public appeal in response to the Sichuan earthquake. We aim to raise HK$1 million.

Oxfam released the "512 Wenchuan Earthquake Five-Year-On Report of Oxfam Hong Kong" earlier to introduce the reconstruction progress after the 5.12 earthquake. Oxfam promptly responded to the emergency in Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces after the earthquake happened. In the past five years, Oxfam has been working with 91 partners including government departments, local NGOs and research institutes to work on emergency relief and rehabilitation work in the affected regions. As of February 2013, Oxfam has contributed HK$166 million to 216 projects in the three provinces including 28 emergency relief projects and 188 reconstruction programmes, assisting over 850,000 people.

Donations can be transferred to the various bank accounts of Oxfam Hong Kong:

Hong Kong

HSBC:  047-834668-001

Bank of China:  012-874-0-010515-7

Macau

Bank of China Macau account: 01-01-20-840951 (MOP)

More donation methods

Online donation link (HK donor):

https://www.oxfam.org.hk/en/oneoffdonationform_2013it011.aspx

Online donation link (Macau donor)

https://www.oxfam.org.hk/en/oneoffdonationform_2013kn006.aspx

Other donation methods

http://www.oxfam.org.hk/en/paymentsichuanearthquake.aspx

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Sarah Chu
Communications Officer
Telephone: + 852 3120-5280 / + 852 9276 0064
Email: sarah.chu@oxfam.org.hk

About Oxfam
Oxfam is dedicated to fighting poverty and inequity worldwide. The international and independent development and humanitarian organisation tackles poverty in four main ways: sustainable development in poor communities, disaster relief, local, national and global advocacy, and education with Hong Kong youth. Established in Hong Kong in 1976, Oxfam Hong Kong is a founding member of Oxfam, an international confederation that has assisted poor people in 94 countries. Oxfam Hong Kong alone has supported poor people in over 70 countries/regions.