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'LONDON CHARITY MAKES APPEAL FOR QUAKE VICTIMS By Natalie
Chalk, Community Newswire A charity that helps Chinese children brought up in the West to better understand their culture has today made an urgent plea to help the survivors of the Sichuan earthquake. The Mothers' Bridge of Love (MBL), based in London and China, said many schoolchildren were among the dead when their school buildings collapsed after the 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck on Monday. To help children and orphanages in the disaster area, the charity is appealing for people to make a donation to support the disaster relief efforts. The money will be sent to schools, mothers and carers through its local volunteers to buy food and help rescue children still underneath the debris. A charity spokespersons said: "We have spoken to the local authorities and understand that water, clothes, medicine, and food are urgently needed. "Last year, we donated money to the flood-hit area of Sichuan. A hundred per cent of donations received will once again be sent to Sichuan to provide much needed assistance to children. Our focus will be helping children and women to recover from physical and physiological damage." The quake, felt as far away as Vietnam, is China's deadliest in more than 30 years and was even stronger than the 7.6-magnitude Pakistan earthquake of 2005 which killed an estimated 75,000 people. To make a donation visit www.justgiving.com/rbsjames or call Wendy Wu, MBL chief executive, on 020 70340686. |
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