Volunteers from all backgrounds are working hard to load up the trucks

Working with Red Cross at the airport depot

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June 2nd 2008
What an incredible day I had! When we got to the airport at 10am work had already started. Volunteers from all walks of life have been loading up the trucks bound for the disaster area. Even 20 days after the earthquake, many people are still without a home, it is just impossible for China itself to find the three million tents needed immediately despite being the manufacturing centre of the world ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more