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China Red Cross collects 150m for victims
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-01-14 00:13
The Red Cross Society of China ( RCC) has so far received 150 million yuan
(18 million US dollars) in donation for tsunami-hit countries, sources with the
RCC said Friday.
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| Children in a Guangdong kindergarten donate money on January 14,
2005. [newsphoto] | 2.66 million US dollars of the
money were sent to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Maldives soon after they
were hit by the killer disaster late last month and the rest of the fund will be
sent in the short run for rebuilding villages, schools and orphanages in the
disaster area, the sources said.
According to the sources, two RCC's rescue teams have arrived in Indonesia
and Sri Lanka Friday and a third team will go to Thailand early next week to
learn about needs in the Tsunami- stricken region and discuss with local red
cross societies on rescue action.
A Boeing 747 cargo aircraft will soon fly to Indonesia with rescue materials
valued at more than 10 million yuan (1.2 million dollars).
The RCC will publicize the amount of donation collected and their uses on its
Website on time, the sources said.
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