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June 2nd, 2008

WildChina’s Donation

By: admin | Categories: In the News Sichuan-Earthquake

Confronted by such terrible tragedy, every little bit counts.  We have decided to make a collective donation to assist with the relief efforts in Sichuan.

WildChina has donated 21,906 RMB in total.  The staff raised 7,302 RMB, which was matched, in equal amounts, by our Chairwoman, Mei Zhang, and our CEO, Albert Ng.  The funds have been donated to the Red Cross Society of China and the Kangmei Institute of Community Development.  In addition to our financial contribution, WildChina is donating all of its tents and sleeping bags to the disaster area.

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May 27th, 2008

Alex Yuan–WildChina Sichuan Local Partner

By: admin | Categories: In the News Sichuan-Earthquake

Wang Wan Hong--Earthquake Survivor今天和一位爱心阿姨J陪着向峨乡的小朋友王万红出发了。根据小王同学的要求,我们首先到了青羊宫。我问他为什么选择到青羊宫这个道观。他说20号晚上从省医院出来散心的时候看到的。呵呵,就是这么简单的理由。正如我昨天估计得那样,今天的导游工作一点都不轻松。我和J每说一句话都要很仔细得先过滤一下用词,生怕触动到小王的敏感处。一个不大的景点看完,我突然感觉自己说话都很困难了,呵呵。去了麦当劳吃午饭,我觉得是个很主观的错误。我们认为是孩子就喜欢那里,但其实切实的了解和尊重他的感受才是最重要的。回到医院听说那个想吃草莓的小妹妹很快要动手术固定锁骨了,祝福她一切顺利。

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May 26th, 2008

From Alex Yuan–WildChina Local Partner in Sichuan

By: admin | Categories: In the News Sichuan-Earthquake

Alex Yuan wit Chen Liran, an earthquake survivor

这是张今天照的那个自己从映秀幼儿园废墟里不知道怎么爬出来的小超人-陈力然。他是病房里的小开心果。妈妈在地震中腿部受伤,挣扎着到幼儿园。2层楼的幼儿园已经倒塌。妈妈几乎是发了疯的刨瓦砾。突然有人喊,你的幺儿在那边。妈妈才看到坐在一堆废墟上的小力然。

今天省医院6楼的烧伤科又来了好几个大小都有的孩子。有个10几岁的小男孩,地震没有受伤,却在帐篷里被烧伤全身。我不想去描述症状了,只希望大家可以默默得为他们祝福,可以早日康复,不要留下太多伤疤。因为来了孩子,自然要准备奶粉、米粉和生活用品,包括他们父母的。

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May 23rd, 2008

From Alex Yuan–WildChina Local Partner in Sichuan

By: admin | Categories: In the News Sichuan-Earthquake

路上经常看到全国各地开来的救护车,不同的牌照汇聚的是相通的血脉。根据Bruce昨天的调查,我们把今天的重点放在了成都市儿童医院。通常小患者的救治都会在这里开展。先说个小插曲。昨天Bruce去调查的时候,护士长说需要32个婴幼儿使用的背带,就是放在成人胸前的那种。Bruce马上去了卖儿童用品的地方买了2个。护士长说,找个结实点的试试。当那个胖乎乎的宝宝很舒适的坐在背带里后,立刻拍板ok。今天我们先去了宜家购买了33套薄被,随后去欧尚买了4箱女士卫生巾和护理液以及个6个孩子家长的生活必需品,最后去提背带。当我们把儿童医院需要的物品送到时,医院的刘光泽主任很是高兴,随即安排外科人员做消毒处理后分发。临走时,刘先生紧紧的握了我们的手,真的是紧紧的,紧紧的。接着我们把卫生巾和护理液送到了大慈寺的红十字会接收点。当几个男同学帮我们搬运时,突然冒了句:啊,这个呀。此时我和Bruce也反应过来了,呵呵得相视一笑。
谢谢刘光泽先生那紧紧的握手
20日使用善款3806.13圆
22日使用善款2854.20圆
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May 21st, 2008

Alex Yuan–WildChina Local Partner in Sichuan (May 21)

By: admin | Categories: In the News Sichuan-Earthquake

今天我们稍微调整了一下速度,希望可以做的更有条理和针对性一些。“行走的人”今天又收到了朋友的资助,谢谢W.F. 在这里我特别希望可以告诉我的朋友们,就象我之前所想,“有一种爱叫做关注,有一种情叫做共同度过”。每个人的心意都是那温暖的火,帮我们驱散阴霾,带来希望的清香。我不愿意我的日记会给朋友们带来资助的压力,更不愿意影响到大家的生活。我只希望大家可以从我的日记中看到许多积极的有活力的信息。从明天起,我将不在日记里公开感谢资助的朋友,而是改为单独致谢,定期公布资金使用数量,谢谢理解。其实我已经多年没有写日记了,哈哈。我很希望我的日记可以早日结束,因为这意味着灾区民众大的困难基本克服了。对于我们这个超级业余的NGO,大家的意见和建议是非常重要的,请不要持保留意见。根据Bruce今天在市儿童医院的调查,看来明天会是个比较大的采购日。脑子里突然有个闪念,如果把我们这些天买的儿童用品武装一下自己,会是个什么样子呐。如果你看过那个特工奶爸的电影就知道了,哈哈。另外据可靠消息,家乐福好像是联合了厂商,无限量提供市儿童医院奶粉供应。
明天是个锻炼身体的日子
Bruce,明天的购物对你来说也是提前做功课啦,呵呵
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May 21st, 2008

Dispatches from Alex Yuan–WildChina Local Partner in Sichuan

By: admin | Categories: In the News Sichuan-Earthquake

今天上午,我和同事(Sylvia,Michael,Brucu&Marina)开了个碰头会。我把周末的经验和大家分享了一下,然后订出今天的任务是以医院里的婴幼儿为主。我先去采购昨晚的清单,其他人去华西附2院和肿瘤医院调查,然后再碰头。后来Alex.F.加入负责西区医院。我先去了宜家和欧尚,买了大部分东西。特别是在宜家买到了质量非常好又不贵的儿童塑料碗和有铃音的玩具。一路上大家不停给我电话,我尽量补充一些东西。听说附2院有5个新生儿缺衣服,就购置了10套。回来后听了大家的汇总,我们又列了一份清单。主要是以奶粉、纸尿布和护理垫为主。零散的还有很多。M说有个小朋友想吃苹果和香蕉。S说肿瘤医院的孩子心理上可能需要更多的干预治疗,连护士们都很心痛。护士长为了分散他们的惊吓,还建议我们买些KFC来试试。接着,我和Sylvia在好又多购置基本品,Michael负责去友邦纸业的仓库购货。这里特别谢谢华西医大的顾山河老先生(呵呵,他是老顽童),听我说需要用车,立刻来公司和M去购货,谢谢!

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May 20th, 2008

Dispatch from Alex Yuan–WildChina Sichuan Local Partner

By: admin | Categories: In the News Sichuan-Earthquake

今天上班收到David打来的电话,说要我的账号,希望把同事们的再次捐款汇给我,由我来购买些东西,最好是给孩子们购买。David,说实话,当时我有暂时性的思维停顿,因为我根本就没有想到大家会把善款直接汇给我。与善款同来的还有对我的信任和给我的责任。我希望把这笔钱称为“行走的人”。因为世上本没有路,走的人多了,自然就有路了。劫后余生的人们还有太多的路要走。很感谢David的提议,所以我调整了一下援助的要旨,从大范围的帮助到以低龄儿童和低年纪学生为主的特定范围的帮助。下午的时候Vicky也要给我汇款。我赶紧告诉她稍等,让我去医院先具体了解一下情况。晚饭后,我来到省医院对各个楼层做了仔细的询问。了解到2岁以下的孩子由于多是烫伤,更多的是需要纸质护理垫、纸尿布和营养品。稍大一点的孩子则需要趣味的书籍和衣物。6楼的4个小宝宝2个睡觉了,还有2个则和家长嬉戏。他们的烫伤面积不算小,但是却没有哭泣。看着我也在笑,当然今天又送了个飞吻给我。家长们基本上没有要求很多,只是希望有营养的东西。其实家长们也没有什么了,但是更多的爱还是给了孩子。到了3楼,110岁的小男生很腼腆地说喜欢看武打片,我当时就想我晕菜了,难不成我还得舞弄几下,呵呵。另外一个和受伤的妈妈在一起的2岁小男孩则是病友们眼中的小英雄。病友告诉我这个宝宝是自己从幼儿园的废墟里爬出来的,而且没有受伤。小家伙不停的笑,用被子蒙脑袋和我玩。谢谢小家伙的笑容。要离开省医院的时候,一位西南财大的志愿者希望我也能一位无亲人的盲人老大爷准备些物品,我立刻答应了下来。到了中医学院的9楼,一个15岁的女孩孤独的躺着,她的姨妈往返不同地方照顾她和表弟。女孩的眼底是红红的血丝,她说她妈妈没有出来。我没有继续再问了。明天我们会把采购和继续调查共同开展。我的很多同事也会加入进来。

大爱无边,每个人都是应该感谢和被感谢的。

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May 20th, 2008

Dispatches from Alex Yuan, WildChina Local Partner in Sichuan

By: admin | Categories: In the News Sichuan-Earthquake

谢谢每个人的无私帮助

今天是星期日。有了昨天的经验,今天买东西就更加有针对性了。今天买了35件短袖,塑料杯、塑料勺、吸管、创可贴、拖鞋、牙刷、香皂、纸内衣、卫生巾、香波,还有4套婴儿的奶瓶、衣物和米粉。平日里买衣服,虽然是sale的,但是也没有太在意价格。今天却顶着烈日逛了3个服装城,只是希望能多节约一点钱买其它东西。最后居然是在高邦店买到了折扣和式样都合适的。昨日去的是省医院,今天除了婴儿用品是给昨天在省医院看到的,其余的决定送到成都中医药大学。来到7楼的骨科住院部,看到了白板上标明的缺乏的东西,很庆幸我们买了其中的相当一部分。护士长出于卫生安全的考虑,希望我留下东西由志愿者帮助分发。我知道志愿者都是在校大学生,已经很疲惫了,而且分发的经验和控制力不一定到位,所以我恳请护士长允许我和志愿者一起分发。谢谢护士长同意了我的请求。当我走进第一个病房的时候,我突然意识到今天我见到的伤员会和昨日不一样,因为我一眼就看到了一位失去一条小腿的女士。我眼里看到了一团厚厚的白色纱布。我现在实在回想不起是哪只小腿被截去。女士的长发披散着,脸上都是涂的药液。我可以分辨的是2点,第一、她的眼睑是浮肿的;第二、她的眼神是游离和空洞的。

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May 20th, 2008

Dispatches from Philip He, WildChina Guide in Sichuan (May 18)

By: admin | Categories: In the News Sichuan-Earthquake

Today we also didn’t go to the hard-hit areas. Instead we went to a church called Ganentang (Thanksgiving Church). We took part in their afternoon program there. About 36 Christians were present for the sunday activity.  We were told that usually there are about 50 worshippers. Due to the damages from the earthquake, the pastor has temporarily rented a classroom from Huamei Training Institute. Some of the members doesn’t know the new place. During program, the pastor spend a bit of time explaining the necessity for all the people alive to pray for those who died during earthquake. Towards the end of the program, the church called every believers to donate for the dead. To our surprise, the 36 people there donated 16,930 yuan in total. We were told this is their second donation. Their first donations were used for purchasing water and food while this donation will mainly be used to buy medicines and medical instruments for the disaster hit-areas.

Below are some news reported today. I kept their original Chinese text as reference

1. 国务院今天发布公告宣布,为表达全国各族人民对四川汶川大地震遇难同胞的深切哀悼,国务院决定,2008年5月19日至21日为全国哀悼日。
The State Council of China issued a notice stating that May 19 to 21 will be designated as national mourning days for all to express their deep condolences for our countrymen who died during the Wenchuan Earthquake.

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May 20th, 2008

Dispatches from Philip He, WildChina Guide in Sichuan (May 17)

By: admin | Categories: In the News Sichuan-Earthquake

<From Philip on May 17th>

Today we didn’t go to the disaster-hit areas as we usually did. We took part in a press conference. I got some information released by the official channel. 

There are also some touching stories by Melissa and Andrea at http://www.npr.org/blogs/chengdu/2008/05/we_found_fu_guanyu_and.html#more

  1. Number of rescue team from military: 140,000 (PLA and armed forces), 71 high-ranking officer (general).
  2. President Hu Jintao paid a visit to Wenchuan this afternoon (which is the hard-hit area and also the epicenter of the earthquake)
  3. Aftershocks: by May 16th, there were 5210 aftershocks altogether, but it is shrinking
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