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災區孩子們只能喝雨水 They Can't Even Speak
5月16日，救援人員冒雨在倒塌的聚源鎮中學廢墟中搜尋生還者。5月12日，四川省發生裡氏8.0級地震，距離震中汶川縣約100公里的都江堰市聚源鎮中學教學樓倒塌。到目前為止，大約50人被證實死亡，約100人仍被壓埋。
地震發生兩天後，聯合國兒童基金會駐成都項目顧問王曙光和其他志願者前往聚源鎮，向那裡的災民提供食物和水。他回憶說：「週四（5月14日）救援工作進展緩慢。小小的遺體從學校的廢墟中被抬出來，集中放在某處，等待他們的父母前來認領。但由於大部分家庭住在偏遠地區，他們的父母仍然冒雨走在泥濘的路上，希望能夠陪伴在孩子的身邊。」
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「倖存下來的學生連話都說不出來。他們只是哭。」王曙光說。 地震發生後，王曙光立即前往受災最嚴重的地區之一都江堰市尋找自己六歲的女兒。「我在操場上找到了我的小姑娘。我都快認不出她了。她身上又臭又髒，沒有水喝，只有接雨水解渴。」在那些沒有在地震中倒塌的學校，大部分的孩子們都面臨同樣的困境。 倖存下來的孩子們只能聚集在學校操場上，逃避餘震和其他危險。由於目前的救援工作都集中在那些倒塌的學校。未倒塌學校裡的學生沒有吃的，沒有乾淨的飲用水，也沒有電。 王曙光說：「災區兒童和他們的家人急需帳篷、水和基本生活的必需品。他們需要我們和他們在一起，支持他們渡過難關。」 |
到目前為止，尚沒有有關兒童在此次破壞性地震中受影響程度的評估。據估計，受災最嚴重的地區有大約230萬兒童可能受到影響。聯合國兒童基金會正積極行動，調動各方資源，支持中國的抗震救災工作。目前聯合國兒童基金會已經購了價值43萬美元的緊急救援物資，如醫藥包、帳篷、水和環境衛生設施等。首批救援物資將在未來一兩天內運抵成都。
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the pouring rain, rescuers are still racing against time to search
for survivors in the Juyuan Township Middle School that collapsed
in the 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12. The school is about 100
km away from the epicenter in Wenchuan County. Up to now, some 50
people are confirmed dead with about 100 still buried beneath.
"The rescue work goes on very slowly Thursday. The little corpses pulled out from rubble are carried out of the school and laid somewhere, waiting for their parents to claim. But as most families live in remote areas, their parents are still trekking in the rain on the muddy road, hoping that they could be there by their side." Mr. Wang Shuguang, Chengdu-based UNICEF programme consultant said. Wang and other volunteers went to Juyuan town to deliver food and water to people in need two days after the quake. "The surviving students can't even speak a word after being saved from the debris. They just cry." After the quake jolted the region, Wang immediately rushed to the hart-hit Dujiangyan city to look for his own child. "I found my little girl on the play ground. I could hardly recognize her. She looked so pitifully dirty and stank, drinking only the rainwater." This is what most of the school children face in uncollapsed buildings, he recalled. |
The surviving students are enclosed in the school grounds to protect them from reoccurring tremors and other possible harms. But they have no food, clean drinking water or power as the relief efforts are now mainly focused on the collapsed schools. "The children and their families are in dire need of shelters, water, and basic life necessities. They also need us to stand by their side and hold their hand to get over this tragedy." Wang said. Up to now, there is no official assessment of the children affected by the devastating earthquake. But it is estimated that there are 2.3 million children in the worst-hit region who may have been affected. UNICEF is now mobilizing its resources and has procured a total of USD430,000 worth of vital medical kits, tents, water and sanitation equipment to support China's relief efforts. The first batch may reach the capital city Chengdu in one or two days. |
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