| Latest Figure Updates |
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| Field
Visit to Sichuan quake zones |
| 14/07/2008 - Ambassadors of the Hong
Kong Committee for UNICEF, Ms Miriam Yeung, Ms Charlie
Young and Mr Louis Koo traveled to the quake zones in
Sichuan, including Anxian, Beichuan and Pengzhou from
6 to 10 July 2008. They have visited pre-fabricated classrooms,
UNICEF-supported Child Friendly Spaces, water supply systems
and tents in the most-ravaged communities. |
| UNICEF
to support water, sanitation and hygiene in China's quake
zone |
| 04/07/2008 - On June 30, UNICEF delivered 25,858
packages of water purification tablets worth US$1,454,081
to Pengzhou and Mianzhu. Another batch of 53,000 packages
will arrive in the next few weeks. The whole consignment
is expected to benefit 2 million people for 3 months.
With the help of such tablets, water pumped from uncertain
sources can be made safe to drink. |
| Remote
villages in Gansu need emergency assistance |
| 25/06/2008 - According to provincial
government reports more than 6,500 schools in Gansu
Province were severely damaged and thousands of school
classrooms were destroyed in the 12 May Wenchuan earthquake.
A total of 1.2 million people have lost their homes.
Gansu borders Sichuan to the north. |
