The SSEA is calling everyone to help the victims of the recent earthquake in China.

Shortly after 3pm on May 2008, a deadly earthquake measuring at 7.8 on the Richter scale hit Sichuan province in western China, leaving more than 20,000 dead and many more still trapped or missing. It is feared that the casualty number may rise to over 50,000 with nearly half a million people left homeless.

This is the worst earthquake to hit China in more than 30 years and the scale of the relief operations is unprecedented. Immediate assistance is needed to save lives and help the survivors through the aftermath of the disaster. The SSEA has donated to the relief efforts and is calling everyone to help the victims of this horrible earthquake.

Please, if you are able to, use the following information to help in any way you can.

The Red Cross Society of China has lauched an emergency appeal and is now accepting cash and remittance:
http://202.108.59.10/english/20080513/8937.htm

A more convenient way is through Jet Li's One Foundation. They accept credit card and Paypal, and deposit all donations directly into the account of the Red Cross Society of China:
http://www.onefoundation.cn/zhuanti/080512en/index.htm

A number of major International charities and humanitarian organizations have lauched their own appeals. These include:

The British Red Cross (Credit card, debit card, cheques):
http://www.redcross.org.uk/news.asp?id=81083

Oxfam Hong Kong (Credit card, bank transfer, cheques):
Oxfam Hong Kong Sichuan Earthquake Appeal

MercyCorps (Credit card, Google Checkout):
http://www.mercycorps.org/chinaearthquake/

World Vision (Credit Card):
World Vision Donation Page

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Credit Card):
http://donate.ifrc.org/

Tsinghua Challenge Foundation (Creid Card, PayPal, Google Checkout):
http://tsinghuafoundation.org/earthquake08/index.html

We would like to extend our thanks to all who are helping the relief efforts.

The SSEA team