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5.12 Sichuan Earthquake 10 Years On

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An earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale struck Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province on 12 May 2008, with over 10 million people affected and massive casualties and economic loss caused. Over 10 years, upon completion of all emergency relief operations and reconstruction programmes, the HKRC continues to support community recovery and disaster preparedness programmes in the affected areas to enhance the local capacity on emergency response and preparedness.

Overview of the HKRC operations from 2008 to 2018

Sichuan

  • Distributed relief items to over 178,000 person-times - Reconstructed over 10,000 houses, 19 schools, 22 hospitals and 151 clinics - Provided rehabilitation service to 1,800 quake-affected patients - Supported community recovery, disaster preparedness or livelihood programmes in 117 villages - Construction and provision of equipment for disaster preparedness warehouses - Trained rehabilitation emergency response teams - Prepositioned relief items

Yunnan

  • Distributed relief items to over 24,000 person-times - Supported disaster preparedness programmes in nine villages - Trained mass sanitation emergency response teams - Prepositioned relief items

Ningxia

  • Distributed relief items to 5,000 person-times - Supported disaster preparedness or livelihood programmes in 14 villages - Supported disaster preparedness programmes in four schools - Construction and provision of equipment for disaster preparedness warehouses - Trained emergency response teams - Prepositioned relief items

Shaanxi

  • Distributed relief items to over 6,200 person-times - Reconstructed 2,500 houses, seven schools, three hospitals and 39 clinics - Supported community recovery, disaster preparedness or livelihood programmes in 52 villages - Prepositioned relief items

Chongqing

  • Distributed relief items to over 6,000 person-times - Supported disaster preparedness programmes in 20 villages - Provision of equipment for emergency response teams

Gansu

  • Distributed relief items to over 92,000 person-times - Reconstructed over 1,800 houses, eight schools, five hospitals and 67 clinics

Donation Allocation

The HKRC received around HK$1.3 billion in donations designated to support the emergency relief, reconstruction, recovery and disaster preparedness programmes in six provinces which were affected by the 5.12 Sichuan Earthquake, including Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Yunnan and Chongqing. As of December 2017, more than HK$1.14 billion, about 87% of the total donation, were spent. The administrative expenses attributed to less than 1.5% of the total donation income.

After the “5.12 Sichuan Earthquake”, the HKRC has reserved part of the residual donations for emergency response, recovery and reconstruction programmes in quake-affected provinces. Detailed reports can be found on:

Enquiry

Tel: 2802 0016 Fax: 2802 0017 Email: relief@redcross.org.hk