The Amity Foundation

Disaster relief in Guizhou

With the help of the local government, Amity staffers distributed warm quilts and thermal underwear to victims of the snowstorm disaster in Guizhou Province. Below are several photographs which illustrate their efforts.

In the meantime, China’s snowstorm victims still need your support. Please consider making a donation.

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Wing Lung Bank helps Amity’s disaster relief work

Wing Lung Bank donated HK$300,000 (ca. US$38,450) to the Amity Foundation. Anthony Tong from Amity’s Hong Kong Office and She Hongyu, associate director of Amity’s research and development division, received a check during the opening ceremony of the Shanghai branch of the Hong Kong-based bank on 18 February. The money will go to Amity’s disaster relief work.

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China’s snowstorm victims need your help!

Many of you will already have seen the headlines – the worst winter snowstorms in decades have wreaked havoc in central and southern China just as millions are trying to make their way home to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families. Dozens have frozen to death or perished in traffic accidents. Wide areas are without running water and electricity. Crops have been destroyed on a large scale. Greenhouses have collapsed. As animals freeze to death or starve, many farmers are losing their livestock. About 1.6 million people have been evacuated from affected areas.

As the snow continues to fall, those who are suffering urgently need your help. Amity has already started providing emergency aid in the form of quilts, rice and medicine to those who have been most seriously affected. Having traveled to Hunan and Guizhou, two of the hardest hit areas, Amity staffers are reporting on the latest developments and overseeing disaster relief efforts.

Donate now and help Amity make a difference for those who are in critical need. Click here to go to our “donations” page.

Amity’s voice at the Jiangsu CPPCC

The 10th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) of Jiangsu Province held its first session in January. A new “Social Welfare and Social Security Group” was established during this session. Qiu Zhonghui, the general secretary of the Amity Foundation, was elected to the committee of this Group as well as to the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu CPPCC.

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