Welcome to Kyegu Relief Fund blog.
Kyegu Relief Fund is a charitable overseas aid fund that is voluntary, not-for-profit and non-government and is established for disaster relief and the relief of poverty through development aid activities.
The Fund was established in response to the devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit the eastern Tibetan town of Kyegu (Yushu in Chinese) on 14 April 2010.
Approximately 10,000 people have died and over 20,000 people are injured. More than 90% of the buildings have been reduced to rubble. Tens of thousands are injured, homeless and destitute. Many survivors have no family left. Thousands have been cremated at the local Kyegu Monastery.
The relief effort is hampered by the remoteness of the region and the harrowing weather - fierce winds stir up dust storms in the day and at night temperatures dip below freezing.
The humanitarian need is urgent and enormous. While officials and overseas NGOs have begun the relief effort, more help is needed. Quite simply, every effort to make a difference really does go to someone in need.
KRF has initiated a campaign to raise funds for orphaned and disadvantaged children. They require aid most urgently. Shelter, sustenance and to return to a school are immediate needs.
Please donate generously to this heart-wrenching situation. You can also donate clothes or 'Knit for Tibet'
The Fund was established in response to the devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit the eastern Tibetan town of Kyegu (Yushu in Chinese) on 14 April 2010.
Approximately 10,000 people have died and over 20,000 people are injured. More than 90% of the buildings have been reduced to rubble. Tens of thousands are injured, homeless and destitute. Many survivors have no family left. Thousands have been cremated at the local Kyegu Monastery.
The relief effort is hampered by the remoteness of the region and the harrowing weather - fierce winds stir up dust storms in the day and at night temperatures dip below freezing.
The humanitarian need is urgent and enormous. While officials and overseas NGOs have begun the relief effort, more help is needed. Quite simply, every effort to make a difference really does go to someone in need.
KRF has initiated a campaign to raise funds for orphaned and disadvantaged children. They require aid most urgently. Shelter, sustenance and to return to a school are immediate needs.
Please donate generously to this heart-wrenching situation. You can also donate clothes or 'Knit for Tibet'
My first thought was of monks scrambling over the wreckage, and then I thought it must be rescue workers in similar coloured outfits. I clicked the photo to make it larger and it was monks.
ReplyDeleteMany hands make light work, but it must be an awful task for anyone to have to search through the collapsed buildings for people.