Donation
for Donate online:
(You will be taken to a secure payment page.) Your donation makes a difference! And it is one
of the most direct ways to donate, as the entire collection
goes to the Red Cross of China - Sichuan Branch.
1. Through Chinese Consulate General, NY, (Tax
deduction not available) 2. International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) 5. Via American Red Cross.
(Tax deduction not available, including related company match
part) |
Open Letter to MIT Community Dear Friends, A catastrophic earthquake rocked central China at 2:28pm on Monday May 12, 2008. Within one day, the death toll rose sharply to nearly 12,000 and is keeping rapidly rising. Sichuan Province was affect the worst, with over 8000 reported deaths and tens of thousands of survivors trapped under debris. Surrounding provinces also saw hundreds of casualties. There are still regular aftershocks, which make people fearful to return home. Millions of people have to sleep in the open, in heavy rain, with no power or water.
Facing the devastation in our motherland, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) is calling for support from the whole MIT community. We will hold a table at the student center all day long from Wednesday (May 14th) through Friday (May 16th) to collect donation. The money collected will be used to provide for the survivors basic shelter and food and to help rebuild their homes. We will send the money to the Chinese Red Cross Sichuan Branch.
To help keeping the donation procedure transparent, we will need you to provide the following information: name, email, School, Department, Year/Graduate, phone number. Receipts will be provided upon request. We will update the donation information everyday on the MIT CSSA¡¯s webpage. Meanwhile, the on-line donation account is being set up and will be available soon. We will update you once this information is ready. At the moment, we also need a lot of volunteers who can contribute his/her valuable time in helping us. The duties include but are not limited to: designing and distributing flyers, maintaining webpage, outreaching and broadcasting. If you are interested in joining us as volunteers, please send your name, email and contact number to Liang, Fei (liangfei@mit.edu). She will get in touch with you. Thank you for your generous support! Any suggestion on further showing our support toward this disaster is welcome! MIT Chinese Student and Scholar Association |
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| Update |
| May-18-2008 |
| Latest earthquake news: Confirmed earthquake dead now over 32500, the final death toll may exceed 50000. 4.8 million people displaced. Original quake revised to Richter 8.0, and aftershocks above 5.0 continue to hit, affecting wide area and hampering rescue. As of this afternoon, we have received nearly $7000 in donations made online (right here) from over 60 individuals and groups. See this self-updating list for details. |
| May-16-2008 |
| MIT on campus donation ends, raising over $20000 in 3 days from over 400 donors. Thank you! Online donation opened and continues to take donations About 130 individuals donated nearly $7000 today. For details see the
May-16
Donation List |
| May-15-2008 |
MIT on campus donation continues About 150 more individuals donated nearly $6000! For details see the
May-15
Donation List Chinese Community in Boston, decided to raise 1 million USD by 6/12/2008, MIT Sloan Management School has collected about $5000. |
| May-14-2008 |
| MIT on campus donation initiated About 150 individuals donated over $7500 on the first day! For details see the May-14 Donation List |
| May-13-2008 |
| MIT CSSA take actions to help people suffered from
the earth quake China Earthquake Relief on Facebook |
| May-12-2008 |
| A powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake devastated
central China on May 12th, killing more than 10,000 people and trapping
untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth. It is the country's
worst quake in past three decades. Let's pray for the people suffering
from this tragedy and contribute to the earthquake relief. *** 12,000+ dead, 18,692 buried, 29,000+ injured and 7,841 missing. Thousands of victims are students under 17.*** |