One month on from Chinas Earthquake OMF Response so far

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One month on from Chinas EarthquakeOMF
Response so far
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Facts and Figures

• 69,146 dead
• 17,516 missing
• 374,072 injured
• 5 million homeless

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Fast and Efficient Response

• gt130,000 troops working in quake zone
• US10 billion allocated from Govt. budget
• US6.3 billion international and domestic
  donations

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Phase One Emergency Relief

• Delivering relief goods in quake zone
• Helping families
• Supporting efforts of believers
• Gathering information
• Providing medical support to the Red Cross

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Visiting evacuated teenagers
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Phase Two Rebuilding and Restoration
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a) Adopt a Village Initiative
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Han Chinese villages
Qiang and Tibetan minority villages
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Partnering with local believers to bring lasting
hope through

• Micro-loans
• Handicraft projects
• Livestock projects
• Irrigation projects
• Summer camps
• Equipping schools

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b) Caring for traumatised children

• Children who have
• Lost parents
• Lost homes
• Lost friends
• Lost limbs
• Been injured
• Been emotionally disturbed

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Providing training for caregivers, parents and
teachers

• Briefing caregivers on the needs of traumatised
  children and how to care for them
• Treating children with amputations
• Briefing and debriefing local counsellors

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Organising volunteers to hold activities for
affected children

• Fun Days
• English camps
• Tutoring
• Counselling

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We need

• Physio- and occupational therapists
• Prosthetics specialists
• Child psychologists and counsellors
• English teachers
• Play therapists

• Project managers
• People with small business expertise
• Short-term teams and volunteers
• Mandarin-speaking doctors and nurses

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PRAY

• For people as they begin to put their lives
  together again
• That those who grieve would know Gods comfort
• For the witness of local believers

• For greater openness and opportunities to share
  Gods love in the quake zone
• For more short- and long-term workers with the
  right skills

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