How to Donate for the China Earthquake Relief
The most effective way to help the disaster relief efforts is through donation. Here are some of the places for you to consider:
Red Cross Society of China
http://202.108.59.10/wsjz/wsjz.asp
http://www.redcross.org.cn
If you are not in China and using a Chinese address, add a number (i.g. 0) to the zip code will conform the format requirement. Also, to make it easier, try to use Visa card instead of other type of credit cards.
China Consulate, New York
http://www.nyconsulate.prchina.org/chn/ttxw/t434163.htm
If you read Chinese the post on this site has more details.
Overseas Save the Chinese Children Foundation (OSCC)
http://www.osccf.org/donation_method.aspx?lan=cn
Address:
Overseas Save the Chinese Children Foundation
793-10 Federal Road
Brookfield，CT 06804
Pay the Order of: Overseas Save the Chinese Children Foundation
Memo: China Earthquake Relief
Red Cross Canada
https://www.paypaq.com/redcross/new/index.php
This has been reported as a quick and easy way of donating.
Oxfam Hong Kong
http://www.oxfam.org.hk/public/main
"Oxfam Hong Kong staff members are in Sichuan and Gansu Provinces, working closely with the province-level Civil Affairs Department as well as the Poverty Alleviation Office. So far, the agency has committed HK$12 million (about US$1.5million) for the massive relief and rehabilitation effort."
They has designate account to accept donation for Si Chuan earthquake.
X06 : Sichuan Earthquake (May 08)
The assigned bank accounts no :
1) HSBC C/A 001-537000-012 (Account code : 16107)
2) BOC C/A 012-874-0010515-7 (Account code : 16122)
Red Cross - for China Earthquake
http://www.redcross.org/news/in/profiles/Intl_profile_ChinaEarthquake.html
"On May 12, the International Federation allocated nearly US $240,000 from the Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) to help the RCSC deliver immediate assistance."
WorldVision - China Earthquake Relief
http://worldvision.org/news.nsf/news/china-earthquake-20080512?Open&lpos=erdm_chinaquake_learnmore
"Relief goods, including 800 tents, 30,000 quilts, 464,000 kilograms of food, and 2,000 shelter tarpaulins, will be provided to survivors in Qingchuan, a quake-affected county where World Vision has a community development program. The goods will be purchased in-country and distributed by World Vision's local staff and relief teams."
Mercy Corps - for China Earthquake
http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/china/2155
"Mercy Corps, through its local partner China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA), is monitoring the situation and ready to rush aid to survivors. We will provide financial, material and human resources to support CFPA's emergency response. We have deployed two experienced staff members from our Beijing office to help coordinate efforts."
2008 Sichuan Earthquake Relief Committee by Oversea Chinese
http://web.wenxuecity.com/BBSView.php?SubID=finance&MsgID=1107371
http://www.tsinghuafoundation.org
This is organized efforts by Legal Immigration Association. The have been accepted for matching by Google, Yahoo, Spansion, Qualcomm, eBay and HP. "The 2008 Sichuan Earthquake Relief Commitee, formed by a group of volunteers co-ordinated by Silicon Valley Tsinghua Network, Legal Immigration Association, MITBBS and etc., is calling for donation to help China to recover from this huge disaster. We have opened a special account for China Earthquake Relief. All donations will be fully(100%) forwarded to Red Cross China and we don't charge any fee, also no fee charged when you donate online either through Google checkout or paypal."
For people want to directly send the donation to China by check or wiring from banks, here are the designate accounts in China:
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China branch
Bank: ICBC - Beijing Branch, Dong Si Nan division
Account Name: Red Cross Society of China
RMB account: 0200001009014413252
CITIC Bank branch
Bank: CITIC Jiu Xian Qiao Branch
Account Name: Red Cross Society of China
Foreign Currency account: 7112111482600000209
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