Relief Work

	SHIC has carried out disaster relief projects in disaster stricken areas or extremely impoverished areas in Liaoning Province, Gui Zhou Province and also in the neighboring country of North Korea or the DPRK as most know it (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
	Since 1998 we have spent $588,161.55 USD on disaster relief, whether food aid, medicines, clothing, or other supplies. This aid has been distributed in Liaoning Province, Inner Mongolia Province, Yanbian Autonomous Region and also in North Korea. *Si Chuan Earth Quake: Anguish of* *China*
	*More than 11,000 people died in the three minutes.* *Many tens of thousands were missing.*
	*BeiChuanCounty* *More than 11,000 people died in the three minutes.* *Many tens of thousands were missing.*
	Her family was buried beneath the rubble. She described each family member, especially her daughter who was very beautiful.
	*Her family was buried beneath the rubble. She described each family member, especially her daughter who was very beautiful*.
	We worked in Hong Yuan Chun. -Population 2,000 -500 families -200-300 students in the school; most were able to get out when the earth quake started -Our SHIC doctors in 1 ½ days saw about 125 patients and we distributed 20kg of grain to every family.
	We worked in Chang Sheng Chun -Population abut 1,400 -280 families -No one died We visited Fang Bei, the nearest village to Chang Sheng Chun. The school was totally collapsed, as were 99% of all buildings in their village. Fourteen students were killed while their parents had been working in the fields when the quake struck.
	We worked Ren Min Chun of Huan Tu Zhen -Population 2,270 -24 large villages under this prefecture -15 small villages -7 people died -110,646 square meters of building damaged -29,285 square meters of buildings dangerously damaged -11,690 persons injured -605 families have no home; are living in makeshift tents
	-They had a small clinic but it collapsed. It had three in-patient care beds and one doctor. However their services were basically limited to giving IVs. -The primary school had 200-300 students and 12 teachers. The school totally collapsed.
	We worked Min Zhu Chun This was the smallest of the villages in which we worked. We stayed only a half of a day, conducting a medical clinic, before we left to return to Chengdu. At 40,000 RMB per home it would cost about $4.5 million to rebuild the village including 605 homes and main public buildings.
	*Zhen Chuan had 35 people in his family and now he has 8.* *The rest were killed.*
	Xin xin ku ku ji shi nian Dong ben xi pao zeng dian qian Di zhen yi lai, san fen zhong, chuan wen er wan. Bearing bitter hardships for many years, Running to the east to the west and here at home trying to make a little money. The earth quake came; in three minutes, our whole culture was wiped away.
	The earth quake damaged all remote area schools in varying degrees from a little cracking to complete destruction. They already have a list of all schools damaged, which they can give to us and we can decide. On the average there are about 300 minimum students in each school district. Then there are some with 700 – 1,000 students. In the years prior to the quake, the schools were built according to 6 or 7 degree standards.
	The cost is approximately 1,300RMB/m2. For a school of approximately 300 students, they will need about 1,500m2 of space. This includes classrooms, dormitory rooms, laboratory, dinning hall, showers, bathrooms and library, activity rooms and storage rooms.
	They want to use the original places that the buildings were on as the location for the new buildings. The government has not clarified their plans as of yet, regarding clearing away the debris from the building sites.
	Furnishings and equipment may be approximately 150,000RMB ($21,582) per school; plus metal chair desk sets 170RMB ($25) per set. These are all public schools. They provide 9 years free education for any student from primary school to junior high.
	Possible projects thus far would probably entail: hospital and training doctors elder’s home for widows primary school community health station factory