Sichuan Quake Relief (SQR)

Welcome to Sichuan Quake Relief
欢迎光临四川地震救援

Sichuan Quake Relief (SQR) is a non-profit, humanitarian organisation dedicated to improving the lives of those affected by the 12 May 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

四川地震救援（SQR）是非赢利性的、人道主义的组织，并且致力于全力帮助在2008年5月12日汶川地震中受到伤害的人们。

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Third anniversary of Sichuan earthquake (2011/05/12 | No Comments »): Today marks the third anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake. SQR continues to focus on rebuilding economic opportunities for those families and individuals whose livelihoods were destroyed when the disaster struck.
Update on Yunnan earthquake situation (2011/03/14 | No Comments »): Conditions have remained stable and are being dealt with effectively, with cooperation between central and local government as well as NGOs working in the region.
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake hits south-west Yunnan (2011/03/10 | No Comments »): A strong earthquake has toppled buildings and killed at least 25 people in Yingjiang, south-west Yunnan.
SQR’s Review of the Year — 2010 (2010/12/20 | No Comments »): An overview of SQR’s achievements in 2010, and our on-going work for 2011.
SQR’s grassroots NGO capacity-building sessions underway (2010/12/13 | No Comments »): Nine local groups took part the first of SQR’s grassroots NGO capacity-building sessions in a day of workshop activities coordinated by SQR at the Di Kang Le Community Centre in Guangji.
Sports Day at Di Kang Le Kindergarten (2010/12/09 | 2 Comments »): The Di Kang Le Kindergarten in Guangji has held its first student-and-parents sports day since it was rebuilt and reopened in September. SQR was there to enjoy the fun and games.
Community events at SQR’s Di Kang Le Community Centre (2010/11/21 | No Comments »): Regular, free activities for the local people of Shihe and other surrounding villages of Guangji are underway at our Di Kang Le Community Centre. CSA is running skills-development sessions at Guangji Elementary School.
ABE Charity Cup 2010 raises 30,000 RMB for grassroots groups in earthquake area (2010/10/28 | No Comments »): The 4th Annual ABE Charity Cup football tournament, this year organised by SQR, raises money for grassroots organisations in the earthquake area.
Rebuilt Guangji Di Kang Le Kindergarten and new Community Centre officially opened (2010/09/15 | 3 Comments »): The opening ceremony of the re-built Guangji Di Kang Le Kindergarten, and the new Di Kang Le Community Centre, was a resounding success.
Yingxiu landslide evacuees: revised needs and numbers (2010/08/20 | No Comments »): 207 more evacuees arrived yesterday. As well as new or freshly-laundered blankets, sheets and towels, there is also a need for hygiene products such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, bodywash, shampoo, and laundry detergent.
Blanket appeal for Yingxiu landslide evacuees (2010/08/19 | No Comments »): Following recent flooding and landslides in and around Yingxiu — the epicentre of the 12 May 2008 Sichuan earthquake — there is once again a need for blankets, towels and sheets to provide relief for victims of this latest disaster to hit the region, SQR found today following a needs assessment.
Local community members organising sponsored swim in aid of SQR (2010/06/28 | No Comments »): A sponsored swimathon is being organised by long-time Chengdu resident Graham Bannerman, with support from Chengdu’s branch of European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and the Orchard Villas apartment complex.
Images of SQR-funded tent hospital in Yushu (2010/05/29 | No Comments »): Tent hospital continues to help earthquake victims.
New community centre in rural Guangji under construction (2010/05/28 | No Comments »): The new community centre at the site of SQR’s Guangji Di Kang Le Kindergarten project begins construction, with a little help from Mercator Fellowship volunteers.
CSA sports skills sessions already showing results (2010/05/22 | No Comments »): Children are already showing improvement in coordination. Other schools are interested in the project. Suzhou expats held a fundraiser in aid of SQR.
Funding request: need for durable winter tents in Yushu (2010/05/17 | No Comments »): SQR is working with a local grassroots NGO in Yushu to provide all-weather tents to 300 families that have little hope of being back in permanent homes before next year.
Chengdu Sports Aid 2010 Half-marathon and 10k Fun Run results and photos (2010/05/16 | 3 Comments »): Almost eighty runners took part in this year’s fund-raising run.
SQR funds Tibetan tent hospital in Yushu (2010/05/14 | No Comments »): SQR has provided funding today to a Tibetan medical team operating in a makeshift tented hospital in Yushu to extend the size of the facility and buy badly needed medicines and other supplies vital to continue their work.
Funding request: additional tents for Zhong Da Township in Yushu (2010/05/12 | No Comments »): 120,000 RMB needed to purchase tents for earthquake-affected nomadic Tibetans to use while they harvest their primary source of income in remote and inaccessible areas of Yushu County later this month; some of the tents will be used for a health clinic and to provide shelter for monks in an affected monastery in the same region.
Two year anniversary (2010/05/12 | No Comments »): The second anniversary of the earthquake is a particular milestone for those with family members still listed as missing.