Posts Tagged ‘medicine’

Summer teacher, food, medical supplies

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

The first longer-term Summer Camp teacher (Aaron) went up to Luoshui this morning armed with his tent, sleeping bag, some whiteboards and a heap of coloured markers.

Toby, He and Rainy went to Niubizi and Qunxin to deliver the oil and food supplies agreed yesterday. The disinfectants and basic medicines for Gingko village near Yingxiu were bought today. The chopper and the French doctors are ready and will be flying out in the morning.

Village near Yingxiu in need

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Another example of a funding request that also involves SQR’s longer-term aim of gathering information about local communities and their needs.

Request: A village near Yingxiu is in dire need of some Chinese medicines and some hygiene equipment. The area is still inaccessible by road but we’d be cooperating with a group of Chinese and French volunteers (some of whom are doctors) who can get in by helicopter and then hike. Supply streams have been badly affected by serious landslides. We’ve confirmed the need with local villagers. Former Heart to Heart people are helping by sending in some Western medicines too.