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ii. The 3-year Village Adoption Project in Yunnan, China, started coastal towns and cities of Honshu in a flash. Thousands of
in 2007 and jointly run by Deloitte, the Office of people died and many thousands of people lost their homes.
Service-Learning at Lingnan University in Hong Kong and our The earthquake also damaged 3 local nuclear power plants.
Council, has come to the end. Agreement has also been made Under the threat of nuclear crisis, people living within a 10
with the local government to adopt the same project model in kilometers zone were ordered to evacuate. The Council
another neighboring village, Wan Yao Shu Village, for three appealed to the public and raised HK$1,481,354.40.
years. After several on-the-spot investigations in the village, the
first formal visit to the village will be arranged by end of this year.
F. Book Donation Program

The Moral Education Center of the Education Bureau of
Fujian province’s comm ittee is under Fujian Provincial
Department of Education’s committee. It is a non-profit
organization that supports youth literacy. Since 2005, the
Center has been working with a reading aid organization in
Fujian, helping those poor area's students to solve their
shortage of books and running a 10-year campaign for
donation of books. The campaign helped more than 3000
primary and secondary schools in the province to build
Deep consolation to the victims of Japan
libraries, collecting over 9 million books and helping 2.8
million students solve their shortage of reading books.
ii. Yunnan Y ingjiang E arthquake
Last year in June, serious natural disasters happened in
On March 10, 2011, an earthquake with a m agnitude of
Fujian Province hitting over 60 counties and over 1.6 million
5.8 hit Yingjiang, which is located in the southwest of China's
people were affected, leading to over $53.53 billion
Yunnan Province and on the border of Myanmar. Many
economic loss. Those schools which received book donation
buildings collapsed, resulting in 25 deaths, over 250 injured,
suffered even more. The basic foundation of the libraries and
and 300,000 people affected. More than 270 aftershocks
teaching rooms were destroyed and books were soaked.
took place continually. Approxim ately 18,000 victims have to
D u rin g th is year, a co lle a g u e vis ite d S a n m in g C ity,
re-build homes. The Council appealed to the public and
Nanpin City and W uyi shan in Fujian between July 24 - 28.
raised HK$ 1,060,151.50.
8 schools were visited and more information about the need
of the book donation was collected.
iii. A frica D rought
The drought situation in the Horn of Africa has reached
crisis levels. This is the worst in 60 years. According to the
UN OCHA Eastern Africa drought-hum anitarian snapshot,
more than 10 million people in Africa are in need of
humanitarian aid - including people from Ethiopia, Somalia,
Kenya and Djibouti. The impact of the drought is seen
everywhere. Among them is the skyrocketing of food prices.
Not only are livestock dying in large numbers because of
food shortage and drought, but also the local people are
Colleague met with school principals and officials from
confronted with large-scale famine. "ACT" (Action by
education department
Churches Together) has introduced humanitarian assistance
G. Disaster Relief Fund Raising Tasks in food distribution, water supply and supplem entary feeding
for nutrition in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. HKCC has
i. Japan E arthquake
transferred HK$300,000 from the relief fund for the local
On March 11,2011, a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake
emergency relief and assistance. We also appealed to the
hit Japan, followed by a huge tsunam i that alm ost engulfed public for donation to support those who are suffering.