China earthquake

As the days pass the extend of the casualties and and damage from the China Earthquake is coming to light. Without being too morbid here is an extract regarding the extent of the tragedy.


As of now, Thursday afternoon in China, there are 14,866 people confirmed dead
confirmed dead, 14,463 in Sichuan Province. There are 22,438 people reported
missing – 21,020 of them in Deyang alone. There have been 3,300
aftershocks and they continue.

Tonight's news puts the figure closer to 50,000 deaths. This is such a terrible tragedy. And my thoughts are with the poor families who have been affected by this.

Several orphanage charities have set up emergency funding. Here is the link to half the sky. According to reports most of the orphanage's have responded and say they are fine. Of course after such a devastation there is shortages of food and water, and some of the buildings are unsafe. I am so glad that we are in a position to help out albeit only financially.