Friday, August 13, 2010

WEATHER RELIEF EFFORTS IN CHINA AND PAKISTAN

Rotary International staff members are working with District 3450 (Hong Kong; Macau; Mongolia) to acquire information about Rotarian-led disaster relief efforts in response to Typhoon Chanthu, which struck the Leizhou Peninsula in southern China’s Guangdong Province on 22 July. More than 700 people have died since the start of the year as a result of heavy flooding that has swept through large parts of southern and central China. Updates will be posted at www.rotary.org as they become available. Please send any questions or concerns regarding this disaster to relief@rotary.org

Rotary International staff members are working with districts 3271 (Pakistan) and 3272 (Afghanistan and Pakistan) to acquire information about Rotarian-led disaster relief efforts in response to the floods that have struck Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province since 23 July. More than 1,100 people have died as rescue workers in northwest Pakistan struggled to reach the thousands affected by the country's worst floods since 1929. Updates will be posted at www.rotary.org as they become available. Please send any questions or concerns regarding this disaster to relief@rotary.org

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