China Earthquake: Statement

15/04/2010

Ottawa, ON (April 15, 2010) HUMANITARIAN COALITION member agencies, CARE Canada, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam-Québec and Save the Children Canada, are all carefully monitoring the situation in China following the recent earthquake in Qinghai province and preparing appropriate humanitarian relief activities.  Latest reports at the time of this statement are that this earthquake has killed over 600 people and over 9,000 others have been injured.

Member agencies are carrying out assessments across the region and will be revising their response plans as the situation evolves. In the next few days the information from these assessments will determine the types of programs and scale of funding support that will be required to assist those affected by this crisis.

For more information, please contact the member agencies at the coordinates in the right hand column.