Expert calls for rational volunteering, donations

Volunteers without specific training are encouraged not to jump into disaster centers and should save their efforts for post-disaster recovery, an expert said.

Survivors rally to help rescuers

Earthquake survivors in Sichuan are rallying to help others, with supplies of drinking water urgently needed.

Death toll reaches 26 in Baoxing

The death toll in Baoxing - the only isolated county after Saturday's earthquake due to telecommunication failures, power shortages and damaged roads - had reached 26 by 10 pm on Monday, with 18 still missing, 2,500 wounded, 86 of which in severe condition, and 58,000 other people affected, according to figures released by the local government.

Volunteer team helping students find sense of normalcy

"Simon says, touch your nose," Brendan Frentz said during an English class in a tent on the playground of Lushan High School. "Simon says, touch your foot."

Safety lessons heeded after 2008 disaster

Even though the 2008 Sichuan earthquake left Lushan county largely unscathed, with the epicenter 300 km away, residents say the experience they gained from that disaster proved invaluable on Saturday.

Red Cross to be open, transparent

Pledging to perform openly and transparently, Zhao Baige, executive vice-president of the Red Cross Society of China, asked for social understanding to help facilitate the ongoing disaster relief efforts by the biggest humanitarian organization in China.

Rescuers hike to cut-off towns

At 6:30 am on Sunday, Yang Renyi, president of the No 37 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, led a group of more than 30 medical professionals toward Baoxing, a county in Sichuan province's city Ya'an, which was damaged by the magnitude-7 earthquake on Saturday.

Left-behind kids, women, elderly suffer in hard-hit region

Chen Fuzhen had almost forgotten she's a woman since her husband went to work in Chongqing several years ago. She has had to take care of the whole family, two children and to frail elderly people, all by herself.

Journey to the epicenter slowed by obstacles along road

From the moment I set off for Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province, all I could think of for the next 12 hours was how to get to the epicenter as soon as possible to let the outside world know about their situation, because I was only about 200 km away, closer to the scene than any of my colleagues.

Ensuring water supply, preventing disease are urgent issues

The prevention of endemic diseases and ensuring food and water supply have become urgent issues for the people living in the quake-affected streets and villages in Lushan county, Sichuan province, as search and rescue efforts continued on Sunday.

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