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Charities donate to help orphans

Officials from the China Charity Federation and Hunan Charity Federation visited Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture in Central China's Hunan province recently, to check on progress in helping orphans and poor households in the area. The former donated 500,000 yuan ($76,300) and the latter supplied materials worth 256,000 yuan. Xiangxi autonomous prefecture allocated capital and materials worth about 140,000 yuan. The material supplies include cooking oil, rice, winter clothes and cotton quilts.

Relief pours in after landslide