An earthquake of magnitude 8 struck Wenchuan, Sichuan Province on the afternoon of May 12. China was shocked, so was the world. The intensity, wide-spread area affected and severity of loss in human life and property are the most unusual during the past several decades. The situation of this disaster draws the attention of people all over China and the world. After the earthquake struck, we received telephone calls from US and Spanish agencies, which showed a lot of concern over the situation in affected areas and their wish to provide assistance and help to welfare institutions in these places. Hereby China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) would like to give its sincere gratitude to those agencies that are concerned about orphaned and disabled children in welfare institutions. It is known that up till now situation is not quite sure in welfare institutions of severely affected areas due to interruption of communication. There is no one injured or dead in institutions of other affected areas in Sichuan. The damage of houses and facilities is still under investigation for statistics.

Adoptive families and agencies that would like to donate to the welfare institutions in affected areas could transfer the money to the donation account of Child Caring Project of CCAA (http://www.china-ccaa.org/site/infocontent/AXFX_20080202111550314_en.htm). We will make timely arrangement and help the institutions rebuild themselves after the disaster.

1、List of material in urgent need by quake-affected areas
　　2、We are on the way……——Real time report of projects helping child-care in welfare institutions of disaster-hit areas by foreign adoption agencies and families