Devastating Earthquake Hits Tibet - Please Help

You Can Make a Difference!!!

Dear friend,

On early wednesday morning, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake followed by a number of powerful aftershocks struck Kyegundo (spoken: Jyegundo) in Kham, eastern Tibet (Ch: Jieguduo or Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province). Media sources have reported nearly 600+ people killed and more than 10,000 injured. Tibetans with contacts in the area have heard the death toll may be as high as 4,000.

Tibetoday send our heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost loved ones in the earthquake. Our thoughts and prayers are with those in Kyegundo and the surrounding area.

How you can help and make a difference :

1) Donate to organizations working in the region and help support emergency relief efforts:

* Tibetan Village Project: http://www.tibetanvillageproject.org/
(Note: you can also donate via Causes at:
http://www.causes.com/causes/472609?m=01e7a3fb)

* Tibet Relief Fund: http://www.tibetrelieffund.co.uk/

* Machik: http://www.machik.org/index.php

* Tibet Foundation: http://www.tibet-foundation.org/news/urgent_emergency_appeal_kyekudo_yushu_earthquake/

With the people of victims of tragic earthquake

Tibetoday
~~~May Peace Prevail on Earth~~~

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Rescue workers pull out children from a collapsed building in Yushu county in western China's Qinghai province on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. A series of strong earthquakes struck a far western Tibetan area of China on Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 10,000 as houses made of mud and wood collapsed, trapping many more, officials said. (AP Photo)

A local looks for his relatives who are buried in ruins after an earthquake at the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, Qinghai province April 15, 2010. The death toll from the earthquake in China's remote and mountainous Yushu county, Qinghai province, has risen to 617, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. (Photo: Reuters)