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China : The Foundation is helping to rebuilt a school in China
Teams of Carrefour China and the Foundation are supporting efforts to rebuild one of the schools severely hit by the earthquake of the 3 june 2007
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter sacle severely affected the region of Puer in Yunnan province, China. The human cost was great, leaving a million people homeless and 300 injured.
To provide support to the populations affected, the teams at Carrefour China asked the Foundation for help in rebuilding a school that had been severely damaged by the earthquake. The 160 pupils and teachers subsequently benefited from the Hope School programme, which was launched in 2006 by the Foundation to promote the development of young people in China. Its aim is, on the one hand, to improve school conditions by offering various training modules for teachers and, on the other, to implement programmes designed to improve food safety for children and their parents.
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Humanitarian emergency |
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China |
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2007 |
- 1 000 000
Millions of persons afected
- 160
Children helped
- Budget:
25 000 euros
- Date:
June 2007
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