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China : Fighting against drought
The severest drought in the last 50 years struck the South-West of China, affecting over 7.5 million people and 40 municipalities.
After over 70 days without rain, two-thirds of the rivers had dried up, destroying all the crops. On 15 septembre 2006, the Carrefour International Foundation released 50 000 euros to build a hospital and help the populations suffering from undernourishment and poor sanitary conditions. The hospital will be built with the help of the Red Cross. Its departments will include A&E, Internal medecine, surgery,gynoecology, and paediatrics. It will also have a laboratory and a dispensary. This structure will be able to receive 2700 families and 750 homeless people.
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Help with reconstruction |
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China |
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2006-2007 |
- 2700
Families covered
- 750
homeless people
- Budget:
50 000 euros
- Date:
September 2006
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Carrefour mobilizes to bring help to the Chinese people
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale struck China on Monday 12 May 2008 (at 2.28 pm local time). The epicentre was close to Wenchuan in Sichuan province, in the south west of the country. When the catastrophe was announced on Monday evening, the Carrefour Group - via its International Foundation - paid a grant of 2 million yuan (€200,000) to the Chinese Red Cross as an initial emergency measure. |
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