A DISASTER

Used to be one of the most beautiful places in China

Before

After

Before After

As of May 31, 2008As of May 31, 2008

68,977 died,68,977 died,367,854 injured,367,854 injured,

andand17,974 still missing…17,974 still missing…

Many of them are children…Many of them are children…

More than 15,000,000 people lost their More than 15,000,000 people lost their homes…homes…

45,500,000 peopleare affected…

Help - coming from all over the country and the world

Firefighters

Soldiers

Generous donations from ordinary people

a long line waiting for blood donation

Help came from Japan,

from Russia,

And from the USA…

German children draw their wishes on a tent to be sent to Sichuan.

International volunteers play with kids from the affected area.

President Bush pays condolence

Peking University community holds condolence ceremony on campus

Thousands of students and faculty members of Peking University pay a moment of silence on campus. They all stand facing southwest, the direction of Sichuan province.

北大师生在三角地举行悼念仪式，面向西南，为地震遇难同胞默哀。

Students write letters to children in the disaster affected area

PKU Students donate blood on campus

PUAA in Northern California

PUAA-DC

PUAA-DC board sent donations to Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong.

PUAA-DC China Earthquake Relief Fund

PUAA-DC China Earthquake Relief Fund

• As of May 28, 2008, we have received from 71 donors a total contribution of $ 28,071 (pre-paypal fee)

• The fund will be forwarded to China Red Cross

• PUAA-DC is a 501(c) tax-exempt organization

Special thanks for…

Great appreciations to …Peter Li, Yue Wang, and Chou-Chi Li/Chih-Shiang Li

for their generous donation of $5,000 each.

Angela Cheung/David Cheung Min Qiu/Qun Lan Jiaming Gu/Ling Liu Lisa Haynes

Stephen Yeh/Parianne Yeh Eric Lam/Bell Press Inc. Pac Chan Feila Zhang

Woan-Yi Byles/Ernest Byles Min Liu Hazina Sharpe Hong Hao

Yajun Cheng Jun Yin/Xinli Wang Jessie Shu Hong Sun

Gay Campanella Yeqing Li Xiaohua Qian Saurabh Parakh

Frederick W. Schwanke Chongzhi Zang Yuechen Chi Lang Lin

Lisa Wu Yirui Mu Jian Chen Jianjun Zhou

Connie Zhong Ren Chen Shirley Jao Cehui Li

Debi Schenk Xiao-Pei Yang Robert W. Tobin/Mrs. Tobin Marie Heaton

Elsie Gomes Yan Zhang Shirley Chan Brenda Purvis

Xinchao Zhang Ming Yan Qiyun Wang Chiming Wei

Susan Roosevelt Weld Qinhui WuChi Ming Lau/Margaret Shue-ying

LauYiqun Guo

Ziaoqing Zhou/Bing Zhang Jianhua Yuan yi-lun ding Guisen Jiang

Yuechen Chi Zhitong Zhang Doug Gross Yingjie Shu

Mei Lu Connie Zhong Lingfei He Wenying Jiangli

Qin Wang Lei Wang Lei Zhang Wei Cao

Xiaoying Huang Bangyi Zhao & Xiuru Li Qingwen Miao Zhiwei Xu

Ying Zhang Zhenya Jiang/Ying Jin Jie Feng Jing Bai

Zhang Guanrong cleans the body of her husband Tan Qianqiu, a teacher from a Middle School of Deyang City.

Tan sacrificed his life to save four of his students, sheltering them with his body underneath the teaching platform.

Tan’s elder daughter, a sophomore at Peking University, lost her dearest father.

Those Who Sacrifice

– the teacher who scarified his own life to protect students

Those Who Appreciate

- the boy who saluted the soldiers when being rescued

An 80-year-old survivor holds a big banner reading "Thank you"

Best of all, we have –

The Hope of Life

Surviving students read outside at night

Life is going on…

And, let’s remember forever…

(A lighting ceremony in a dorm building of Peking University)