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City takes initiative in drive for organs

Metro | Charity and civil affairs
2009-7-2

THE Red Cross Society of China, under guidance from the Ministry of Health, will mount a major promotion to champion the cause of organ and body donations. A pilot program to allow more flexible management of organ...

Billions donated for relief operations

National
2008-5-31

AS of noon yesterday, domestic and foreign donations for quake survivors had reached 39.9 billion yuan (US$5.7 billion), up 2.6 billion yuan from Thursday, according to the Information Office of the State Council. ...

More help for migrant schools

National
2008-5-1

THE Red Cross Society of China launched its first enterprise-contribution aid program for schools of migrant children in Beijing yesterday. The program, sponsored by PepsiCo China Ltd with a 1-million-yuan (US$143,102)...

AIDS awareness

National
2008-3-31

THE Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) has launched a three-year nationwide AIDS prevention and care program. The initiative comes in response to an escalating nationwide HIV epidemic, said Yang Xusheng, director...

Record donation

National
2008-1-17

THE Red Cross Society of China received 12 million yuan (US$1.6 million) from China Merchants Securities yesterday, the single largest donation since it was founded in 1904. The cash will be used to help urban...

Five nurses receive profession鈥檚 top award

National
2005-7-13

FIVE nurses who made great contributions to China鈥檚 medical cause were awarded medals in Beijing yesterday by President Hu Jintao at a ceremony of the 40th Florence Nightingale Medal.

Red Cross awards for tsunami aid

National
2005-6-1

THE Red Cross Society of China yesterday honored outstanding individuals and organizations for their rescue effort in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami last December.

Relief supplies

National
2005-1-20

A CARGO plane carrying relief supplies worth 10.77 million yuan (US$1.3 million) left Beijing for Indonesia鈥檚 Batam Island yesterday morning, the first from the Red Cross Society of China.

Chinese reach out throughout the region

World
2005-1-8

CHINESE people from all walks of life have donated more than 100 million yuan (US$12.09 million) to the tsunami-hit southern and southeastern Asian countries as of 4pm yesterday, according to China's Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Red Cross donation

National
2004-8-10

THE Red Cross Society of China has allocated 8.5 million yuan (US$1.02 million) in relief funds to 14 disaster-hit provinces, sources from the society's headquarters said yesterday. The Red Cross sent disaster relief material including rice, flour, tents, clothes and blankets to disaster-stricken areas. By the end of July, natural disasters across the country, such as floods, drought, landslides and mudflows, had affected more than 70 million people, demolished more than 1 million homes and caused another 20 billion yuan in economic losses.