Today Luke met Claire Strudwick of Shanghai Media Group (SMG)–Claire was interested in the “I Bought A Shelter” story and will consider following us out to report from the field…if we can talk her into it! Meanwhile Luke is putting the finishing touches on the tent tomorrow: fixing the floor, applying a door to the other end, cutting the top ventilations. Sam, Kim, and I have been having on-going phone meetings with Save the Children, CFPA (Mercy Corps local partner), and HODR. We are learning the larger relief organizations tend to need products in greater bulk while the smaller organizations are probably better suited to take in our shelters–basically there are huge needs at all levels and each organization fits into the overall relief effort in a different way…we’ve just got to find that match. Anne will be meeting with HODR when they hit the ground in Beijing on Saturday (Stef from HODR will head to Chengdu on Sunday) and Anne will also attend the UN session Friday morning. Probably the most important news of the day was positive feedback on the design of the tents from relief workers on the field.

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