What a week. Luke, Sam, and Caroline are now in Chengdu with Stefanie from Hands On Disaster Response. They’re meeting with a number of NGOs on the ground, learning how the relief effort is unfolding and headed out to villages this week to see where they can be most effective. Jackie from “putinto” website helped us find a warehouse in Chengdu and Anne got the materials for the first ten bamboo and tarpauline off into a truck and headed to Chengdu to arrive on Thursday. The gang hopes to have identified a site for testing and then will do so on Thursday as soon as materials arrive. We are also sourcing local materials so we can put as much into the local economy as possible…things like bamboo, eyelets, etc. The more that can come from Chengdu the better for everyone. Huge thanks to David Campbell and Stefanie from Hands On Disaster Response for taking in donations on our behalf—the link for donations is now officially live!

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