On April 14th a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the city of Yushu. The earthquake killed and injured thousands and left virtually the entire town homeless. Yushu is located in the same province that I live in but is about 500 miles south of us and behind some pretty tall mountain ranges so we did not feel any of the physical effects of the Earthquake. Being one of the closest large cities a lot of the relief efforts were staged out of our city. Starting the day the earthquake hit doctors and nurses, local and foreign, started heading down with medicine and other supplies. The medical camps were allowed to stay for the first ten days after the earthquake, because many of the medical personnel were believers they were really able to be the hands and feet of Dad to the people there during their time of need. The relief efforts have now moved into the reconstruction stage. Around 85% of the towns buildings collapsed and many of those that are still standing were damaged beyond the point of repair so they are now in the process of figuring out how and where to rebuild the town.
People gathered for a day of mourning for the earthquake victims
The Expat community coming together to put together care packages for victims who were transfered to hospitals in our city
When the injured arrived they had nothing with them and the hospitals don't provide any of the daily necessities during a hospital stay, so we put together bags with soap, wash rags, fruit, bread, and a few other things.
