List of urgently-needed goods in quake-hit areas

The earthquake-stricken areas in Sichuan and part of Gansu provinces are in severe shortages of some necessities, medicines and machines in their post-disaster combat. To speed up the spreading of the words, SINA has made this list of badly-needed goods which will be timely updated. You are welcome to contact the various relief organizations listed at the bottom of this page should you have relevant resources or information about them.

Top-most needed materials:
Tents, disinfectional pills, anti-inflammatory drugs, other medicines, medical appliances and hygienic products, rice, bottled water, first-aid kits, flu and cold medicines. (Updated May 22, 2008.)

Urgently-needed materials (in categories):
TENTS:
Relief tents/Army house tents/General-purpose tents

CLOTHING AND DAILY NECESSITIES:
Clothes/Gloves/Respirator masks
Sanitary pads/Blankets or bedquilts (with cover)/Toilet products

MEDICINE AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT:
Medicine for skin diseases/Medicine for blood diseases/
Antiseptic pills/Flu and cold tablets/Anti-inflammatory drugs/First-aid kits

VEHICLES AND HEAVY MACHINERY:
Trucks/Portable toilets/Portable water-mills/Garbage trucks/Optical fiber/Large purpose-built machines

VOLUNTEERS AND PROFESSIONALS:
Volunteer drivers/General volunteers/Geologists
Nurses/Doctors

FOOD AND TABLEWARE:
Bottled water/Instant poridge/Infant food/Table salt/Vegetables/Cooking oil

Organizations receiving and distributing the above materials:
China Siyuan Foundation for Poverty Alleviation
Postal code: 100020
Hotline: (010) 85698220, 85698221, 85698222, 85698223, 85698224

China Charity Federation
Address: NO.3A Erlong Road, Xicheng District, Beijing
Postal code: 100032
Hotline: (010) 66083191, 66055848, 66083260
Contact: Ms. Lu Hongyan, mobile phone: 13488892099

China Foundation for Povery Alleviation
Address: 5th Floor, South Building, No. 36 Shuangyushu Xili, Haidian District, Beijing
Postal code: 100086
Hotline: (010) 82872688 ext.866/808

Bureau of Civil Affairs of Ma'erkang County, Aba Prefecture
Address: Bureau of Civil Affairs of Ma'erkang County Government, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province
Postcode: 624000
Hotline: (0837) 8293893
Mobile phone: 13408378588 Mr. Zhou Banghua
Note: Badly in need of tents

Bureau of Civic Affairs of Guangyuan Municipality
Address: Bureau of Civic Affairs, Guangyuan Municipal Government, Sichuan Province
Postal code: 628000
Hotline: (0839) 3422222
Note: Badly in need of tents, quilts and new clothes

Chengdu Station for Donation Collection
Address: No.52 Wansheng Road, Jitou Town, Chengdu, Sichuan Province
Postal code: 610000
Hotline: (028) 87480996, 87487991, 87480936, 87480153
Note: Badly in need of tents (both for schools and homes)

(N.B. Telephone country code for China: 0086)