Children opening Plan survival kits in Shaanxi province

30 September 2011: Plan has dispatched 1,300 survival kits to boys and girls in flood-ravaged Shaanxi -  a main province in China’s middle and south-western region which has been hit  by devastating rainstorms and landslides. 

More than 900,000 people have been affected and more than 1,200 schools damaged.

Targeted support

The handouts worth US$ 40,000 went to children in the two severely hit counties of Zhouzhi and Huxian in the Shaanxi province, where Plan has worked for over a decade.

Currently, there are still over 37,000 people who are living in temporary shelters or staying with relatives after having been forced from their homes.

Essential items

Each survival kit contained cotton pants, underwear, shoes and toiletries, as well as a whistle, band-aid, a raincoat and sanitary napkins.

“Although our school was damaged and our houses are still full of water and quite wet inside, under the help from Plan China and the government, we are surely confident on rebuilding our home,” said Chen, a 12-year-old primary school pupil. 

Plan is continuing to gather information about the affected areas and plans further relief work.

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