It is now over 100 days since the worst earthquake in a century devastated parts of Sichuan on May 12, 2008. For quake survivors, it is only the beginning of a painfully long journey of healing and recovery for which they will need our continuing empathy and support. – By Theresa Carino
Relief operations
Amity Foundation staff [...]

A ravaged community in Sichuan will be rebuilt. – By Beate Engelen
On a hot day in mid-July one of several teams from Amity was back in Sichuan. Two months had passed since the day when the earthquake struck during the sleepy early-afternoon hours of May 12th. The event lasted no longer than two minutes but [...]

By Huang Qingrui, translated by Terence Chu
It would be impossible to find Jiulong School had its gates not survived the earthquake. Almost completely leveled when the killer quake hit Sichuan on May 12th, only a few classrooms standing in the midst of rubble are all that is left of the school. Ms. Li Hongliang, the [...]

by Beate Engelen
The dry, wind-beaten plains of Inner Mongolia are no common tourist destination. It took some courage on the side of this year’s Easter Tour participants to join the trip to one of the lesser known provinces of China. For most group members from nine different countries, this was their first trip to China, [...]

Amity has put a lot of resources into helping victims of this years’ devastating snowstorm, which hit large parts of China around the Lunar New Year Festival and severely affected some 60 million people. So far we have supported as many as 50,000 people in their efforts to overcome the effects of the 14 January [...]

Hong Kong Architects and Planners Visit Sichuan
In order to bring Hong Kong expertise to bear on our rebuilding project in Sichuan, the Amity Hong Kong Office invited some representatives of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects and the Hong Kong Institute of Planners to visit Woyun Village from 6 to 8 September 2008.
Together, they spent [...]