The Chinese Red Cross Foundation (CRCF) received 165 million
yuan (about US$23 million) worth of donations from home and abroad
in 2007, up 75 percent over the previous year, a CRCF official
said.
CRCF has distributed 98.7 million yuan (about US$14 million) of
the donations to its two programs which benefited more than 1
million Chinese, according to CRCF secretary-general Wang
Rupeng.
About 83 million yuan (about US$11.5 million) were used in a
healthcare program, known as "The Red Cross Angel", which helped
4,223 children with leukemia and congenital heart diseases in
medical treatment past year.
The other program, "All-love education assistance program", used
15.2 million yuan (about US$2.1 million) for building 34 primary
schools, training 100 rural teachers and assisting 788 poor
university students in 2007.
Wang said CRCF planned to raise 100 million yuan (about US$13.8
million) for the two programs in 2008.
(Xinhua News Agency January 6, 2008)