Volume 11, Issue 4-08/09 - November 2008
MICA (P) 160/08/2008
A Singapore American School community service publication
NewsFlash SEED Club Helps Sichuan School Rebuilding San Lang Primary School children say “Hello and thank you.” During the recent October fall break, representatives of SEED (Sichuan Earthquake Education Development) Club visited an underprivileged primary school in Sichuan that was affected by the earthquake last May. This trip gave SAS students firsthand information on the Sichuan school’s earthquake recovery efforts and delivered much needed supplies to help the school’s rebuilding efforts. On the drive from Chengdu to San Lang town, the environment changed gradually from the busy downtown of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, to the rural mountains of western China. It was as if we were going back in time. Arriving in San Lang town, we instantly saw the damage of the Sichuan earthquake just months before — crumbled buildings and cracked pavements. Yet, we also saw the speed with which relief had arrived. Immense sites of temporary housing were everywhere. On these temporary houses was the word “Hebei,” representing the sibling relief program that China implemented. Each province and city was responsible for helping a sibling town in the earthquake zone. Thus Hebei province had built these complexes of temporary housing. At San Lang Central Primary School, we were greeted by children. The school’s four-story building looked out of place in an area surrounded by broken down one-story houses. The principal told us that because it was constructed according to modern building codes, it was not destroyed by the earthquake. However, the other two campuses of the school were ruined. Continues on page 3...
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