Interim Final Report; Period covered: 11 August 2005 to 30 April 2006; Final appeal coverage: 39.3 %

Appeal history:

- Launched on 11 August 2005 for CHF 5,501,604 (USD 4,274,751 or EUR 2,525,539) for 9 months to assist 400,000 beneficiaries.

- Information bulletin 1 to 7 issued prior to appeal launch.

- Disaster Relief Emergency Funds (DREF)

Wei an Ying, 56, was just beginning to recover from disastrous floods that in September 2005 accompanied a typhoon that robbed him of his autumn cotton crops and damaged his house.

But on Saturday, 26 November, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck his village of Xi Xin Qiao, near the city of Ruichang. The earthquake destroyed all that remained of his home. The quake wrecked 150,000 other homes and forced 600,000 people to evacuate. Destruction from the quake spread to neighbouring provinces.

Weeks after the earthquake, as the effects

Appeal No. 05AA061; Programme Update no. 3, Period covered: September to December 2005; Appeal coverage: 77.1%; Outstanding needs: CHF 239,948 (USD 182,692 or EUR 154,196).

Appeal target: CHF 1,047,807 (USD 797,782 or EUR 673,346); The appeal budget has been revised from CHF 1,390,588;

Appeal N o. 05AA061; Programme Update no. 2, Period covered: April-August 2005; Appeal coverage: 52.9%; Outstanding needs: CHF 654,967 (USD 508,752 or EUR 422,778).

Appeal target: CHF 1,390,588 (USD 1,158,340 or EUR 909,178 )

Related Emergency or Annual Appeals:

Appeal No. 05EA017; Operations Update no. 2; Period covered: 6 September - 4 October 2005; Appeal coverage: 17.1% (1)

Appeal history:

Launched on 11 August 2005 for CHF 5,501,604 (USD 4,274,751 or EUR 2,525,539) for 9 months to assist 400,000 beneficiaries.

Information bulletin 1 to 7 and Operations Update no.1 issued.

BEIJING, Oct 5 (AFP) - Grave fears were held Wednesday for 36 police cadets still missing after a landslide killed 50 of their colleagues, as masses of people were evacuated from the worst floods in a decade swamping north China.

More than 7,000 soldiers, police and local residents were carrying out a search and rescue operation to find the young recruits who were swept away by torrents of mud that engulfed their training academy on Sunday.

The death of the trainees from the Fuzhou Command School of Armed Police in Fujian province took the death toll from

In the same period, 13.4 million people have been evacuated and 1.45 million houses have been destroyed, the People's Daily website said, citing Vice Civil Affairs Minister Jia Zhibang.

Overall economic losses from disasters have hit 163 billion yuan (20.1 billion dollars) so far this year, Jia was quoted as saying.

"Since the 1990s, there has been

The floods hit Sichuan Province in early July, affecting 3.8 million people in seven counties and 256 townships. A total of 27 people were killed, and five are still missing. Economic losses totalled US$495 million.

World Vision's relief team set off on August 22 to distribute food and quilts in ten flood-affected townships in Xuanhan County and Jiajing County.

"Due to the flash flood this year,

"This package of €2 million is spread over a range of different emergencies in three different continents in response to specific appeals. As a donor we have to look at where the needs are greatest and respond. This is what we are doing through this package."

"As part of the overall package, €352,000