· PUBLIC APPEAL FOR DONATIONS
· HOTLINES TO RESTORE FAMILY LINKS

Singapore, 22 April 2013 – The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) will send relief supplies worth S$150,000 to the survivors of the Sichuan Earthquake in China. This first tranche of aid includes the Singapore government’s contribution of S$50,000.

The Singapore Red Cross will, over the next two days, sign four partnership agreements with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in China, the Red Cross Society of China and other partners, for several wide-ranging direct-impact projects across China, that are expected to benefit hundreds of thousands.

Singapore, 10 August 2012 – The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) will contribute $100,000 worth of relief supplies to assist survivors of the floods in Manila, Philippines. Comprising food items (canned and fresh foods) and family kits (kitchen utensils, toiletries), these supplies will be distributed by SRC volunteers on Monday, to those residing in evacuation centres.

Japan, 5 June 2012 – Singapore Foreign Minister Mr K Shanmugam and his Japanese counterpart Mr Koichiro Gemba today witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between Mr Tee Tua Ba, Chairman, Singapore Red Cross (SRC), HE Chin Siat Yoon, Ambassador, Republic of Singapore to Japan and Mr Hidekiyo Tachiya, Mayor, Soma City, to reconstruct the Isobe community centre in Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture. The project is one of four reconstruction projects undertaken by the SRC in the Tohoku region.

The Singapore Red Cross donates USD 100,000 to aid the Lao people affected by the recent floods in Laos caused by Typhoons Haima and Nockten. Besides the loss of lives, the floods resulted in widespread damage to transportation, agriculture and irrigation systems. The floods also wiped out much of the crops, including the rice harvest, in the affected areas. The Lao Red Cross will use the donation to provide food and other essential supplies to the farmers and others affected by the floods in the Southern province of Champasak.

Singapore 19th Dec 2011 – The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) will be sending a six men team to the Philippines on Wednesday, 21 December to assist in the distribution of immediate relief items and food supplies to survivors of the Typhoon Washi which struck southern Mindanao on 17 December 2011.

Singapore, 3 November 2011 – Donors can now give to the “South East Asia Floods Appeal” at more than 2,700 locations, thanks to the partnership of NTUC Fairprice, AXS, DBS/POSB, OCBC and UOB Singapore, with the Singapore Red Cross.

Donors can donate cash in Red Cross tins at NTUC Fairprice outlets and UOB Singapore branches; electronically at AXS stations, DBS/POSB and OCBC ATMs islandwide; or online via DBS, OCBC and UOB internet banking.

• Singapore Government contributed USD100,000 as seed money to the appeal
• Public appeal to raise funds for Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam to continue till 30 November 2011

Singapore, 11 October 2011 – The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) will contribute SGD 200,000 as its 1st tranche of emergency relief to Thailand and Cambodia. The donation came from generous donors to SRC’s “South East Asia Flood Appeal”.

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Mr Christopher Chua, Secretary General of the Singapore Red Cross said, "When I visited the Mentawai Islands last week to assess the impact of the disaster and to discuss the immediate needs for both the Mentawai islands and Mount Merapi disasters with the