In June 2024, southern China saw unprecedented levels of downpours leading to severe flooding across many provinces. Amity took immediate action, dispatching rescue teams to Guangdong, Guangxi and...
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Typhoon Doksuri: Amity Aid for the Philippines
In late July, Typhoon Egay (Doksuri) struck the Philippines causing massive damage and casualties. In response, Amity secured funding from the HKSAR Government’s Disaster Relief Fund, and in...
Through Sunshine After Rain – Amity Aid for Pakistan
In the summer of 2022, severe floods caused by the prolonged monsoon season struck Pakistan causing devastation and loss of countless lives. In view of the scale and long-term impact of the disaster,...
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April Update: Continued Response in Türkiye and Syria
Türkiye Over the two months since the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye, Amity Foundation has continued to send aid to the survivors. Adiyaman, Hatay and Kahramanmaraş were the provinces that were...
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March Update: Türkiye and Syria
Following the earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria in February, the Amity Foundation wasted no time in providing humanitarian aid to the affected people by raising funds, sending supplies and...
Ludian Earthquake - Update August 22, 2014
On 20 August the Hong Kong Disaster Relief Fund approved grants of HKD 6.317 million to the Amity Foundation for providing relief to earthquake victims in Yunnan Province on the Mainland. The grants...
Ludian Earthquake - Update August 18, 2014
August 18 As Amity’s relief work continues, another earthquake with the magnitude of 5.1 occurred in Yongshan County within the Zhaotong Prefecture on August 17. Amity staff, who are working in the...
Ludian Earthquake - Update August 7, 2014
August 6 As rescue teams get access to remote villages on the third day of the disaster, death toll rises to 589 and more than 2,800 people are wounded. More than 230,000 people have been relocated...
Emergency appeal – Ludian Earthquake, Yunnan
On Sunday, 3rd August 2014 at 4:40pm, an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude on the Richter scale struck southwest China, Yunnan. At least 381 people died and more than 1,800 are injured. In the quake zone...
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Annual Report 2013
Amity's Annual Report 2013 can be downloaded now. Besides information on Amity's different fields of activities in 2013, you can find project stories as well as facts and figures. General Secretary...
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Hong Kong government approves grants for flood victims
Starting in May, torrential down pour of rain has been devastating many areas in the six provinces Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan and Guangxi. More than 5.5 million people have been...
Amity supports flood victims in Guangxi and Hunan
Since May 2014, heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms have been affecting nine provinces, mainly in southern China. The ongoing weather conditions trigger floods, landslides and vast devastation of whole...
Amity delivers a second batch of supplies to the Philippines
Amity Foundation responded to the emergency appeal of our Philippine partner KAISA immediately after Super-storm Hayian hit the Philippines. In November Amity allocated and forwarded HK$ 70,000 to...
Supporting 5,000 families in the Philippines
February 6, 2014 Illilo, in the path of Typhoon Haiyan and badly hit like Tacloban, did not receive much media attention. On arrival in the Philippines, Amity staff worked closely with local partners...
Supporting and strengthen the community after Ya’an earthquake
"The colored-steel granary is good… I am not worried about the food turning bad, I am also not afraid of mice ruining the harvest and it is much more clean than the former one.", said Yanghan Xiang,...
Disasters wreak havoc in large areas of China in 2013
On 27th of August, he Hong Kong Government accepted the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee and approved grants of HK $4.087 million to Amity Foundation for their relief work to...
Dingxi earthquake update, July 26
Dear friends, It is raining in Dingxi today (July 26). Though the weather is not favorable for ongoing post-earthquake work, our relief team has managed to deliver the second batch of relief...
Dingxi earthquake: Update July 25, 2013
Dear friends, While one unit of the Amity Emergency Rescue Team to Dingxi is making emergency relief efforts in Shendu Township of Min County, another unit has been visiting other hard-hit towns and...
Dingxi Earthquake: Update July 24, 2013
The first batch of relief supplies from the Amity Foundation reached Shendu Township of Min County (Minxian) in the night of 23 July. All relief supplies have been distributed to the affected local...
Ya’an earthquake relief update
An earthquake of 7.0 magnitude struck China in Lushan County of Ya’an, Sichuan Province at 8:02 Beijing Time on April 20, causing serious casualties and property losses, and millions of people in...