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Chinese Earthquake
On 12 May China experienced a major earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale. Thousands of people have been confirmed dead, thousands more are injured, with many more still missing.
The earthquake destroyed infrastructure and buildings leaving adults and children trapped under mounds of debris.
"These are dangerous times for children with shifting rubble, thousands of people wandering homeless and aftershocks from the quake still reminding them of the disaster they've been through. These children desperately need to have a safe area they know they can go to for some sense of normality and help to overcome the enormity of what they've just experienced," says Zhong Hang, Director of Support Services for Save the Children in China.
Tang Rong Rong lost her three-year-old daughter, Zhu Qianqian, during the earthquake.
Qianqian was still alive when rescued, but died in hospital because of a shortage of medicine.
"Zhu Qianqian's head was injured and her leg was broken. At the hospital the doctor discovered she was suffering from a hemorrhage in her stomach. The hospital was full of injured children, but there was no medicine so the doctors had no way to help. We watched her die.
"My house also collapsed. We didn't take anything out. My husband has totally broken down," said Tang Rong Rong.
What we're doing
Save the Children has been working in China for 13 years and our staff are already working in the disaster area - setting up safe areas for children orphaned by the quake.
We're also setting up temporary schools, providing support and stability to child survivors of the earthquake.
We've reached almost 4,000 children, but many more need help.
How you can help
Just £30 could provide 10 children with vital medicines for three months
Just £90 could provide a temporary shelter for a family of five
We can't do this without you. We urgently need your help today. 
Donate to Save the Children online.
More on our reponse
Eye witness accounts
Read Zhao Weiyi's account of our Save the Children is supporting a return to education in the aftermath of the earthquake
Xu Keshing is a maths teacher at a Save the Chidlre supported school. Read his story here
Peng Jing's is a fourth-grade student in the Huamiao Primary School. She sahres her experiences
Save the Children has sent Anne-Sophie Dybdahl, a Danish psychologist, to China to help the children who lived through the devasting earthquake
Read three-year-old Pu Ben's story
Hear from Jiang Xiantao, 11, who was at school when an earthquake struck
Books, Shoes And School Bags In Rubble ' Jon Bugge of Save the Children reports from China on the aftermath of the earthquake for Sky News
Press Releases
China One Month On: Children in quake zone need ongoing help to recover, 12 June 2008
More than three million children have been affected by the China quake, 22 May 2008
Save the Children Assisting Children Following Deadly Earthquake in China, 13 May 2008
Number of victims mount in aftermath of an earthquake measuring 7.8 in South-West Chin, 12 May, 2008