After the Quake: Rebuilding for Children and Families in Sichuan Province

Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
208N - Seminar Room, North House
Munk Centre For International Studies
1 Devonshire Place
Register online at:
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When the massive earthquake, measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, struck Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China on 12 May 2008, more than 120 million people in the region experienced the effects. The Wenchuan earthquake left 88,000 people dead or missing and nearly 400,000 injured. Millions of homes were damaged or destroyed, leaving five million people homeless.

The earthquake hit children especially hard. More than 12,000 schools, or 40% of all the schools in Sichuan Province, were damaged by the earthquake and more than 600 children were orphaned.

Discussion panelists will focus on relief efforts for children and families affected by the

May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan. Discussants are UNICEF Representative to China Dr. Yin Yin Nwe, UNICEF Canada President and CEO Nigel Fisher, and Dr. Tat Tsang, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. The panelists will address the impact of the devastating earthquake on children and families, and provide an overview of relief and reconstruction efforts since May 2008.

Co-Sponsored by UNICEF, Unite for Children