According to friends of Chinese AIDS activist Tian Xi, he is expected to complete his prison sentence and be released on August 18, 2011. His family income is quite low, and they have no way to meet his medical costs. Friends and family have issued a call for donations to the following account.
Account name: TIAN Xi
Bank: Bank of China
Runan Branch 中国银行汝南支行
Account number: 254608370972
One step forward, two steps back: Chinese health rights lawyer Yu Fangqiang reports that he has established
a new NGO in Nanjing, while Shanghai’s Rainbow Space, a gender and sexuality center, lost their home in Shanghai.
By Ralph Litzinger PhD
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But it seems there is another Apple that few of your customers know about.
By
Gisa Hartmann
Like most small-sized NGOs the one thing we don’t have too much of is time, so we
try to keep our financial records in a manner that is easy to manage, but also
allows us to comply with all the various reporting requirements.
Over 18,000 victims were affected by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar/Burma on March
24th, according to the Shan Herald Agency for News. Relief has yet to reach
many of the victims in Shan State, which is an ethnic minority region of the
country often wracked by conflict. For a recent update on the disaster,
see https://bit.ly/fiCZS.
The independent news agency has issued a call for appeals.
Donations for Shan State quake victims can be made at the following account:
Account name SHAN
Account number 402-387907-6
Siam Commercial Bank
Type of account Savings
Branch Big C Hangdong branch
Chiangmai, Thailand
or sent by Money Order (M.O.) to the following address:
SHAN, P.O.Box 15, Nonghoi P.O, Chiangmai 50007, Thailand
For further information, please contact
Tel: 081 531 2837 and 080 125 7474.
