(CN): An NDTV EXCLUSIVE Animal Asia`s Quake Relief Team

[Guest guest]

Please check out an 'EXCLUSIVE' report on the Animal Asia Team headed by

Jill Robinson which was broadcast on NEW DELHI TELEVISION ( NDTV )

Worldwide.

The report sent to NDTV was filmed by the AAF crew.

 

Azam

 

Jill's Blog:

http://www.animalsasia.org/blog/

 

Link: http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080050708

 

Quake-hit China still awaits aid

 

Kishalay Bhattacharjee

Friday, May 23, 2008 (Chengdu (China))

Ten days after the killer quake hit China, hundreds and thousands of people

are still waiting for aid.

 

Anxian county, 150 km from Chendgu town, was one of the worst hit where 900

children are believed to have been buried when six schools collapsed. More

than 4000 people have died here and hundreds and thousands still homeless.

 

International rescue teams are putting in their best efforts as much as the

Chinese government but relief work is still inadequate. Animal Asia

Foundation, one of the rescue teams, battling hard to reach their aid to the

people in Chengdu and Anxian county sent us this report.

 

When this rescue team arrived a week ago, people were still trapped in the

villages way up on Qian Fo mountain and the major road was cut off.

 

The main town affected was Xiaoba, about 40 miles away with a population of

10,000 people.

 

Two towns, where 20,000 live, were totally cut off and even airdropping was

not possible. Hiking to affected areas was difficult and dangerous.

 

CEO of the Animals Asia Foundation, Jill Robinson, said they trekked up for

five hours, but were told to turn around when they still had about five

hours to go up to the village. They were told that it was too dangerous to

continue up and so they were unable to help people who really needed it.

 

Of the people they have observed coming down, there are not huge casualties

although they did see one dead baby. From what they have heard, there are

still hundreds trapped in the mountain village.

 

Many dams upstream have cracked, risking the lives of millions of people.

Aftershocks can be felt for the next two months so people aren't returning

home. Rescue work is proving uphill.

 

''The children are in bad condition. We have also heard that there are

rescuers lost on the mountain,'' said Nicola Field, a rescue worker.

 

A woman had to leave her mother at the top of the mountains, as she could

not walk. She was willing to pay but no one was willing to help. Many such

people still wait for rescue and aid.

 

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