By now, you must have heard about (or even felt) the devastating earthquake in Wenchuan county, Sichuan. Like everyone else across China, we here at City Weekend have been asking how we can help. To make it easier for all of you in Shanghai who want to do something to help, but just aren’t sure what or how, we’ve compiled a tentative list of organizations across Shanghai for you to contact and or donate to. For now the most obvious choice is Red Cross China, who has set up bank accounts in both foreign and Chinese currency for people to contribute to.

For those who want to make monetary contributions here are the details:

Account name: Red Cross Society of China

开户单位：中国红十字会总会

To donate in RMB: you can send money to the RMB account at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China branch below: 人民币开户行: 中国工商银行 北京分行东四南支行

人民币账号: 0200001009014413252

To donate in foreign currency, you can send money to the foreign currency account at the CITIC Bank branch >below:

外币开户行：中信银行酒仙桥支行

外币账号: 7112111482600000209

For direct contact

Hotline: (8610) 6513-9999

Online donations: Red Cross Society of China

The Red Cross have also set up a SMS based donation system: Mobile phone users can write short messages with "1" and send it to 1069999301 to donate 1 yuan (14 US cents). People can send "2" to donate 2 yuan.

For information on how to donate clothes and other packages, we will update as soon as all the details have been finalized.

Other websites to check out for more details:

*China Charity Foundation

*Poverty Alleviation Foundation

*China Children Teenager Fund