- Twenty-one leaders of the Supervision Office of Bureau of Environmental Protection of China’s Sichuan Province were briefed by leaders of the Metro Atlanta Red Cross
Today, twenty-one leaders of the Supervision Office of Bureau of Enviromental Protection of China’s Sichuan Province visited metro Atlanta Red Cross headquarters for a briefing on disaster services and volunteerism by Altanta Red Cross leaders. On May 12, 2008, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan Province, a mountainous region in Western China, killing about 70,000 people and leaving over 18,000 missing. Over 15 million people lived in the affected area, including almost 4 million in the city of Chengdu.
