Oskar Helling: Contributing to reconstruction in the Sichuan quake zone

A group of Finnish companies have joined hands to build a primary school in Guiyuan village in Wenchuan County, one of the areas that was most affected by the massive May 12 earthquake. Oskar Helling told us about the process of taking this idea and turning it into reality.

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A 8.0-magnitude* earthquake hit Wenchuan County in Sichuan province at 2.28 pm on Monday, 12th of May.
*revised from 7.8 by seismologists
Facts Friday 6 Jun 00:00 GMT

Death toll reached:69,122
17,991 missing
1,078,488 rescued
373,606 injured
15 million relocated
45.61 million affected
Donations: 6.24 billion USD
Facts according to Chinese state media

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Quake lake threat
"I read that the quake lake is now being drained. Is it going to eliminate the threat of flooding completely, or will the..."
Unregistered - 8th June 2008 07:50

Situation now?
"China has scaled down reporting on the relief efforts in Sichuan. What is the latest death toll? I pray, the quake lakes..."
Yuan - 3rd June 2008 15:16

Yes, thousands..
"Over 20,000 are still reported missing... it's just unbelievable... Maybe the death toll wouldn't be so high if the buildings..."
Unregistered - 27th May 2008 16:28

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