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The Government has accepted the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee and approved two grants from the Disaster Relief Fund totalling $2.838 million to two relief agencies to undertake relief projects for earthquake victims in Yunnan.
Announcing the grants today (October 4), a government spokesman said that the Committee hoped the two grants - $2.418 million to CEDAR Fund and $0.42 million to Social Workers Across Borders - would help provide relief to earthquake victims in Yunnan.
The grants are further to a disbursement of $11.717 million made earlier for Save the Children Hong Kong; the Amity Foundation, Hong Kong; the Salvation Army; and the Association of Chinese Evangelical Ministry Limited to provide emergency relief to victims of the earthquake in Yunnan and Guizhou. It takes the total value of grants for earthquake victims in Yunnan and Guizhou to $14.555 million.
"To ensure that the money will be used for the designated purposes, the two relief agencies will be asked to submit evaluation reports and audited accounts on the use of the grants after the relief projects have been completed," the spokesman said.
Ends/Thursday, October 4, 2012
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