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  • Gimme Shelter: Relief Efforts Continue in Sichuan

    Melinda Liu | Aug 5, 2008 06:48 PM

     Jennifer Conrad reports on continuing post-quake relief efforts in Sichuan:

    British industrial designer Luke Cardew was traveling in France when
    he received a voicemail from a friend: "China needs shelters." The
    Sichuan earthquake had just struck. For Cardew, who works out of
    Shanghai as a freelance designer, the disaster provided an incredible
    opportunity for him to use his skills to help people.

    By all accounts, the efforts of Chinese volunteers and workers have
    been tremendous, but sometimes foreigners have provided specialized
    knowledge
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