Jet Li's disaster-relief foundation is doing its part in helping
people who have been hit by the current snowstorm havoc.
The One Foundation, co-founded by Jet Li and the Red Cross
Society of China, has set aside 950,000 yuan (US$132,039) to
purchase food via the Red Cross, the Beijing Times reported
Thursday.
The donation effort will cover 14 provinces and autonomous
regions, including the most affected Hunan, Hubei, Anhui and
Guangxi.
The worst snow in five decades has been plaguing 17 Chinese
provinces and autonomous regions, paralyzing transportations,
cutting power supplies and claiming at least 71 lives, according to
Shanghai Daily.
The China Meteorological Administration said on Wednesday that
the snowy weather will continue over the next three days in the
country's southwestern, eastern and southern regions.
(CRI January 31, 2008)