Relief Efforts 4/14

Plateau Perspectives and Yushu Earthquake Relief spent much of the day assessing personnel and funds available for immediate response, coordinating among the Xining and broader expatriate communities, seeking official permissions from the Foreign Affairs Office and PSB,  as well as buying as many medical supplies as possible.  We now have two full truckloads of medical supplies that we are hoping to take to Yushu within the next 12 hours.  Needless to say it was and incredibly taxing day for all involved, not least because of the emotional weight of not knowing the condition of many friends and co-workers in the affected area.