Hey kids! Did you hear about the big news? China is helping the Pacific island country of Vanuatu after a huge earthquake hit! 🌏🌊
On December 17, a powerful earthquake, measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, shook Vanuatu’s capital city, Port Vila. That’s like when the ground shakes really hard and causes buildings to wobble or even fall down! 😮
To help out, China sent a big shipment of emergency supplies from the city of Shenzhen. The supplies include tents to sleep in, folding beds, water purification equipment (that’s machines that make dirty water clean), solar lamps, emergency food, and medical supplies. 🚚🛏💡🍲
The plane carrying all these important items left Shenzhen on Wednesday evening and was expected to arrive in Port Vila early Thursday morning. That’s a long trip to help people in need! ✈️
China also gave Vanuatu 1 million US dollars to help with disaster response and to rebuild after the earthquake. That’s a lot of money to help fix things and make people safe again! 💰
Chinese Ambassador Li Minggang visited the families of Chinese people who were affected by the earthquake. He expressed condolences (that’s a way to say he’s sorry for their loss) and promised that the embassy (that’s like China’s office in Vanuatu) would help them in this hard time. 🤝
At Vanuatu’s request, China sent four engineering experts to help with the earthquake response. This is the first time China has sent an emergency team to a Pacific island country like Vanuatu. They hope to help Vanuatu rebuild and recover quickly. 👷♂️👷♀️
It’s great to see countries helping each other in times of need! Maybe someday, you’ll be part of making the world a better place too! 🌟
Reference(s):
cgtn.com
