Survival or Crisis? Funding Distribution from Grant-Making Foundations to Grassroots Social Organizations in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 137-156
Author(s):  
Min Ji ◽  
Hua Pang
Keyword(s):  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Observational Evidence ◽  
2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Social Organizations ◽  
The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Existential Crisis ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Funding Distribution

The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake increased the need for disaster relief and reconstruction projects in China. This disaster created an upsurge of Chinese grant-making foundations, which then increased funding expectations. Many grassroots social organizations (SOs) in China believed that going forward, this level of funding would continue. However, the majority of grassroots SOs in China are currently facing an existential crisis. Their survival is being threatened by a shortage of funding from both local and foreign grant-making foundations. This research uses an empirical analysis of grant-making foundations and in-depth interviews, as well as observational evidence accumulated over a 10-year period, to explore the distribution of funding from foundations to grassroots SOs in China. The findings show that there are a limited number of Chinese grant-making foundations and that the foundations that exist do not include grassroots SOs in their funding scheme.

scholarly journals A longitudinal study on emotional distress among local government staff seven years after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunge Fan ◽  
Lili Guan ◽  
Hu Xiang ◽  
Xianmei Yang ◽  
Guoping Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
One Year ◽  
Self Reporting Questionnaire ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Background The current study examined the change in local government staff’s emotional distress over 7 years after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, and the influence of earthquake exposure and professional quality of life (ProQOL) on emotional distress. Methods This longitudinal study assessed 250 participants at 1 year after the earthquake; 162 (64.8%) were followed up at 7 years. Emotional distress was assessed with the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) at both time points. We assessed ProQOL, including compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress, and earthquake exposure at 1 year. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were performed to test longitudinal changes in emotional distress. Hierarchical multiple regression was conducted to examine the effect of earthquake exposure and ProQOL. Results The positive screening rate of emotional distress (SRQ ≥ 8) was 37.6 and 15.4% at one and 7 years, respectively. Emotional distress scores declined over time (p < 0.001). Earthquake exposure and ProQOL predicted one-year (ps < 0.05) but not seven-year emotional distress, whereas burnout predicted both one-year (p = 0.018) and seven-year (p = 0.047) emotional distress. Conclusions Although emotional distress can recover over time, it persists even 7 years later. Actions to reduce burnout during the early stage of post-disaster rescue have long-term benefits to staff’s psychological outcomes.

Features and genesis of micro-nanometer-sized grains on shear slip surface of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

2014 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 1961-1971 ◽  
Author(s):  
RenMao Yuan ◽  
BingLiang Zhang ◽  
XiWei Xu ◽  
ChuanYong Lin ◽  
LanBing Si ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Slip Surface ◽  
2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Shear Slip

scholarly journals Monsoonal control on a delayed response of sedimentation to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. eaav7110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Zhang ◽  
Zhangdong Jin ◽  
A. Joshua West ◽  
Zhisheng An ◽  
Robert G. Hilton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Delayed Response ◽  
2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Depositional Processes ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Sediment Transfer ◽  
Large Earthquakes ◽  
Earthquake Cycles

Infrequent extreme events such as large earthquakes pose hazards and have lasting impacts on landscapes and biogeochemical cycles. Sediments provide valuable records of past events, but unambiguously identifying event deposits is challenging because of nonlinear sediment transport processes and poor age control. Here, we have been able to directly track the propagation of a tectonic signal into stratigraphy using reservoir sediments from before and after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Cycles in magnetic susceptibility allow us to define a precise annual chronology and identify the timing and nature of the earthquake’s sedimentary record. The grain size and Rb/Sr ratio of the sediments responded immediately to the earthquake. However, the changes were muted until 2 years after the event, when intense monsoonal runoff drove accumulation of coarser grains and lower Rb/Sr sediments. The delayed response provides insight into how climatic and tectonic agents interact to control sediment transfer and depositional processes.

Maxillofacial Injuries Caused by the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China

2009 ◽  
Vol 67 (7) ◽  
pp. 1442-1445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin-hua Liang ◽  
Ya-ling Tang ◽  
En Luo ◽  
Gui-quan Zhu ◽  
Hao Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Maxillofacial Injuries ◽  
2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake
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