Chinese actor Jet Li (2nd L front) carries relief goods with volunteers in Liukuei Town of Kaohsiung in southeast China's Taiwan, Aug. 15, 2009. The One Foundation Project, initiated by Jet Li, had allocated 300,000 yuan (about 43,800 U.S. dollars) to Taiwan for typhoon relief, the foundation said Sunday.(Xinhua Photo)
BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The One Foundation Project, initiated by Chinese kung fu star Jet Li, has allocated 300,000 yuan (about 43,800 U.S. dollars) to Taiwan for typhoon relief, the foundation said here Sunday.
Jet Li himself flew to the typhoon-battered areas in southern Taiwan on Aug. 14 to comfort survivors and help with disaster relief, said Zhou Weiyan, executive chair of the foundation.
Li also joined fellow celebrities including Hong Kong actor Andy Lau in a televised fundraiser on Friday to raise money for victims of Typhoon Morakot, the worst typhoon on the island in nearly five decades.
Chinese actor Jet Li (C) sings a song with children at a shelter in Chishan Town of Kaohsiung in southeast China's Taiwan, Aug. 15, 2009.(Xinhua Photo)
By 10 p.m. Saturday, Morakot had killed at least 124 people and left 56 missing in Taiwan, according to local disaster response authorities. Another 45 people were injured.
The One Foundation was founded on April 19, 2007, by Jet Li, who starred in Kiss of the Dragon in 2001, Hero in 2002 and a number of other kung fu movies.
The foundation calls for each person to donate at least one yuan each month, so that individual donations can be transformed into a much greater fund.
Chinese actor Jet Li (2nd R) answers the hotline for donation during a disaster relief event in southeast China's Taiwan, Aug. 14, 2009.(Xinhua Photo)
