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Kyegu Relief Fund is a charitable overseas aid fund that is voluntary, not-for-profit, non-government and established for disaster relief and the relief of poverty through development aid activities. The Fund was established in response to the devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit the eastern Tibetan town of Kyegu (also spelt Gyegu, Jeigu or Jyekundo, and known as Yushu in Chinese) on 14 April 2010. The humanitarian need is ongoing and significant. Approximately 10,000 people were killed, 2