People waiting outside Chengdu children's center for news of their missing children.

Chengdu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine is being used as temporary accommodation for displaced children and young people. When asked about life after earthquake, Li Yajie, a senior student from Xuankou Middle school, smiled and said: "I'm fine, I'm happy to sit the university entrance exam if it goes ahead as planned."

Happily, Li Yajie and all his classmates escaped unharmed from earthquake, and he has received a message from his parents in Aba Prefecture saying they are safe and well. For the time being he is staying with relatives in Chengdu. He came to the college to pick up some textbooks.

The teachers of Xuankou Middle School plan to carry on teaching their senior students even though some have suffered personal loss and many are still shocked and depressed.

Liu Chunmei is not as lucky as Li Yajie. She has not heard from her parents since the earthquake. But she is being well looked after at the Chengdu college. Each of the approximately 80 children has been assigned a volunteer counselor. Liu Chunmei said that talking through her feelings with her counselor has made her feel much better.

The volunteer counselors have all received professional training from Beijing University experts.

In order not to disturb the children, visits and interviews are not allowed in the five relief centers set up in Chengdu. Children's names are posted on a notice on the front gate. Only direct relatives are allowed to take children out of the center, and then only after showing their ID. Volunteers accompany the children if they go out on their own..

The center has more than enough food and other supplies, but donations keep coming in, and staff have asked the public not to bring any more donations.