Request to Japanese/Japan-based Freepers: What's best, fastest way to send aid to most affected?

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[STARWISE]

Ohdear .... swiped for its familiarity to the truth .. tragic, our cross to bear.

[OriginalChristian]

Laz,
I have heard the same type of testimony from many where the. Salvation Army is conmcerned, especially from veterans. They do great work.

[HardStarboard]

I'll put in a word for "Team Rubicon". They are a group of former military batlefield medics and lots of other volunteers like firemen and police as well as Doctors that came together spontaneously after the Haiti Quake.

As they put it: "We bridge the gap between catastrophe and large-scale response, uniting military veterans with medical professionals".

Their speciality is disaster "triage" = first line care before the full fledged medical teams can become effective.

They have elected to "stand down" in the Japan disaster because of the strong medical infrastructure in place and relatively few survivors who need "battlefield type" medical attention. Pics from Haiti showing them splinting a little girls broken leg with cardboard and duct tape speak to their "get it done" attitude.

They are conserving their funds for events that need their type of skills - Haiti, Pakistan, Chile, Sudan, Burma...etc.

They are a grassroots, can-do bunch. I suggest you check out their website....I believe they are as efficient with their donations as anyone on the planet. Somewhere on their website you might find a story of them fighting with the US State Dept. in Haiti who tried to confiscate supplies sent to Rubicon for the...yep - US Consular staff!

http://teamrubiconusa.org/bios/