RELIEF - RECOVERY Thread - JAPAN March 18, 2011

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[goodnesswins]

In order to keep people appraised of the RELIEF and RECOVERY efforts going on in Japan, and also to focus on the NEEDS they have, this thread is posted.

[goodnesswins]

March 17th thread....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2690500/posts?q=1&;page=1#1

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NEW info, thanks to SteveH - frustrating efforts to do relief arise....

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2011/03/16/japanese-tsunami-scottish-rescue-team-disgusted-at-being-banned-from-helping-search-effort-because-of-red-tape-86908-22993930/

Mar 16 2011
A BRITISH rescue team worker in Japan today said he was “disgusted” at being prevented from travelling to the disaster zone.
Willie McMartin, from the International Rescue Corps, told of his “sheer disbelief” that the British embassy refused to provide a covering letter confirming they were a genuine UK charity.
The document was needed to get a permit from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) so they could draw petrol which has been rationed.

[goodnesswins]

ping - thanks - I took your advice....

[goodnesswins]

Places to contribute....much is needed..

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/ (Samaritan’s Purse)

https://donate.salvationarmyusa.org/site/c.tvI3IeNUJsE/b.5760419/k.2CB3/Donate_Now/apps/ka/sd/donor.asp?c=tvI3IeNUJsE&b=5760419&en=5oIzGIMjG4LIKSOmH3KFKPMxEoKRLXOxEdKFLRNAIkLRK1NIG SALVATION ARMY

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Robots being used to go through rubble....as reported in Huffington Post...(eeekk)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/japan-earthquake-2011-robots_n_835475.html

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Pepsico contributes $1.5 million toward disaster relief...

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pepsico-foundation-commits-15-million-toward-japan-disaster-relief-and-recovery-118253234.html

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This blogger says people are dying in shelters due to lack of heat.....not sure how accurate...

http://lifein-japan.blogspot.com/2011/03/recovery-in-tendo.html

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Needed supplies are not reaching people...according to this LA Times article...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2691047/posts

[Mrs. Don-o]

Caritas International/ CRS /Caritas Japan

Rating of "A" from American Institute of Philanthropy

Extremely Low overhead--- Already on the ground ---Serves all with no discrimination --- Action teams reaching people with supplies despite destroyed infrastructure

Donate by Phone

Call

1-800-736-7090

from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Donate by Mail

Mail check or money order to
Catholic Relief Services
228 W. Lexington St.
Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3443
888-277-7575
In the memo portion of the check write Japan emergency.

Donate by Internet Secure Server (Click)

https://secure.caritas.org/donation.aspx?DonationTo=E&Emergency=34

Donate Direct to Japan

Caritas Japan
Japan Catholic Center
2-10-10 Shiomi
Koto-ku, Tokyo
135-8585 JAPAN

Phone: 81-3-5632-4439
FAX: 81-3-5632-4464

God bless good hearts.

[goodnesswins]

Thanks....would you give $$ to this organization over the Salvation Army or Samaritan’s Purse? Just wondering.

[goodnesswins]

What different relief groups are doing....they obviously do not mention them all....(h/t Brad’s Gramma)

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/what-are-aid-workers-doing-after-the-japan-quake/

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Ichiro Suzuki is donating 7% of his salary ($1.2 million) to the Japan Relief efforts....thru Red Cross

http://www.nesn.com/2011/03/ichiro-suzuki-donates-12-million-to-japanese-disaster-relief.html

[Mrs. Don-o]

They’re all OK by me: I’d promote them side-by-side, and I say the more, the better.

[La Enchiladita]

Man rescued in Kesennuma

A young man has been rescued from his home, which collapsed in the massive earthquake.

Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force found the man wrapped in a blanket on the 2nd floor of his house in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, on Saturday.

He told rescuers that he left after the first tsunami, but then returned home and fell unconscious.

The man, in his 20s, is being treated at a hospital.

Doctors say the young man sustained no major injuries and there is no threat to his life.

Saturday, March 19, 2011 12:26 +0900 (JST)

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_13.html

[La Enchiladita]

Stranded survivors near damaged reactors await rescue

YAMAGATA, Japan — Some are stuck in their homes, fearful of radiation, heeding government warnings to stay indoors, cut off without electricity or phone service. Others want to leave but have no gasoline. Still more, those whose homes were ruined wait helplessly for evacuation at crowded shelters.

All face dwindling supplies of heating fuel, food, and water.

A week after the earthquake and tsunami devastated their communities, the plight of the thousands still stranded in areas near the stricken reactors — many too old or infirm to move — has underscored what residents say is a striking lack of help from the national government to assist with the evacuation of danger zones or the ferrying of supplies to those it has urged to stay inside.

Instead, the task has fallen to some local governments and even private companies and organizations that have made limited but heroic efforts to help those left behind. Tens of thousands of people have been left homeless along coastal communities, and the search for bodies has been halted in the evacuation zone.

Can we stop panicking now and HELP THESE PEOPLE...???

Residents reached by telephone said the order by the government to evacuate a 12-mile radius around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, as well as the request for those who live 12 to 18 miles away to stay indoors, has turned communities such as Minamisoma into ghost towns, populated mostly by the unwilling and the unlucky.

[La Enchiladita]

Ooops, I just noticed you wrote March 18 at the top.
Is there a new thread for March 19, a new one each day?
Thanks.

[La Enchiladita]

Rescue Operations in Japan Target the Country's Furry Friends

Animal rescue groups have joined forces to help the untold number of dogs -- inu - in Japanese, cats and other furry friends have been lost and injured in the tsunami and earthquake that devastated Japan one week ago.

Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support, or JEARS is made up of three Japanese animal welfare groups, Animal Friends Niigata, Japan Cat Network, and HEART-Tokushima to coordinate relief efforts for animals.

“We want to take those pets and hopefully reunite them with their families once the families can figure out what they want to do,” said David Wybenga of Japan Cat Network.

...It might be several days until JEARS will be able to get the extra help they need on the ground and the nearly $167,000 that the organization received in donations will not last much longer.

Fortunately, Nestle Purina USA announced Thursday that they will start delivering pet food and money to local shelters and rescue groups.

“We need the infrastructure and the supplies to keep these animals alive, probably for a very long time,” said Galloan-Aoki.

[goodnesswins]

There is NOT yet a thread for the 19th...seems as though no one pays attention to it....so maybe pinging is best?

[La Enchiladita]

Just keep it going without a date.
Lurkers read but don’t say anything.