Helen

Posted on: Friday, March 11th, 2011



Japan Earthquake – how you can help

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Charities working on the ground in Japan desperately need your support.

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Japan’s most powerful earthquake since records began hit the north-east coast this morning. The 8.9 magnitude earthquake triggered a 10m tsunami to hit the northern port of Sendai and has swept across the Pacific Ocean, putting all countries surrounding the ocean under threat.

As the news reports have come in, we have watched on in horror at catastrophic scenes of buildings, cars and ships being swept away. The images and videos have left us speechless and thoughts are now turning to how we can help.

Disaster relief charities such as the Red Cross and Shelterbox have already responded.

The ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) immediately mobilised and the team headed to the affected region within hours of the disaster striking. By providing ShelterBoxes to survivors, they are able to equip the families who need it most with shelter and life-saving materials. If you would like to help them so that they can ensure that whenever disaster strikes, they are ready to help those most in need, you can make a donation to the charity at: http://www.justgiving.com/shelterbox-Japan

The Japanese Red Cross are currently working in the areas most affected and assessing the damage, whilst international partners such as the British Red Cross are closely monitoring the situation, and are ready to respond as and when they are needed. You can donate to the British Red Cross Disaster Fund here.

At this stage, it’s hard to know the scale of the disaster. It’s already estimated that over a 1,000 people have died and many more have been injured. Many have lost their homes and millions of people across Japan are completely without power. With it still so difficult to assess the long term impact of the disaster, our thoughts are now with those that have been affected.

If you would like to fundraise to aid the relief effort:
You can create a page for this project: http://www.justgiving.com/project/1787325

Thanks so much to all of our incredible community for your generous response so far.


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  • Monica Lai

    Hello. Is it possible to fund-raise for the British Red Cross Japan Earthquake Appeal through JustGiving? Thank you.

  • T. Bani

    Keep donating as much as you can guys! And donate to as many charities and projects that aim for Japan’s disaster as possible so the distribution of the raised money is wider!

    Please Donate for the poor japanese victims!

    Visit this fundraising site for Japan and consider helping out!

    —> http://www.justgiving.com/BaniBan

    Thank you! ^__^

  • Stephenwhitehurst

    I’m running my first Marathon on April 10th and have now set up a donation page to raise money for the victims of the Tsunami in Japan.
    http://www.justgiving.com/helpingjapan/
    My wife is Japanese and I lived in the country for several years. Thankfully our family are ok, but I want to do what I can to help the thousands not so fortunate.
    Stephen

  • Anonymous

    really inspiring to hear of people like you doing what you can do to help the earthquake and tsunami victims. so much help will be needed in the days and months to come…best of luck with training and the fundraising. we’ll be rooting for you!

  • Helen

    Hi Monica,

    You would need to set up a page for the British Red Cross and then arrange with the charity that you would like the funds to help with their relief effort – http://www.justgiving.com/redcross.

    We would send any funds you raise to the charity on a weekly basis, as well as claiming the Gift Aid and passing these additional funds to the charity.

    To get in touch with the British Red Cross to arrange for your fuundraising efforts to contribute to their appeal, please see the following – http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Contact-and-help/Contact-us

    Best of luck with the fundraising. If you need any other help, please do get in touch with our supprt team. You can email us – help@justgiving.com or call us on 0845 021 2110.

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  • M4abubakar

    A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocks Tokyo while radioactive emissions from Fakushima reactor increase.
    Japan was gripped in fear when another earthquake shock Tokyo city. The people came out of building as they continued to shake violently. The government officials said that a tsunami threat has been quelled, but changes in sea level near the coastal areas are expected.
    On the other hand, a fire erupted in the Fakushima reactor which saw an increase in the leak of radioactive emissions. The government has given up on the efforts to cool down the nuclear reactors and has ordered the workers to evacuate the area.
    The Japanese government has asked the United States for their assistance in the nuclear crisis.
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  • http://www.justgiving.com/tako Chris Evans

    The thoughts of everyone at Chelmsford City Football Club (particularly our Japanese player Takumi Ake) are with everyone affected. We’re really proud to have instigated a growing fund at http://www.justgiving.com/tako. Why not take a look?