Back to school again! Mercy Corps and Peace Winds preparing activities for the children, and offering information to parents and counselors on what to expect from children who have experienced trauma. Blog Post: Posted April 23, 2011, 11:00 am by Carol Skowron This week brought an important step in the attempt to return to some sort of normalcy in the tsunami-affected area of Japan. School started again. The quake and tsunami of March 11 occurred just as school was letting out for the year. The schools that weren’t damaged turned into evacuation centers — well-organized communities, with living spaces, play areas, meal times ...
Wednesday 20 April 2011 - Hope for the future as Japan rises to her feet There is a strong sense of hope for the future in Japan, according the ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) operating in the country. It is now nearly six weeks since the earthquake and tsunami destroyed swathes of Japan’s coastline. A huge clean up operation has been underway since the disaster struck and the Japanese authorities are making strong progress as Japan rises back to her feet. A girl in front of her tent in Inwanua, Miyagi Prefecture. Photograph: Thomas Lay ‘The country ...
April 24, 2011 -Fourth Delivery of Humanitarian Aid Scheduled, AmeriCares Flash Grant Program Underway to Aid Japan Recovery AmeriCares is readying its fourth delivery of humanitarian aid and launching a flash grant program to help support Japanese NGOs in recovery efforts as relief workers continue to make progress and grapple with many challenges following the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami. Photo by Christopher Craig. Child evacuee at the Paruse Iizaka evacuation center. Nearly 400 aftershocks have shaken the region; more than 14,000 people are confirmed dead with nearly 12,000 still missing, tens of ...
Convoy of Hope - One Year Commitment to Japan “We have made a one-year commitment to several cities in Japan where refugees are living in temporary shelters,” says Hal Donaldson, president of Convoy of Hope. “The generosity of Convoy of Hope’s partners has enabled us to be on the ground meeting needs.” Japan Update 5 from Convoy of Hope on Vimeo. Thousands of people fled to Koriyama, a city of 340,000 in the Fukushima prefecture, where refugees are living in a large arena partitioned by cardboard boxes. Convoy of Hope is establishing a warehouse, securing a relief vehicle and providing personnel ...
April 27, 2011 A Wave of Revival Samaritan’s Purse is equipping local Christians to minister to their neighbors who are trying to recover from the tsunami Article at: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/articles/a_wave_of_revival Donate Online Now April 8/11 Japan Bicycle Initiative - Many cars and bicycles were lost in Japan's tsunami. Transportation is a major concern for many survivors. Samaritan's Purse is working with the local churches and shelters to distribute new bicycles. Donate Online Now Tool Kits for Japan – Samaritans Purse teams are distributing took kits for cleaning mud out of homes and businesses. View all the video reports of the work Samaritan's Purse is doing in Japan at http://www.samaritanspurse.org/InVideo/>bclid=831057262001 Franklin ...
Canadian Red Cross transferred $5 Million to Japan on March 19. Japanese Red Cross Scales Up Relief Efforts to Meet Huge Needs in Japan The Canadian Red Cross continues to send funds raised to their sister organization, the Japanese Red Cross. Wednesday, March 23, 2011 — The Japanese Red Cross Society is scaling up its relief operations to help meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of survivors who are now housed in evacuation centers following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which devastated large tracts of northeastern Honshu, the main island of Japan. Today, about 264,000 people are staying in the approximately 1,800 ...
April 27, 2011
A Wave of Revival
Samaritan’s Purse is equipping local Christians to minister to their neighbors who are trying to recover from the tsunami
Article at: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/articles/a_wave_of_revival
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May 10/11 – Fukushima No. 1 Reactor Accident: Pets will be rescued in conjunction with the temporary return of people to their homes
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April 28, 2011 – GlobalMedic is loading 500 Rainfresh household water units today for Japan. It will provide clean drinking water to over 2500 people.
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April 25, 2011 – International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is continuing to establish local partnerships, while continuing to fill essential supply gaps and provide logistical and technical support where [...]
One Month after Disaster, American Red Cross Donations to Japanese Red Cross to Reach $100 million
WASHINGTON, Monday, April 11, 2011 — The American Red Cross today announced plans to make [...]
Canadian Red Cross transferred $5 Million to Japan on March 19.
Japanese Red Cross Scales Up Relief Efforts to Meet Huge Needs in Japan
The Canadian Red Cross continues to send funds [...]
Wednesday 20 April 2011 – Hope for the future as Japan rises to her feet
There is a strong sense of hope for the future in Japan, according the ShelterBox Response [...]
Back to school again!
Mercy Corps and Peace Winds preparing activities for the children, and offering information to parents and counselors on what to expect from children who have experienced [...]
April 24, 2011 -Fourth Delivery of Humanitarian Aid Scheduled, AmeriCares Flash Grant Program Underway to Aid Japan Recovery
AmeriCares is readying its fourth delivery of humanitarian aid and launching a [...]
Save the Children receives $400,000 from employees of DreamWorks Animation to aid Japan and New Zealand
WESTPORT, Conn. (April 15, 2011) — Save the Children today announced [...]
World Vision Continues to Deliver Emergency Supplies as
Aftershocks Continue in Japan
Japan Blog – Chris Webster – March 28, 2011 – It’s just gone 7:00 am and an aftershock shakes the [...]
Convoy of Hope – One Year Commitment to Japan
“We have made a one-year commitment to several cities in Japan where refugees are living in temporary shelters,” says Hal Donaldson, [...]