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Survivors grateful for food despite long lines

ADRA Japan ADRA organized a food drive for citizens in Sendai, providing hot food for the victims. Hideo Watanabe, Programme Officer of ADRA Japan reported an incident...

“I want to go home. I want to take a bath and be with my friends.” – Child survivor

Save the Children 6 year old Kosuke (pseudonym) and his father told us about the earthquake when it hit. “When the earthquake occurred, I fled with my son and...

Fixing boilers so that people can take a bath

As I was looking through the various reports by the nonprofits, I found that two organizations, Civic Force and Peace Winds were working together in making baths for...

Want To Volunteer?

Here are some organizations that are thinking of sending volunteers to Japan in the future for the rebuilding effort. Most organizations are not sending volunteers yet...

Local and International Nonprofits Struggle To Meet Enormous Needs

Civic Force Civic Force Japan is a nonprofit organization in Japan that was established after the Niigata Earthquake in 2004, aiming to provide swift and effective...

Stoves, fuel, and hot beef bowls

Peace Winds (video from their site) Peacewinds Japan recently donated 400 stoves to various relief shelters in Kesennuma-shi, an area hit extremely hard by the...