2011 Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Information

HeavyHands

2011 Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Information

I've briefly looked and haven't found any threads containing information on how we might be able to contribute to the relief, rescue, and recovery efforts which are currently ongoing in Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.


Locate Affected People

Google has created a tool to assist in locating people within Japan. You can find it here:
http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=en

This tool is available in other languages as well.


Charitable Giving

This website is a kind of guide to charitable giving. It may be of some assistance if you're unfamiliar with what to do and how to go about doing it.

Charity Navigator
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=1221

The following links are to legitimate charitable organizations which are involved in providing aid and comfort to the Japanese people. They were taken from a Lifehacker article here: http://lifehacker.com/#!5782019/how-to-give-to-japanese-recovery-efforts-without-getting-scammed

American Red Cross
http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main

Doctors Without Borders
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

USAID
http://www.usaid.gov/

Catholic Relief Services
http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/national/religious/catholic-relief-services-in-baltimore-md-475

Direct Relief International
http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/national/relief-and-development/direct-relief-international-in-santa-barbara-ca-307

Philanthropy.com has collected several dozen links here: http://philanthropy.com/article/Chariti ... ic/126706/

Action Against Hunger
http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/pressroom/releases/2011/03/11

Adventist Development and Relief Agency
http://www.adra.org/site/PageServer

Aidmatrix
http://www.aidmatrix.org/Japan.htm

American Humane Association
http://americanhumane.org/

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
http://www.jdc.org/

Causes
http://www.causes.com/campaigns/154523

Americares
http://philanthropy.com/article/Charities-Respond-to-Pacific/126706/

CAFAmerica
http://www.cafamerica.org/dnn/Resources/News/tabid/146/Default.aspx

Caritas
http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/PressRelease14_03_11.html

Catholic Medical Mission Board
http://www.cmmb.org/cmmb-alert-tsunami-and-earthquake-hit-japan-and-pacific

Catholic Relief Services
http://crs-blog.org/crs-ready-to-respond-to-earthquake-and-tsunami-in-japan/

Convoy of Hope
http://convoyofhope.org/go/headlines/entry/en_route_to_japan

Council on Foundations
http://www.usig.org/disastergm/japan2011.asp

DoSomething.org
http://www.dosomething.org/news/join-us-make-paper-cranes-japan

Food for the Hungry
http://www.fh.org/learn/news/disaster/japan-tsunami?promocode=WU63WD1C3

Foundation Source
http://access.foundationsource.com/cause/japan-earthquake-crisis

Give2Asia
http://give2asia.org/?p=6192

Global Giving
http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/japan-earthquake-tsunami-relief/

Global Voices
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/03/11/japan-in-tokyo-after-the-earthquake/

Google.org
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html

Helping Hand (USA) For Relief and Development
http://www.muslimsforjapan.org/

Humanitarian Defense
http://www.humanitariandefense.org/

International Medical Corps
http://www.internationalmedicalcorps.org/Page.aspx?pid=1970

International Rescue Committee
http://www.rescue.org/news/irc-tsunami-standby-10297

Japan Society
http://www.japansociety.org/earthquake

K.I.D.S.
http://www.kidsdonations.org/

Medical Teams International
http://www.medicalteams.org/sf/home/Stories/Japan_Relief.aspx

Mercy Corps
http://twitter.com/#!/mercycorps/status/46279009524391936

mGive Foundation
http://www.mgivefoundation.org/

Mobile Giving Foundation
http://mobilegiving.org/

National Disaster Search Dog Foundation
http://www.searchdogfoundation.org/98/html/1-deployments/1-2_japan.html

NetHope
http://www.nethope.org/japan/

Network for Good
http://www1.networkforgood.org/help-survivors-pacific-quake-tsunami

Operation USA
http://www.opusa.org/

Oxfam America
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/

PayPal
https://www.thepaypalblog.com/2011/03/update-on-japan-relief-effort-via-paypal/

Project HOPE
http://www.projecthope.org/news-blogs/stories/japan-earthquake.html

Rotary International
http://www.rotary.org/en/Contribute/WaysToGive/Announcements/Pages/110311_announce_japanfund.aspx

Salvation Army USA
http://twitter.com/#!/SalvationArmyUS/status/46219193963651072

Save the Children
http://www.savethechildren.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=8rKLIXMGIpI4E&b=6478615&ct=9170883&msource=wellpaqkf311

Soles4Souls
http://www.soles4souls.org/news/2011/03-11/soles4souls-preps-response-to-earthquake-victims

Shelter Box
http://www.shelterboxusa.org/news.php?id=612

UJA-Federation of New York
http://www.ujafedny.org/uja-federation-news-2/view/uja-federation-starts-japan-earthquake-relief-fund/

World Vision
http://www.worldvision.org/#/home/world-vision-news/japan-earthquake-2-1356







If anyone knows of further legitimate charities or organizations please post links to them in this thread.

Additionally, if anyone knows of additional tools to locate individuals affected by this disaster, please post those as well.

If you do choose to donate to the relief, rescue, and recovery efforts, please double check the legitimacy of the organization you are donating to. Scams pop up by the thousand in times like these.

This post/thread is apolitical. Please keep it that way.

H^2

gimmesometruth27

great info. thanks for posting.

Kat

Thank you for posting links that could help the people there. Thanks to anyone else who has also posted ways to help.

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iluvcats

yahoo is my homepage and that's how I found this one. I verified it is legit via the Better Business (BBB)

www.savethechildren.org (but my receipt says Save the Children Federation, Inc. Web-Emer-Japan-Children-in-Emergency-Fund-2011, Fri, Mar 11, 2011)
1-800-728-3843
I heard on the radio that the Red Cross does NOT want people going there to help, that they need donations.

HeavyHands

bump for updated links

pearljim

Many thanks for this!

haffajappa

I saw this posted on my school's website:

o Explore.org is donating $1 for every “Like” of the “Dog Bless You” Facebook page, up to $100,000, to the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation, who has a dog rescue team in Japan.
http://www.facebook.com/exploredogs

SPREAD THE WORD
Sign up at the Hello Bar with the invite code “helpjapan” and you can get a customizable code to embed into your website to encourage your readers to get involved in the relief efforts.

o Twitter blogged some hashtags users can use to help identify their tweets in support of Japan:

#Jishin: focuses around general earthquake information

#Anpi: a hashtag for the confirmation of the safety of individuals or places

#Hinan: evacuation information

#311care: a hashtag regarding medical information for the victims

#PrayforJapan: a general hashtag for support and best wishes for victims of the crisis

HeavyHands

bump