Many charities are responding to the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Below is a list of charities on this website that are providing assistance to Japan,
with links to each charity’s website so you can learn more about how it is responding.
In addition, on our website, you can learn about each charity’s mission, see its
answers to six basic questions about its work (such as, “How can I be sure that
you will use my money wisely?”) and see how much it spends on administration and
overhead. (For each charity, you can learn this information by clicking on "All
Charities A to Z" and then clicking on the charity’s name.)
As you think about which causes to support, please read our advice about giving
in response to a disaster. Please keep in mind that the need for help in responding
to a natural disaster like this earthquake will continue long past the initial rescue
and clean-up. Rebuilding lives and communities will take years and untold resources.
Thank you for wanting to do what you can in response to this catastrophe.
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Save the Children is actively working in Japan to meet the needs of families
and children following the earthquake and tsunami last Friday. Please visit our
website or click either of the links above to learn more.
www.SaveTheChildren.org
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Baptist World Aid (BWAid), the relief and development arm of the Baptist World Alliance,
is responding to the various needs following Japan’s catastrophe. BWAid’s Rescue
24 team arrived in Japan from Hungary and the USA on Saturday, March 12, and linked
up with Baptist groups in Japan. Rescue 24 were able to travel north to the disaster
zone, assessing needs with Japanese leaders.
Plans were drawn up to provide relief through Japanese Baptists, and these will
be shared by other Baptist groups from around the world who are ready, willing and
able to serve in Japan.
www.BWAnet.org
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World Vision is distributing relief supplies to thousands of people devastated by
the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11. An emergency response
team is on the ground in hard-hit areas, providing water, blankets and other urgently
needed supplies to survivors. Ongoing efforts will focus on the unique needs of
children, who are the most impacted. Please help us respond quickly to this disaster.
www.WorldVision.org
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Operation Blessing is distributing food, water and other emergency relief to displaced
families living in shelters in and around hard-hit Sendai, Japan. We are also planning
to expand the distributions to include emergency relief supplies and electrical
generators, and are poised to send relief supplies from the U.S. and the Philippines
should they be needed in the relief effort. OBI is also helping fund efforts by
Humedica, a partnering NGO from Germany that specializes in disaster medicine.
Our website is updated on a near daily basis as we receive ongoing updates (blogs,
video, photos) from our field team.
www.OperationBlessing.org
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Christian Aid to Japanese Quake Survivors
WHERE? To displaced persons and evacuees from cities near to the Sendai epicenter
of the quake and from Fukushima, Tohoku Region.
SITUATION: All churches and many homes in Fukushima are destroyed and abandoned.
Most of the population has been moved to evacuation centers and churches outside
the safety parameters around the leaking nuclear reactors nearby.
WHAT? Christian Aid is helping local missionaries and pastors to be a catalyst
of hope to them as they reach out to their hurting neighbors.
HOW TO HELP? Send emergency funds to the Japanese missionaries in the area
who are helping regroup the survivors and meet their emergency needs.
Our website is updated on a near daily basis as we receive ongoing updates (blogs,
video, photos) from our field team.
1-800-977-5650 or online at
www.ChristianAid.org
Box 9037, Charlottesville, VA 22906
Japan Disaster Fund, Code 850DIS
NEEDS: Money to rent vehicles, transport and move people, and buy emergency
needs such as batteries, battery chargers, food, undergarments and water. Most relief
is being purchased in Tokyo and shipped by truck for distribution.
WHO IS DOING THE ACTUAL EMERGENCY WORK: Japanese missionaries and local Japanese
pastors.
WHERE ARE THE EVACUATION CENTERS? Aizu, Chiba and Yamagata.
For more information and updates, contact Bill Bray, Media Relations Coordinator,
at bill@christianaid.org.
www.ChristianAid.org
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ADRA’s Japan office began in 1985 primarily as a funding office for developing nations.
Due to the numerous natural disasters that face this great nation, ADRA Japan already
had an emergency response plan formulated, tested and in place. This pre-planning
allowed our workers to rush to the affected areas and begin working.
The cold weather, intermittent electricity and telecommunication services are making
a difficult situation even more challenging. Working closely with the local government,
ADRA is preparing for the possible management of displacement centers, caring for
some of the more than 370,000 children, women and men who were evacuated from their
homes that were washed away.
www.ADRA.org
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Food for the Hungry is responding and receiving donations for the Japan earthquake
and tsunami.
We are working with Japan International Food for the Hungry (JIFH), which is on
the ground. Initial assessments indicate the greatest needs to be food, shelter
and warm clothing. JIFH is working with churches and other ministries to mobilize
people to reach out.
Specifics on our response are unfolding. We will be updating our website daily or
as we receive information. We will have a banner on our homepage.
How can you help?
Please pray for the safety of the victims, their families, relief workers and the
JIFH staff.
Donate online at www.FH.org
Donate by calling toll-free at 1-800-248-6437
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