There are a LOT of people in Japan who still need a whole lot of help

[BillyJack]

and assistance. They lost EVERYTHING - and often - EVERYONE, every support person/system that they ever knew....

What are the best/most effective ways that we, here in the US, can offer our help to these folks?

[midnight]

1. K&R

[Snoutport]

2. Mercy Corp has a fund set up.

Their "From Oregon with Love" campaign has raised $208,000 and they are having a big fundraising concert that should double that. We're doing our best to help here in the Northwest. (From Oregon With Love was a popular Japanese TV show in Japan in the 80s or so...it has formed a nice bond between the people of Oregon and Japan.

[gateley]

3. It seems our focus has zeroed in on the nuclear concern, we seem to have forgotten

about all the devastation caused by the quake itself. :(

Thanks for the reminder.

[BillyJack]

5. Yep, although the devestation was more from the tsunami, as you well know...

I don't understand why a "first world nation", like Japan isn't receiving more aid from other "first world nations". NO ONE can surmount this kind of devastation without assistance.

It gives me pause to think what would happen if the US were in this sort of situation? Oh wait, we WERE in something similar (without the nuclear/radiation thingy) during Katrina.

....I have many more thoughts about all of this that I won't post here. We all have "good brains" to use and see/interprete what is/has happened/happening.

[uppityperson]

4. k&r. Are any DUers in Japan or with connections online, have any suggestions?