How You Can With Disaster Relief In Japan and Other Pacific Rim Countries

Atsugi base residents donate supplies for earthquake relief in Japan. by Official U.S. Navy Imagery, on Flickr

Listed below are known legitimate organizations helping the countries hurt by the earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011. If you know of more ways to help, please comment below and I will continue to update this article.

Know of a charity that is not listed here? Check with the Better Business Bureau for its legitimacy before you donate. BBB has provided tips for Japan earthquake donations. CNN has also published an article on what to watch out for and how you can help.

Red Cross: United States Residents – Calling +1-800-RED-CROSS for donation options. Text “Red Cross” to 90999. A $10 donation will be added to your cell phone bill. American Red Cross Online Donations or by mail.

Canada Residents – Calling +1-800-418-1111. Text the word ASIA to 30333. A $5 donation will be added to your cell phone bill. Canadian Red Cross Online Donations

Salvation Army: United States Residents - You can call +1-800-SAL-ARMY for donation options. Text “Japan” or “Quake” to 80888 to make a $10 donation. A one-time donation will appear on your cell phone bill. Respond “YES” to the thank you message you receive.

Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services

Save The Children: Online Donation or Canadian Online Donation

GlobalGiving.org: This project will disburse funds to organizations providing relief and emergency services to victims of the earthquake and tsunami. GlobalGiving is working with International Medical Corps, Save the Children, and other organizations on the ground. This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). United States Residents – Text JAPAN to 5055. A $10 donation will be added to your cell phone bill. Online Donation

Convoy Of Hope: United States Residents – Text TSUNAMI to 50555. A $10 donation will be added to your cell phone bill. Online Donation

World Relief Corp: World Relief has been in communication with their partners in these countries including their alliance partner in Japan, the Japanese Evangelical Association, who is monitoring the damage there. United States Residents – Text WAVE to 50555.  Online Donation

World Vision: Providing support to children and their families. Online Donation and Canadian Online Donation

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): Has two three-person teams attempting to get to the worst-hit areas in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures. Online Donation

ShelterBox: Humanitarian response to the disaster began immediately and a three-person ShelterBox Response Team is already en route to Japan. Online Donation

Updated for #Blog4Japan

Japanese Organizations We Trust

Please consider donating to one or more of these organizations. All are local Japanese organizations and we have found the English Pages for you. Even a small amount like $10 is useful, but we hope you donate more!

Peace Winds Japan is one of the largest Japanese organizations providing humanitarian relief such as food, clothing, fuel and medical supplies to the affected areas. You canDonate Here.

JEN is a well known NGO dedicated to restoring a self-supporting livelihood both economically and mentally to those who have been stricken with hardship due to conflicts and disasters. They are currently supporting emergency relief items such as food, woman’s hygienic items, clothes and other essentials to the survivors of the Japan Tsunami. You canDonate Here.

Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is donating food and essential items to the survivors of the tsunami. They also keep a well maintained English blog of their activities in Japan for the tsunami which you can Follow Here. You can Donate Here.

The Japan Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning is taking donations for their response to the tsunami that will focus on the reproductive health needs of women and mothers in affected areas. You can Donate Here.

The Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA Japan) team is delivering essential medical services through mobile clinics and delivering relief goods to the nursing homes and schools (evacuation shelters) in Aoba and Miyagino Wards. You can Donate Here.

OXFAM Japan is working with two partners in Japan on providing support to those on the margins of society who might otherwise have difficulty accessing emergency relief. One group is assisting mothers and babies and the other is providing information to non-Japanese speakers living in Japan. You can Donate Here.

Habitat For Humanity Japan is still assessing the situation but will be involved in the reconstruction of housing once the emergency period ends. This is one of the most vital aspects of recovery and the homeless will need a lot of help to put their lives back together. You can Donate Here.

The Institute for Cultural Affairs Japan (ICA) is still assessing the situation but is accepting donations. You can Donate Here.

Thanks to Todd’s Wanderings for putting the Japanese organizations list together.

To all of those who have been affected, you are in my thoughts and heart.

“In charity there is no excess.” – Sir Francis Bacon