It puts things in perspective and makes you realize what's really important. Many of the things Nate and I love come from Japan. We've always talked about traveling there. Someday, we'd like to visit as that would be a dream vacation for us. But before we get there, Japan needs your help to get back on it's feet. Below you'll find links to where you can donate to help the people of Japan.
Google Crisis Response - The easiest way to donate directly to the hardest hit. You can choose from four charities including the Japanese Red Cross Society, International Medical Corps, Unicef and Save the Children.
Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support - The forgotten victims of this tragedy. This site combines three Animal Rescue Charities operating in Japan, HEART-Tokushima, Animal Garden Niigata and Japan Cat Network. Many animals have been abandoned or have been separated from their families. Many humans refuse to leave their homes without their animals. This hits Nate and I very hard in our hearts as our cats are like our children and we can't imagine not being able to take them with us to safety or being able to provide for them in an emergency.
We're very pleased to see the toy community donating their talent, time and toys to raise funds for the disaster. Below you'll find information on what we've been buying lately that ties to a donation for Japan.
Hope for Japan Uamou - Kaiju Chronicle posted information on where to get these awesome Uamous customized by the lovely Ayako Takagi. You can email her HERE to order. They are about 3000 yen plus shipping and handling. I ordered mine and I can't wait to see which one I get!
Kaiju for Japan - So far has 60 contributing artists. Sale starts on April 22,2011. More information can be found at the site that's organizing this event. Please go to Gorilla Mouth for further updates.
Amy Sol - Ms. Sol is offering 10% of her print sales to disaster relief. One print is already sold out but Strings of Dew is still available and the one I purchased.
LilJapan - Hiro is selling a print for disaster relief. You can see the print HERE. You can contact him on FLICKR and Twitter. His twitter name is liljapan. The print is only $15 each and all proceeds will be donated to Japan. Nate bought a print by contacting him on Twitter.
UPDATE 05/04/2011: We can no longer endorse this charity contribution as it has been almost two months since Nate purchased a print and we still have not received it. We have followed up and the initial reason was it might have gotten lost and he indicated he will send another one. That was over two weeks ago. Still no sign of said print. We can only hope that the money we sent actually went to help Japan.
UPDATE 06/12/2011: A week after I posted this update we got the print along with some goodies and an apology. Although this ended in the best case scenario we cannot help but feel letdown in general. We are disappointed in how this went down overall.
Let's not forget Christchurch, New Zealand. They also suffered a devastating earthquake that flattened the town. Not as big as the Japanese one but the devastation is widespread. Donations can be made to Red Cross New Zealand. You can donate HERE.
All this devastation worldwide has made us keenly aware that we live in Earthquake Country. Nate and I assessed our supplies and we purchased additional cases of water and food. We need to update our first aid kit and plan for our pets as well. That will be purchases we'll be making to keep us prepared.
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