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Posted in news on May 30th, 2011
More than two months after the Great East Japan Earthquake, still 100,000 people are living in shelters. To donate from France: Fondation de France Croix-Rouge Moreover in France, you can get a tax credit up to 75% of your donation. Meaning if you are able to pay 100€ to help people, you can donate 400€ […]
Posted in news on Apr 3rd, 2011
More than 27,000 persons have been killed or are missing following the March 11th TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami. 300,000 quake survivors are living in shelters in precarious conditions, with shortage of water and food. 100,000 children have been displaced. Reconstruction cost is estimated to $300 Billion, the world costliest disaster since World War II. Donation: […]
Posted in news on Mar 23rd, 2011
To ensure every dollars your are giving is going to Japanese victims of the TÅhoku Earthquake and Tsunami, and are not spent in administration or communication expenses or allocated to other causes, carefully select your charity organization. Charity Navigator is an independent, non-profit organization that evaluates American charities. Here the top 5 organizations recommended by […]
Posted in news on Mar 23rd, 2011
11 days after the terrible Earthquake and Tsunami which have devastated northeast Japan, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant seems stable but far from being under control. Get the information in time and at the source. Some official agencies in charge of nuclear safety and monitoring: Japan – Prime Minister office of Japan: […]
Posted in news on Mar 17th, 2011
March 11th 2011 at 14h46 JST, M9.0 TÅhoku Earthquake and the following Tsunami (æ±åŒ—地方太平洋沖地震) destroyed the coast line of Sendai. On top on that, the Fukushima nuclear plant has been badly damaged. All my thoughts are with the families of victims. The 50 fighters at Fukushima which are risking there life are giving a lesson […]
Posted in news on Dec 30th, 2004
In addition, aftershocks from the December 26 earthquake occurred in Indonesia’s Aceh province and the island of Sumatra on December 29. Reports from international media and national government sources indicate that the earthquake and tsunamis killed more than 117,000 people in South and Southeast Asia and East Africa: 79,940 people in Indonesia, 24,673 in Sri […]
Posted in news on Dec 26th, 2004
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake today, off the west coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered massive tsunamis that affected several countries throughout South and Southeast Asia, as well as Somalia, Tanzania, and Kenya in East Africa.