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In my last post on the recent Japanese earthquake, I provided some basic details of the problems currently occurring in Japan in the aftermath of the massive 8.9 quake. And while I suggested you donate to charities to help the victims of this tragedy, Daniella Orihuela-Gruber from All About Manga has gone the extra mile and started up an informal group of anime/manga bloggers who are pushing for more donations.
Today Ani-Gamers joins in this campaign, reminding our readers that there is still months if not years of work to be done for Japan to rebuild after the earthquake. And, as Daniella points out, the $12 million in donations have not yet even surpassed the numbers for the recent Haitian earthquake or the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe in New Orleans!
For more information on donating, and suggestions on some great charities to give to (namely ShelterBox and the highly-rated Doctors Without Borders), check out Daniella's big Anime and Manga Bloggers For Japan post.
2 comments:
Yeah, but Japan's much more financially and structurally equipped to absorb the impact. They don't really need that much money - I mean, they're not even using most of it to rescue people or provide them with food, but merely so that people can sleep on comfier mattresses, peoples' jobs can come back, and so electricity would be available.
Ofc I'm spouting bullshit fed from school 'gossip', so don't trust what I'm saying. However, it's undeniable that Japan is much stronger than both of the (not very earthquake-ready) places mentioned before.
Absolutely true, though in my opinion that doesn't mean it's not worth giving money! Especially if this nuclear thing goes bad, there will be a lot of Japanese people displaced from their homes, and it will take a long time and a lot of money (both internally or externally) for them to fully recover.
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