JCIE establishes the Japan NGO Earthquake Relief and Recovery Fund in partnership with the Center for Public Resources Development and its Give One initiative in order to accept donations and distribute them to NGOs working on the ground in the disaster area.
Japanese officials order evacuation of area within 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) of Fukushima nuclear power plant.
The Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) already has five teams providing food, water, and other supplies to evacuees and is conducting mobile clinics in Sendai’s Aoba-ku.