Friday, March 11, 2011
At 2:46 p.m., a 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes the Tohoku region of Japan, followed quickly by a tsunami that brought waves up to 10 meters high (33 feet), devastating entire coastal towns.
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Monday, March 14, 2011
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 … Read more
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
JCIE’s earthquake fund receives its first donation of $500. JEN staff are on the ground, surveying the needs; they begin providing rice at shelters in Miyagino-ku, Sendai. The Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (ADMA) brings aid supplies (food, water, kerosene heaters, charcoal) to two nursing … Read more
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
The Affinity Group on Japanese Philanthropy, an umbrella group for Japanese corporate foundations of Japanese companies in the United States, donates all of its assets, nearly $8000, to the JCIE fund. The Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) delivers mobile clinic services to shelters … Read more
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Donations to JCIE’s NGO Earthquake Fund surpass $20,000. The Kyoto-based humanitarian organization, NICCO, is added to the Give One campaign as the 6th organization to receive disaster relief. To date, the Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) has dispatched 25 relief/medical personnel: 10 doctors, 4 nurses, … Read more
Friday, March 18, 2011
Donations to the JCIE fund pass $40,000. The first tranche of $20,000 is wired to Japan to cover the costs of providing medical supplies and other relief items. After a week of snow and freezing weather, Association for Aid and Relief (AAR Japan) delivers heating … Read more
Saturday, March 19, 2011
In addition to its continuing operations in Kesennuma (Miyagi Prefecture), Peace Winds Japan starts to expand the area in which it is distributing emergency materials to include the cities of Ofunato and Rikuzentakata (Iwate Prefecture). AAR Japan has sent 10 staff to the affected area and … Read more
Sunday, March 20, 2011
As of the 20th, the Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA) has sent 51 people to Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures, including 18 doctors, 8 nurses, 2 midwives, 1 assistant nurse, 2 pharmacists, and 20 coordinators. The local doctors in the affected area have been working around … Read more
Monday, March 21, 2011
The Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA)’s 10th team arrives in Iwate Prefecture. Given the shortage of gasoline, the teams are using donated electronic vehicles for mobile clinic services. A team in Minamisanriku (Miyagi Prefecture) joins an AMDA team already at an emergency shelter at … Read more