How to Donate to Japan Disaster Relief
Korea4Expats has received requests for information on where/how to donate to aid the relief effort in Japan. Following are some suggestions. We will add to the list as we receive more information.
ONLINE DONATIONS - International Agencies:
1. International Medical Corp, a group of medical professionals, is mobilizing relief teams and supplies.
2. Save the Children is an international organisation focusing on the needs of children and families.
3. Doctors Without Borders - Doctors Without Borders has teams in Japan attempting to get to the hardest hit areas by helicopter. Their website explains that a donation to Doctors Without Borders is not necessarily earmarked for Japan.
4. Red Cross (Red Crescent) in your home country or in Korea, we have provided the link to the International Red Cross Directory - here you can find the website for your home country Red Cross or Red Crescent
5. Mercy Corps has a Japanese partner - Peace Winds.
6. Humane Society International has a disaster response team reaching out to key Japanese partner organizations to offer help with animals affected by the disaster.
DONATIONS FROM KOREA
1. Asia Korea Society Center (ASKC) Disaster Relief Fund for Japan
Bank: Shinhan 100 026 888933 (If you wish a receipt, email askoreacenter@gmail.com with the subject line: ASKC Disaster Relief Fund for Japan, along with your name, title, affiliation, contact information and contribution amount).
2. Community Chest of Korea
ARS: 060-700-1122
Bank: Korea Exchange Bank 068-13-21409-0
3. Korea Disaster Relief
ARS: 060-702-2004
Bank: Nonghyup 016906-64-013414
4. Korean Red Cross
ARS: 060-707-1070
Bank: Kookmin (KB) 9-010-001-0004
ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Google has a site providing a wide range of up-to-date information
NOTE: Many international organisations have indicated that if Japan does not need the money raised during this donation period (post-disaster) it will be used for aid in other regions.
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