Posted March 24th, 2011 - 3:25 pm by 
from Pleasant Hill, United States (Permalink)
from Pleasant Hill, United States (Permalink)I have no idea how long it would take, but maybe I could get a bunch of stuff shipped to you from CA? don't know if you will make more than one trip, but I can certainly get together supplies like dried milk powder, diapers, toilet paper, gloves, surgical gloves, dried snacks... things like ibuprofen, acetaminophen, or whatever you can specify.
Maybe you'll go more than once?
Fleece blankets? Would those be helpful? I'm worried that people are cold.
Shipping water would be too expensive, but if you need it, I can send it.
I can probably get stuff together to ship internationally by Monday, March 28.
~ Victoria
San Francisco, Bay Area
Maybe you'll go more than once?
Fleece blankets? Would those be helpful? I'm worried that people are cold.
Shipping water would be too expensive, but if you need it, I can send it.
I can probably get stuff together to ship internationally by Monday, March 28.
~ Victoria
San Francisco, Bay Area
Posted March 24th, 2011 - 3:26 pm by from Pleasant Hill, United States (Permalink)
from Pleasant Hill, United States (Permalink)Sorry: My email is juju-bee@pacbell.net
Posted March 27th, 2011 - 3:26 am by 
from Yokohama, Japan (Permalink)
from Yokohama, Japan (Permalink)Thank you for your great offer, Victoria.
However, shipping stuff from overseas like CA must cost a lot. So, how about doing like this way ?
I don't want to bother you so much.
①You buy supplies on website in Japan and ship it to my address. And I will bring them to victims.
I can support you for buying.
or
②We will buy some required supplies here in Japan by your donation. And I will report you the list that 'who receive what' by your donation.
If you have better idea, will you share with us ?
I'm planning to go there many times from now.
This is my first visit there, so I'd like to visit there and research the details what are required there.
As far as I konw, they need
* diapers
* milk powder
* medicine
* dried food
* water
* gasoline
and so on.
However, shipping stuff from overseas like CA must cost a lot. So, how about doing like this way ?
I don't want to bother you so much.
①You buy supplies on website in Japan and ship it to my address. And I will bring them to victims.
I can support you for buying.
or
②We will buy some required supplies here in Japan by your donation. And I will report you the list that 'who receive what' by your donation.
If you have better idea, will you share with us ?
I'm planning to go there many times from now.
This is my first visit there, so I'd like to visit there and research the details what are required there.
As far as I konw, they need
* diapers
* milk powder
* medicine
* dried food
* water
* gasoline
and so on.
Posted April 8th, 2011 - 9:50 am by from Yokohama, Japan (Permalink)
from Yokohama, Japan (Permalink)We came back from Volunteer Tour on 6th April.
The tour was held from 2nd to 6th by 3 person.
We went through Fukushima, Hachinohe, Miyako, Kamaishi, Kesennuma, Minamisanriku, Sendai and came back to Tokyo.
We did cleaning by getting rid of mud.
There are tons of rubble in every cities, however volunteers cannot do anything about these rubble, based on following reason.
1. It's not effective to get rid of these rubble by hand, we need heavy machines as 'Self Defense Force' are doing.
2. The rubble are still belongs to someone's property. We need owner's permission to get rid of rubble. (It looks like rubble for others, but it is still property for them !)
So what we could do is to visit 'Social Welfare Association' in each cities and collaborate with them.
I can say that volunteers are needed every disastered towns, however facilities for volunteers to stay are still limited such as Miyako or Sendai. Facilities are destroyed by Tsunami in Kesennuma, Rikuzentakada, Minamisanriku, Ishinomaki.
Requirement for volunteers.
1. Time -- At least 3 days, ideally more than 1 week.
2. Equipment -- rubber gloves, jet hose is very efficient for getting rid of mud and joyful.
3. Food for yourself
I felt supplies are enough for disaster victims thanks to supplies all over the world. But there are big demand of volunteers or construction business.
Thank you, for joining Kelly, Manuel.
The tour was held from 2nd to 6th by 3 person.
We went through Fukushima, Hachinohe, Miyako, Kamaishi, Kesennuma, Minamisanriku, Sendai and came back to Tokyo.
We did cleaning by getting rid of mud.
There are tons of rubble in every cities, however volunteers cannot do anything about these rubble, based on following reason.
1. It's not effective to get rid of these rubble by hand, we need heavy machines as 'Self Defense Force' are doing.
2. The rubble are still belongs to someone's property. We need owner's permission to get rid of rubble. (It looks like rubble for others, but it is still property for them !)
So what we could do is to visit 'Social Welfare Association' in each cities and collaborate with them.
I can say that volunteers are needed every disastered towns, however facilities for volunteers to stay are still limited such as Miyako or Sendai. Facilities are destroyed by Tsunami in Kesennuma, Rikuzentakada, Minamisanriku, Ishinomaki.
Requirement for volunteers.
1. Time -- At least 3 days, ideally more than 1 week.
2. Equipment -- rubber gloves, jet hose is very efficient for getting rid of mud and joyful.
3. Food for yourself
I felt supplies are enough for disaster victims thanks to supplies all over the world. But there are big demand of volunteers or construction business.
Thank you, for joining Kelly, Manuel.
