Emergency Appeal: tsunami in Japan

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Nobody knows the death toll at the moment. Whole villages have been flattened, and there are concerns that more than 10,000 people have perished in the Miyagi area alone. More than half a million people have been evacuated and are being sheltered in evacuation centres, 1.4 million people have no access to water and around three million people are running out of power, in the middle of a cold winter.

World Vision is taking relief supplies of food, blankets and medicine to affected areas. We are also setting up safe places for children, so that parents can concentrate on what they need to do to recover their lives, knowing their children are being cared for. This is an area that World Vision has particular skill and experience in, and where we can genuinely add to the massive relief effort.

The Government of Japan is impressive in both their preparedness and response to this emergency. However, in the first few weeks, help is needed in an emergency of this scale. World Vision has been in Japan for more than 50 years, and we have the people and specialist skills to assist.

This is an extraordinary disaster. Children have lost their parents, their homes, their schools, and it is impossible for them to make sense of what has happened.

Please help today. Donations are gratefully accepted online or on our Emergency Phone line at 0800 012 1204.

Thank you for your generosity!


Justin Byworth
CEO, World Vision UK



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