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Japan experienced its largest ever earthquake “the Great Tohoku Earthquake” on Friday 11th March 2011.
For Support for a Rescue Team in the Devastated Area, NPO "Touch in Peace" , NGO "International cooperation association Ray-Light-Japan" entered into a partnership.
Mainly we provide logistic support for a rescue team working in devastated Tohoku area where the great earthquake struck.
Having had a good connection with the representative of Touch in Peace*, RLJ share the information of the ongoing rescue activity and set up an account to accept relief to rescue activities. (Because of shortage of staff in Touch in Peace, RLJ offer the service instead of them)
Please check & see detail from "News&Information" or "Support" in this Page
We support the rescue team taking on important tasks to protect victims from a dangerous situation.
As of March, money is running out. Please support the team of Touch in Peace!!
*Touch in Peace is a nonprofit organization consisting of members engaged mainly in caring of heart, body and nature. Since its foundation, they have been holding a volunteer activity or event in Kobe, Hiroshima and Cambodia to realize a healthy and peaceful society by healing wounded heart and body to be as the way you are.
News & Information
We appreciate your understanding that we might change the activity depending on the situation since it is a state of emergency.
3.26.2011 |
Go to Ishimaki again with wheel cheer
This early morning, we left Tokyo to Ishimaki again with 20 wheel chairs, rescue boxes, medical oxygen bottles and some office supplies.
we toward to Ishimaki high school, Ishimaki junior high school,Kadowaki junior high school and Minato elementary school.
We will join again to other Volunteer group which already had the base in Ishimaki Senshu University.They have enough supplies but do not have the gas to deliver these supplies to the victims, therefore we offered our car and helped to deliver these with the things which we brought. The base has nothing to organize, even desk!
Not only because of radiation but we saw many dead body, we were exhausted, it was quite difficult for us to decide to go there again so soon.
However we believe that wheel chair can help the old people there and oxygen can save another life.We truly appreciated your cooperation.
arigato!!
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3.19.2011 |
Complementary Information
In Ishinomaki city, relief supplies were out of reach in most of the shelters a few days ago. However, it is now reported that they could get enough food as far as we are aware of.
We appreciate your understanding that the need in the field is changing every moment and the information is unclear.
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3.19.2011 |
Complementary Information
It was reported last night that no relief supplies were provided in the shelter in Tome city where 6000 people were accommodated. Working on loading of supplies during the night, the Touch in Peace rescue team left Tokyo in the morning of 19th and arrived at Ishimaki Disaster Volunteer Center in Miyagi city. They will soon go to the shelter.
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3.18.2011 |
Complementary Information
Money is running out. We need your help.
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03.17.2011 |
The Second Emergency Support
Emergency Traffic Certificate Issued!
Emergency traffic routes are available only to police, fire trucks and self-defense force vehicles. It is necessary for civilian vehicles to gain the Emergency Traffic Certificate to get on the emergency traffic routes.
With the Certificate, Kenshin Baba, Yuji Ogiwara and Hiroshi left for Tohoku area on 19th.
Emergency Relief Supplies
portable gas stove (12), cartridge for portable gas stove (141), burner for cartridge (6), kettle (12), paper cup (2000), fork (1000), disposable chopsticks (5000), mask for adults (6000), mask for children (3000), spray against influenza (40), disinfectant spray (1 box), wet wipe (1 box), disposable diaper for baby (S size, 3 boxes), disposable diaper for baby (M size, 3 boxes), disposable diaper for baby (L size, 3 boxes), milk formula (120 cans), barrier set for emergency relief activities (100 sets), dummy doll and AED training devices for lectures of emergency relief activities (1 set)
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3.17.2011 |
Complementary Information
The team withdrew once. They are trying to get supplies such as gasoline, trucks and food to go to the next devastated area.
They found it difficult to continue to rescue from a rafting boat because of the termination order by police, so they helped another activity. Also, they organized a lecture to volunteers about the emergency relief activities.
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03.16.2011 |
Rafting Rescue Team activity
Assist in search and rescue work on a rafting boat in a place under water of Ooarai-cho, Ibaraki prefecture. Termination order by police in terms of safety. Provided 100 sets of sleeping bags to Ooarai town office.
Search and rescue work in the northern Ibaraki.
Impossible to use rafting boats because of wreckage.
Provided 60 sets of sleeping bags to the shelter.
Entered into Fukushima prefecture.
Provided the rest of sleeping bags to the shelter near the Fukushima nuclear reactor.
Organized a lecture to volunteers about the emergency relief activities in a shelter of Sendai-city.
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3.14.2011 |
Complementary Information
The rescue team entered into Miyagi on a helicopter. All the 16 members are skilled with emergency rescue.
Current situation of the devastated area: Very dangerous and difficult to work. The rescue team is risking their life to help victims. Please pray for them and send your love to them.
What is running out: The priority is sleeping bags. Blankets are already provided but it is not enough to sleep warm. So they want to provide 200 sets of sleeping bags. It costs 5000 yen each, so we need one million yen in total.
This is the first step rescue activity. They are planning to distribute food (preservable, rich in nutrition, easy to eat and light to deliver) at the next step.
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03.13.2011 |
Emergency Assistant from Touch in Peace
We dispatched a rafting team consisting of 16 trained rescue workers to the most devastated area such as Kusennuma area.
They got 200 sets of sleeping bags because we heard that victims in a shelter use only blankets.
Let’s work together and do what we can do.
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