Which website I can check to make donations to the victmis of Tsunami in Tohoku area in Japan?
I want a website that I can donate cloths and food. I dont want website that ask for money.
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Send it to obama! Snicker! Actually, consult with your tax accountant.
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It is incredibly expensive to sort, clean, store, and ship donations of goods from thousands of miles away from a disaster. Also, the vast majority of items that do get pushed on organizations turn out to be unusable--the wrong clothing (fur coats got shipped to Haiti), culturally inappropriate (leather to India), or just in bad shape. Ditto for food. Money is the best donation. The Red Cross spends donated money in or near a disaster area, to purchase necessary supplies from local businesses. This means that these businesses can continue to pay their employees, who already affected by the disaster. Otherwise, they would lose their jobs on top of everything else that has happened. Donating money keeps people going in ways far beyond immediate supplies. The earthquake happened on a Friday. The Red Cross and other relief organizations already existed on Thursday, right? So before the disaster hit, they had offices in place to get information and coordinate their responses. Relief agencies need stuff independent of any specific disaster. Agencies need vehicles to get to disasters. These are usually vans and trucks. These need gas, oil, tires, inspection, maintenance, and insurance--all of which costs money. Agency offices need electricity, water, computers, Internet access, phones, phone service, printers, paper, toner--and people. People need to be paid living wages and have healthcare insurance in full-time jobs. (You want that, right?) All of that already had to be paid for, so when disasters occur, the agencies are ready. Without unrestricted donations not tied to any event, relief agencies cannot have any of these necessities--and can't respond as effectively as necessary.
