Japan Relief and N4G

Hey, N4Gers! A rather serious post for you here, though one I think we can all tackle with vigor. The devastation in Japan is difficult for most of us to imagine, but what we have seen and heard makes us want to help however we can. For most of us, so far from the disaster, we won't ever feel like we can do enough.

Below you will find a list of organizations that are active in Japan disaster relief. We aren't advocating any of these charities over another, but have sought to provide you with a respectable list - please do your own research so you can give responsibly!

We, N4G, have donated $3000 to MSF (Medicins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders) on behalf of the N4G community. MSF currently has several teams in Northern Japan, with more teams on the way. Their doctors, nurses and support staff work alongside the Japanese disaster authorities to provide aid in the wake of the earthquakes and tsunami.

Thank you to all of you for being a part of N4G, we're grateful for this opportunity to give with you.

Medicins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders http://www.msf.org/msf/dona...

Japanese Red Cross Society http://www.jrc.or.jp/englis...

UNICEF http://www.unicefusa.org/

Save the Children http://www.savethechildren....

International Medical Corps http://www.internationalmed...

Direct Relief International http://www.directrelief.org...

AmeriCare http://www.americares.org/

World Vision http://www.worldvision.org/...

Convoy of Hope http://www.convoyofhope.org...

International Rescue Committee http://www.rescue.org/

[Optical_Matrix]

I'm donating money, but is there anywhere we can donate clothes and toys for the children as well? I have a fair bit of Japanese manga and I'm willing to send some over for the children to read. Will give them at least SOMETHING to do in your evacuation shelters.

[Cat]

Hey, Optical_Matrix! If you do some research I'm confident you'll find a worthy charity to help you out. We opted for financial donations because sending items can strain an already strained infrastructure.

[Optical_Matrix]

Completely understandable. Thanks for posting the financial links as well. Will be sure to make my donations. Good on you :]

[Capt-FuzzyPants]

Bubbles Up kind man.

[edgeofblade]

Optical: While your donation might be well meaning, clothes and toys and... well, anything other than cold hard cash... will actually make more of a logistical nightmare than doing good, and those items may never make it to the people that need them. Sorry to rain on that parade, but there are quite a few articles about this. Right now, these aid organizations need liquid assets.

Not to belittle your generosity, but the best thing you can do right now is give money to a reputable organization, like the International or American Red Cross or the Salvation Army.

I see others have commented as well, but I wanted to throw my two cents plus interest in.

And bubbles for your generosity too.

[LostDjinn]

Nicely done.

[dalibor]

Sorry I accidentally clicked disagree, my mistake. Thanks for this helpful blog though. Since I have a job I am able to make a donation. Is paypal the best way to make a donation? Thinking of using my debit card but kind of hesitant for security measures.

[JL]

If you feel any reservation about giving out your credit card information or such things, Paypal is still a definite way you can go to donate and it will keep you from having to give out that information.

Simply visit the Paypal site and you'll see right there on the main page where they're taking donations. You can do an instant $25 donation or you can put in a specific amount. They have several organizations they're collaborating with on it as well so you have a few to choose from.

[specialguest]

N4G ftw!

[Chubear]

Nice! Well done.

[fatstarr]

Thank you for all the info
My university is in the process of raising money

[WhiteNoise]

Awesome. Good to hear that N4G has donated money too.

[Nate-Dog]

Fair play guys, good on you.

[artsaber]

Well done everyone.

[killswitchmad]

Nicely done N4G, Our small UK 360 community will be running a charity night shortly to raise money. I'll post the details here when they are arranged.

[The_Zeitgeist]

Good job N4G!! I'm surprised there have been no jerk comments yet. *Claps for the community*

[Lykon]

well done for the donation and thanks for the info

[young7yang]

cool thanks for the info about donations

[Convas]

Great work on N4G's part!

[Scottyabanks]

Wow, nice! I already donated a little as well. The Demons Souls Wiki community I frequent put together something as well that I took part in. It's nice to see the gaming community coming together to help out those that made gaming as we know it possible.

[cyborg]

Japanese Red Cross Society

Good going N4G. You guys rule. :)

[2v1]

even tho i dont have money i have cloth, food , and lot of kis toy that i can donate.

[_Q_]

Donating through work. I get to wear jeans all week for doing so too. Winning!

[TMAN]

So that's what's been cutting off the circulation to your brain lately.... :)

Good on N4G for doing his. My faith in this site, the owners and fine peoples never cease to amaze me.

[INehalemEXI]

Lol, I donated to couple recent disaster...will donate to JP soon. :D

[bunfighterii]

Good work! Another donor here!

[Shani]

Hey cat, thanks a lot for the list of organizations for financial help.

[Mr Patriot]

fanboys can be good people :) I salute N4G for this thanks

[CrzyFooL]

Pray for Japan! Hooray for N4G! Go Cat Go!

[Ninja-Sama]

Well done, N4G.

[tplarkin7]

I hate to sound selfish, but I wish N4G would donate some bubbles to me.

[INehalemEXI]

+1 for lulz

[Raiz]

N4g+++

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Well, great move on N4G's part.I already donated $50 through PSN.Which is a little over my budget at the moment, with bills coming at me left and right..

But in times like these, i feel everyone should contribute anything they can for people who endure such tragedies.

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