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Our hearts go out to those in Japan who have lost homes, loved ones, and whose lives are in chaos and uncertainty. It is an amazing and terrible display of nature’s might:
Although, there’s a lot of press right now about the nuclear reactors potentially melting down, The Wall Street Journal has a reassuring article on how Japan is not Chernobyl (containment shells, first-world regulatory protections etc.). We hope they’re right.
How to help, besides standing on the side with mouth agape? The Nation’s article by Peter Rothberg has a good start on groups that are focused on specific needs of the victims – including Doctors without Borders, Red Cross (which can be donated to by texting REDCROSS to 90999), Global Giving, the International Medical Corps, and cause aggregator Network for Good.
If you know of other ways of reaching out or of other needs on the ground, please feel free to post in the comments.
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