Help Japan
Donate to Japan earthquake relief efforts
103,353 people donated $6,411,585 so far
In about a week and half, there have been donations of just under 6 and a half million dollars to the various agencies helping Japan after the earthquake and tsunami crisis began. Of course, these numbers are as reported on the Yahoo! homepage, so it's entirely possible there are numbers elsewhere that I haven't seen. Such as, how much has been donated by residents in Second Life - I know that I made a small donation there, too.
Even so, we have to realize that $6.5 million is just a drop in the bucket, compared to the complete devestation they have suffered. $6.5 million won't feed all that many people, when you consider how much it costs for the aid organizations to actually transport so much equipment, get it in place and running, and keep it's own people fed. $6.5 million won't rebuild more than just a few blocks of homes - let alone rebuild the entire cities and villages that have been wiped away!
$6.5 million. It's not a sum of money that gives anyone the right to pat themselves on the back, for. We need 10 times that much money in the relief efforts, just to get started.
Please help. Donate. These are people much like yourself, who have lost their homes. People just like your neighbors, who are freezing in the winter's cold. People just like your family, who are going hungry, and unable to feed their own children. Just as you would help your friends, neighbors, and family members, give a little help to these people, too. Donate to the Red Cross, or another favorite aid organization, today.
$6.5 million is a wish for help. Let's boost that number much higher - let's hit $65 million, and accelerate up to $6.5 billion, because that's how much it'll cost to even get started on a real recovery for these people.
Let's really try to help.
