A friend wrote this essay on disaster relief, which has unexpectedly ended up widely circulated in the Japanese blogosphere, with 800+ comments at last count.<br><br>It's called "For the well-intentioned youths who 'want to do something' for the refugees" $BHo:R<T$NLr$KN)$A$?$$$H9M$($F$$$kM%$7$$<c<T$?$A$X(B〜$BKM$N@u$O$+$J7P83CL(B”<br>
<br><a href="http://chodo.posterous.com/45938410">http://chodo.posterous.com/45938410</a><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Kyoko Omori <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:komori@hamilton.edu">komori@hamilton.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hi all,<br>
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Somebody else might have already mentioned this, but I hear that a website called "Charity Navigator" is one of the most reliable sources when you want to find out how much of your donation actually goes to Japan.<br>
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<a href="http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=1221" target="_blank">http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=1221</a><br>
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Click on the listed organizations, and you will see organizational efficiency and other helpful information.<br>
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Best,<br>
Kyoko<br>
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Kyoko Omori<br>
Associate Professor, Japanese Program<br>
East Asian Languages and Literatures Department<br>
Hamilton College<br>
198 College Hill Road<br>
Clinton, NY 13323 USA<br>
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<a href="tel:315-859-4866" target="_blank">315-859-4866</a><br>
<a href="mailto:komori@hamilton.edu" target="_blank">komori@hamilton.edu</a><br>
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