Japan Relief

[Maria Jose Gonzalez]

If you are going to donate to an institution like the Red Cross,I would be inclined to avoid any mileage program.It mainly benefits the airline since mostly they exchange (and benefit from) very precious miles for trinkets or donations which are not clear in numbers,dates or recipients.(When will those blankets or tinned food reach any shelter? ) That huge companies like airlines have to resort to this instead of donating directly speaks for itself.If you are thinking of donating,it'd be best to do so directly with less intermediaries.
Maria-Jose

--- On Tue, 22/3/11, Asian Hooker <asianhooker at inter7.jp> wrote:

From: Asian Hooker <asianhooker at inter7.jp>
Subject: Re: Japan Relief
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Date: Tuesday, 22 March, 2011, 6:37 PM

Same for United Airlines. 7500 miles minimum.
Also check out the website of http://www.japansociety.org/

I would like to remove Unicef from the list because they deduct 20% of the donation to carry their "business."
Most trustworthy is Japan Red Cross. Or contact your local Red Cross.

Gagazilla~

On 11/03/22 17:59, Eija Niskanen wrote:
> You can also check your airline mileage point programs: at least Finnair
> gives you now the option to donate mileage points to Japan Red Cross.
> 
> Eija
> 
> 2011/3/21 faith<faithbach at yahoo.co.jp>
> 
>> Many of you on my llist have been kind enough to ask what can be done to
>> help Japan with earthquake relief.  Right now there is no organizational
>> capacity to support any kinds of contributions outside money.  FYI here is a
>> list of reputable organizations accepting donations directly to earthquake&
>> refugee relief.  The English pages are at the top of the list;  some are
>> only in Japanese.  Thanks to you all for your support.
>> Faith
>>
>> www.akaihane.or.jo/en/
>>
>> www.jrc.or.jp/english
>>
>> www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/eng/
>>
>> www.yomiuri-hikari.or.jp/
>>
>> www.unicef.or.jp
>>
>> www.volunteer.yahoo.co.jp/donation/
>>
>>
>>
> 
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