Other Relief Efforts
Other Relief Efforts
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World Central Kitchen and the Los Angeles Fire Department - 2025
World Central Kitchen and the Los Angeles Fire Department - 2025
The Sasebo Chapter has donated to World Central Kitchen and the Los Angeles Fire Department in support of relief efforts for victims of the fires in the Los Angeles area.
World Central Kitchen for Hurricane Helene Relief - 2024
World Central Kitchen for Hurricane Helene Relief - 2024
The Sasebo Chapter has donated to World Central Kitchen in support of Hurricane Helene relief in Florida and North Carolina.
Image from the Japan Ministry of Defense (防衛省)
Peace Boat for Noto Earthquake Relief - 2024
Peace Boat for Noto Earthquake Relief - 2024
Peace Boat Disaster Relief (PBV) is an International NGO working to assist disaster-affected people and strengthen disaster resilience of communities in Japan and around the world.
At around 4:10pm on January 1, 2024, an earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula area of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
Peace Boat Disaster Relief (PBV) entered the impacted area immediately after the disaster, and has been coordinating with local organizations, relevant agencies and aid organizations to collect information, assess needs, and provide emergency support.
The Sasebo Chapter donated to Peace Boat in January 2024.
Operation Recovery - Safe Passage - Afghanistan - 2022
Operation Recovery - Safe Passage - Afghanistan - 2022
Operation Recovery, Inc. is a nonprofit organization. They "assess, organize, coordinate, and deploy life-saving support in the aftermath of global crises and disasters". Operation Recovery - Safe Passage is currently working in Afghanistan "facilitating the connection between travel-ready families and State Department relocation teams... actively monitoring the situation of our allies, including young children, who are still stranded in Afghanistan with limited options for reaching the US."
"Over the first few weeks, Operation Recovery volunteers shepherded men, women, and children to safety on a 21st-century underground railroad. ...Families were guided into Kabul’s airport (HKIA) — later, to safe housing where they could shelter."
The Sasebo Chapter donated to Safe Passage in December 2022.
Photo credit to World Central Kitchen/WCK.org.
The World Central Kitchen - 2022
The World Central Kitchen has activated a kitchen in Poland to provide food relief to refugees fleeing Ukraine. Chefs are preparing meals for border crossing points and reception centers across the Poland/Ukraine border.
The Sasebo Chapter has sent a donation to the World Central Kitchen for their work with Ukrainian refugees.
The World Central Kitchen has activated a kitchen in Poland to provide food relief to refugees fleeing Ukraine. Chefs are preparing meals for border crossing points and reception centers across the Poland/Ukraine border.
The Sasebo Chapter has sent a donation to the World Central Kitchen for their work with Ukrainian refugees.
The ruins of the historic Janes' Residencehyolee2 熊本地震で崩壊した熊本洋学校教師館ジェーンズ邸側面）Creative Commons License.
Damage to USS Fitzgerald, 2017USN - http://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2017/08/17/water-on-deck-get-out-the-navys-official-report-of-the-fitzgeralds-catastrophe-at-sea/ In the Public Domain
Aerial view of major flooding along the Takahashi River in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture on 9 July, 2018国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)平成30年7月豪雨による真備地区の被害を上空から撮影したもの。Creative Commons License
Earthquakes in Kumamoto - 2016
The Kumamoto earthquakes inspired another fund drive, both to provide emergency food supplies to the victims and then pet carriers, so that survivors with pets did not have to sit in their cars instead of going inside shelters.
Donation to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society - 2017
The collision of U. S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald with a cargo ship in Japanese waters killed seven sailors and left hundreds more without the uniforms and other personal property lost when the their berthing spaces were flooded.
The Sasebo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was immediately informed about the impact on the crew of the tragic collision by one of our associate members, an active DAR member whose spouse is stationed at Yokosuka. Several of our officers joined her on base at Yokosuka to learn from the Fitzgerald’s ombudsman and the USO what the sailors’ needs were and how we could help.
The immediate need, we were informed, was for assistance in replacing everything that had been lost on board when the crews’ quarters flooded: clothing, toiletries, cell phones, passports, all the basic necessities of life. The Sasebo chapter immediately launched a fundraising drive, with an appeal to our 25 members and over 300 associate members at DAR chapters around the world. The immediate result was raising $1,000, which we donated to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society to assist the Fitzgerald’s crew.
Then something remarkable happened. Our fundraising brought the Fitzgerald tragedy to the attention of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and on July 1, at the annual DAR convention, it was announced that the DAR would donate an additional $20,000 to help support the crew of the Fitzgerald and their family members.
DAR President General Ann Dillon personally delivered the donation to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society following the Independence Day holiday. She met with Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society President and CEO Admiral Steve Abbot, USN Retired, inquiring about updates on the Fitzgerald crew and the relief efforts underway as well as those planned for the future.
Flooding in Western Japan - 2018
In the summer of 2018, heavy rains produced severe flooding and mudslides in an area of Japan that had recently withstood a strong earthquake. Temperatures soared, as rescue workers tried to find people trapped by the flood waters in their homes and cars and those buried in landslides. More than 8 million people were asked to evacuate and nearly 240 people were reported dead or missing. The Sasebo Chapter sent funds to several relief organizations, including KEEN/OPEN JAPAN.
Flooding due to Typhoon 19 "Hagibis" - 2019
Typhoon 19 hit Japan like a sledgehammer with intense winds and rain over much of the country. It was responsible for landslides, flooding, and more than 80 deaths in Eastern Japan. The Sasebo Chapter sent funds to The Association for Aid and Relief, Japan.
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