Japan Earthquake appeal

As of yesterday the death toll from last Friday’s earthquake and Tsunami stands at 3,373 and with 6,737 people reported missing in three prefectures, grave estimates have the final death toll in excess of 10,000 people. Being one of the world’s most densely populated countries on earth, meant that no amount of preparation could truly prevent the tragic loss of life on this scale. Japan is facing an unbearable burden in the near future:
• 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck Friday 2.46pm local time…
• 10m high Tsunami wave…
• Large coastal areas have been submerged…
• Entire villages washed away…
• 100 aftershocks have been experienced…
• 70% chance of more aftershocks higher than 7.0 magnitude in the coming days…
• 3,373 confirmed deaths…
• 6,737 confirmed missing…
• 14.8 million people lived in the five prefectures before the quake and tsunami devastated the area...
• 1.6 million live with 5km of the coast…
• 380,000+ people have been evacuated…
• 500,000+ living in temporary shelters
• 2,852 bridges destroyed…
• 827 roads destroyed…
• 8 railways destroyed…
• 40,000 homes destroyed…
• Government has declared a ”State of Atomic Power Emergency” at Fukushima nuclear power plants…
• The entire county is under enforced rolling blackouts to save power and reduce strain on Nuclear Power Plants…
• Public transport is at a standstill…
• Temperatures dropping to minus one Celsius at night…
• 1.4 million homes have no access to water…
• 1.25 million homes have no access to electricity…
• 3.2 million homes are running out of gas…
FTH will respond through Kanazawa Christ Church in Yokohama Japan under Pastor Yokio Funatsu.
Statistics indicate that less than 1% of Japan are professing Christians, which is why our Organisation’s SOP of a church-to-church is so vitally important now. We must do everything we can to empower the local church to share the gospel in word and in deed. We must make sure than brave men and women who are rendering aid to survivors in Japan are not offering empty sympathies, but hands to help, words to heal and prayers to comfort.
We are sending emergency transfers of funds to buy water, food, blankets, fuel, medicine and another relief items locally through the Kanazawa church and are preparing bulk transportation of food from our FTH Warehouse in the US. We have 150,000 fortified rice and soy meals on standby as soon as we get the Gov clearance to ship and much more is needed to assist in this ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.
I urge you to prayerfully consider supporting our Japan Earthquake Appeal, and give as generously as they can to help a stricken nation.

Donate today at www.feedthehungry.org.uk  or call 0845 519 6025