Japan – aid for the region of Sendai

Six months after the massive tsunami in Japan, still thousands of people are suffering from the aftermath of the disaster in the region around the seaport Sendai. Even though for many families the house itself remained standing, the entire household has been destroyed or washed away.

Now we have a real opportunity to bring relief into this situation. From 9 - 28 September a team from Lüdenscheid will travel to the distressed area of Sendai. In cooperation with local christians, they will visit the strucked families and equip them with basic essentials. (The basic equipment for one home comes around at approximately € 2500.)
We would be very grateful for financial support of the Japan relief effort!

Donations:

HELP International e.V.

Deutsche Bank PGK Hagen

BLZ 450 700 24, Account no.: 26 26 26 5

IBAN: DE50 4507 0024 0262 6265 00

SWIFT-BIC: DEUT DE DB450
Purpose: Tsunami Japan

Contact:
HELP International, Phone.: +49 23 51 / 2 00 49 

The following video shows the extent of the disaster, what has happened so far and how the team is going to help (partly in german).

Flood relief for Pakistan - The construction cost for one brick house is € 350,00

This family received a new house

HELP International keeps on forwarding donations for the flood victims to Bishop Yaqub in Lahore.

Since the beginning of winter Bishop Yaqub and his co workers from ‘Christ for Pakistan Ministries’ are engaged in construction work, building small brick houses for the flood victims. As these houses can be very easily constructed, quite a number of them have already been finished and handed over to families that lost everything in the flood.

Bishop Yaqub is a man of integrity and cautiousness who is devoted to help his people. HELP International is grateful to be in contact with him since he knows best where one should help first and is not afraid of getting his hands dirty.

The United Nations has rated the floods in Pakistan as the greatest humanitarian crisis in recent history with more people affected than the South-East Asian tsunami and the recent earthquakes in Kashmir and Haiti combined (Neil Tweedie, ‘Pakistan floods: disaster is the worst in the UN's history’, The Telegraph 09.August 2010)

Months after the floods many families still are homeless. Especially children, elderly and sick people are suffering from the cold temperatures during winter time.

Each brick house that can be built will serve as a shelter for a whole family.

In the name of Bishop Yaqub and Pakistan’s flood victims we would like to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for your donation!

Bank Account:

HELP International e.V.

Deutsche Bank PGK Hagen

BLZ 450 700 24

Konto 26 26 26 5

IBAN: DE50 4507 0024 0262 6265 00

SWIFT-BIC: DEUT DE DB450

Reference: Flood Relief Pakistan