love and encourage from Syria

私はラーマです、日本はずっと大好きなんです、何があっても。

For all japanese & vistims in japan ,,

We all love japan , we all believe in japan , we all learn from japan and we all pray for japan..

This great culture and people will never fall down,

and for all people who lost their lovers and families ,

don't be sad ,cause they must be in paradise .. and they should be extremely happy there..

Just keep going , we all know that japan will never let us down ..

日本は最高。

4th update from Japan

Read the latest update from IAVE national representative A Seto here.

Love and Support form Hong Kong

Volunteers and people in Hong Kong are sharing the profound sorrow and great
sadness to see the deadly damage of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
I am sending our love and support to you and the people of Japan.
With the determination, courage and solidarity of the whole country as
well as the international community, I hope and trust you will be given
the strength to overcome and recover from this catastrophic crisis.

Agency for Volunteer Service in Hong Kong are actively recruiting and matching volunteers required by some
professional agencies for post-disaster counselling service which will set off to Japan in
mid April, and assisting the fund-raising campaigns by organizng volunteers.

A "Words of Love" letter Campaign wil be launched to facilitate Hong Kong people and volunteers to express their love and care to the Japanese.   We will stand ready to support and assist with our volunteer resources
platform and networks as much as we can.

Flora Chung, Chief Executive Officer, Agency for Volunteer Service (AVS) , Hong Kong

Light from Thailand

Even the situation now is not sustained yet. I really impress how your people, country deal with the situation with mindful and awareness. Many volunteer, doctor to soldier, going to help many life till now. 
 
Our very life is sustained through the gifts of others. This should be reflected upon again and again by one who has gone forth.

In Thailand within this week, We have many donation and volunteer for your country like Thai Red Cross, many medias. We help collect updates giving channel for thai people http://www.volunteerspirit.org/node/2938

I also help coordinate candles from temple in Bangkok to donate to our friends in Japan. They need lots of Light now.

I do pray and chant with loving kindness, compassion for your people. As many Monks in the world

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Expresses His Sadness Over the Recent Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan

for those who on net this help a lot for mindful bell www.mindfulnessdc.org/mindfulclock.html

Not sure whether the internet connection is work well or not in Japan. But Our Friends, Volunteers, connection still work very well Globally.

Dharma Regards
Phra Win

Thailand

Whatever it takes - Australia Supports Japan

Whatever it takes, however long, we will stand with Japan.

We share their resolve and will never concede our effort until all of their countrymen are safe.

Every Australian is shocked and saddened by the images of the terror that is bestowed on a kind and respectful people.

We admire the courage of the workers who have put their lives on the line to save their fellow citizens. We pray for their success. If I could I would stand beside them and do what had to be done.

We call on our governement to put every required resource at Japans disposal.

Long live the great people of the Rising Sun.

From an Australian

Fremantle - W.A

3rd updated news from A. Seto

I would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the IAVE’s friends for the messages with sympathy and encouragement. I put these messages on web site of the “Japan Civil Net” that is a newly established organization by some 80 NGOs on March 14 for information sharing and rescue activities by volunteers. .... (Read Seto's full report here)

Thank you very much

This is Yumiko from Japan. 
I talked on the phone with Ms.Sasaki and mailed with Ms.seto. they are all right. 
Im living in Aichi pref.undamaged place.  But my hometown has bay so we watch TV almost all day.
one of my friend told me that they had 20-30times intermittent aftershocks following the main quake in Tokyo. now many cities send some doctors , firefighters to support.
I have a plan to visit  Eroup as a honeymoon from 24 march. that time i will visit Barcelona so i want to meet some youth there and share this big issue in Japan.

Hope for recovery

It's very impressive and rewarding to see how volunteers from all over the world turn their eyes to Japan at these moments; hopefully you will recover soon from this tremendous disaster.

Love, Susana

Fraternal hug from Brazil

Convinced that the Japanese people will find the strength to overcome those disasters, we send a special and fraternal hug to the volunteers who are working in the recovery of the affected areas and reconstruction of such admirable and beloved country.

Heloisa Coelho – National Representative in Brazil.

Dear Japanese we love you and pray for you

Dear Japanese, 

I feel deep sorry for the damages due to the recent earthquake. You are a proud and a great nation. You have 

always stood determined and bold in different challenges and circumstances.I pray and hope for sooner recoveries.

 I pay tribute to those who lost their lives, those who lost their loved ones, and those who are injured.

You always helped my country Pakistan in different fields. I cosider you all as my brothers and sisters and feel your

loss of life and properies as mine.Good luck and best wishes.

regard,

Rahmatullah

Volunteering in One World

Indeed it is gratifying to hear from Akiko san that she, her family and all from IAVE Japan are safe - though I know this is not the opportune moment of talk of Conferences - I suggest that we change the name of the Korea IAVE Conference to "Volunteering in One World".

If we do not understand the seriousness of Natures turmoil and take up the challenge now - I do not know when we will.

Regards

Indira Dasgupta

IAVE board member, Asia Pacific

Receive a solidary embrace from Peru

Our commitment to join efforts and prayers for Japan. 

Every commemorative act of this one 2001+10, it should dedicate a time in memory of these catastrophes and to the commitment for the prevention and solidary action.

Love

Oscar Bravo 

National Representative in Peru

message from the Netherlands

Dear Mrs. Seko,

Please accept this message of support and deep concern on behalf of all the IAVE-Netherlands members for all the people who are affected by the earthquake and the resulting tsunami en nuclear plant emergencies in Japan. We are following the news reports very closely. You have our deepest condolences for those who were killed/injured. And we wish you the most success in collaborating with other community partners in Japan to help the victims and cleanup actions. No country could have been more prepared for earthquakes than Japan, but this one was just too devastating. We wish you also strength during the aftershocks. Please know that we are thinking of you.

Yours most sincerely,

Gwen van Roekel

National Representative IAVE Netherlands

Thank you very much for your warmhearted messages.

Dear IAVE members, NRs, and Board Members.

I would like to share with you on the updated information on a huge earthquake hit the area of North East Pacific Ocean seaside of Japan last Friday afternoon.  It is reported M9.0 which is first time ever in history and occurred from the north Japan to alongside to south side down.  It is said that more 370,000 persons are stayed at shelters and over 10,000 were supposed dead or missing.  At this moment, no correct figures was possible,
though.  Tsunami destroyed the entire towns and washed out everything in a short time period.  Furthermore, it caused accidents at the nuclear power plants, located at coastal towns of Fukushima pref. and Miyagi pref.  The residents within 20km were asked to leave and stay outside to prevent them from nuclear bombing.  

We, the Japanese are accustomed to earthquake, however it was really a big terrible one that I have never  experienced in my life.  I stayed overnight at Japan College of Foreing Languages (in Tokyo), and arrived at home next day when the subway transportation started operation.  When I stepped in my apartment, I found the rooms a terribly mess.  Papers, books, plates were thrown out from the shelves and glasses were broken. However, it was fortunate that the selves were not fallen down.  Lifeline like water, electricity, gas were not stopped in my area.  Still we have occasional afterquakes in Tokyo and other areas, too.

The first meeting of national emergency was held on March 14th and some 80 organizations representing the members of NNOPV (National Network Organizations Promoting Volunteering), NGO/NPOs, government attended inlcuding IAVE Japan.  We discussed the way of help and assistance based on the feedback by persons who have visited the damages area and just retruned.  We need to set up a platform office in an immediate manner for information centralizing and sharing what are needed, proper distrubution of monetary support for voluntary activities, and keep active information among us.  Working together, we will be able to work effectively among the organizations.  We will utilize the experience what we have learned from the Hanshin-Awaji earthquake in 1995.  It is just a start for a long long way to go for recovery. 

Receiving the warm and empathetic e-mail messages from the overseas IAVE members, I would like to extend my deep appreciation on behalf of IAVE Japan.  My attempt will be done to deliver your voices to the people who suffer distress.

With kind regards,

Akiko Seto
IAVE Japan

Concern from IAVE Taiwan

It is a deep grief to hear the huge damage in our neighbor country.  We volunteers in Taiwan feel the same way as our Japanese friends, not only we share the similar experience, but we are so clsoe geopraphically and emotionally.  I send my concern to Ms Seto at the first time and got her confirmation on safety.  However we feel so sad to those who are suffering the Tsunami and earthquake.

Debbie Huang
IAVE Taiwan

Korean solidarity

Watching the tremendous disaster in our neighboring country Japan, I and our colleagues in Korea are in deepest sorrow. I have been watching TV during the weekend to be alert in any development occurring in Japan.

Many Korean people also very much appreciate calm and orderly reponses by the Japanese people in front of the tremendous grieves Korea Council of Volunteering(KCV) is recruiting civilian rescue volunteers and there are already 150 people who want to volunteer. With KCV, we will do our best to help people in Japan.

With our solidarity!

Yoonae Park

IAVE

Korean National Representative

Prayers from Bangladesh

It is indeed a deep grief to know the damages being done in last Friday on a strong earth quake and Tsunami. We feel very sad and express our deep sorrow for the affected families. May god give courage to the people of Japan to overcome this crisis. Our prayer will be with you always.

Omar Chowdhury

Bangladesh

Message from Mexico

It sounds so warm from Tim, that I can hardly hold my tears; this fraternity and humanhood among volunteers have special meaning to all of us. I send Seto, and other friends in Japan, my condolences and friendly solidarity; we never know when our time will come.

My love and prayers,

Susana Barnetche National Rep, Mexico

Our heartfelt wishes are sent to you

As a New Zealander we just feel so much for you and the people of Japan and send the sympathy of the Board and members of Volunteering New Zealand. You will understand how much poignancy it has for us in New Zealand, especially our people from Christchurch who are living through the devastation to their buildings. It was also very sad for us that several of those who died in  Christchurch were students from Japan, caught in one of the buildings which collapsed.

It was good to hear this morning that New Zealand is able to help with a team from our Urban Search and Rescue Service heading to Japan to help in the search for those who have survived.

Our best wishes

Tim Burns

Executive Director

Volunteering New Zealand