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IRC-supported aid groups in Japan provide critical help amid powerful aftershocks

Aiding quake survivors

  • Distributing emergency supplies to earthquake survivors
  • Neighborhood in Ishinomaki, Japan that was destroyed in the quake and tsunami
  • Ground floor filled by Japan tsunami sludge and vehicles
  • Japan earthquake survivors help out in a soup kitchen
  • JEN staff distributing emergency supplies for earthquake and tsunami survivors
  • Two Peace Winds Japan workers distribute boxes of emergency supplies
  • Japanese earthquake survivors heat water for tea in a temporary shelter
  • Distributing aid supplies to Japanese earthquake survivors
  • A young Japanese quake survivor in an evacuation center
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The IRC is supporting the relief efforts of three Japanese aid groups assisting survivors of the earthquake and tsunami that  devastated northeastern Japan in March 2011.

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Peace Winds Japan aid workers in an evacuation shleter for eartuqake survivors
The IRC is supporting the relief efforts of three Japanese aid groups working in evacuation shelters for earthquake and tsunami survivors in Japan. (Photo: Peace Winds Japan)

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April 14, 2011 - As Japan is rocked by powerful aftershocks, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) continues to support the relief efforts of three Japanese aid groups assisting survivors of last month’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. The three IRC-supported groups – the Association for Aid and Relief Japan (AAR), JEN and Peace Winds Japan – are distributing fuel, blankets, food and other emergency items to evacuation centers where hundreds of thousands of survivors are sheltering.

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