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Report on Relief Donations and Activity for Japan

It has been 5 months since the great Tohoku Earthquake on March 11th. According to our government data, the number of dead is now 15,660 and the number missing is more than 4,865; the number of those made homeless is around 98,011.(August 3rd ) The percentage of people living in the temporary housing is now over 70% and this number will surely increase. But in Fukushima, where the atomic power plant was destroyed, it is still 54%. It is so hard to think of those people who are still in shelters and cannot sleep with relief.

People’s stress and shock after 3.11 has been gradually eased. Everyone is thinking positive thoughts and keeps on working hard for Tohoku. In town, in shops, on the internet and other media, you find the message “Gambaro Nippon!”(Go for it,Japan!). For example, you can buy donated goods in shops, choose food menu using Tohoku items in restaurants, and you find donation boxes everywhere. We continue to do “what we can do” to support Tohoku.

Here is our “Report on Relief donations and activity for Tohoku”.

  • Relief supplies have been donated – we loaded a 2-ton truck, which we had chartered to deliver these supplies.

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  • Our Kachidoki, Tokyo showroom, has been used as a warehouse to store emergency supplies for volunteer relief teams.

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  • Two members of our staff, Mr. Okita and Mr. Okubo, were at an emergency shelter in Saitama handing out 130 pairs of footwear.

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  • Report on Relief Donations

Relief Donations totaled JPY 1,568,550 (JPY 1,000,000 from the company and JPY 568,550 from employees). These are more than 14,000 Euros. This donation will be forwarded to the Red Cross to help those in the disaster-affected areas in Tohoku. (17 May, 2011.Administration)

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The countdown for the 6th edition has started. This year the participants will travel to the African country of Senegal.

Rumbo al Sur

On August 24, 2011, participants of the 6th edition of Madrid Rumbo al Sur will start their journey to Senegal.

During the last three years El Naturalista has partnered with this program by donating shoes to more than 100 members of the expedition.  During the 17 days of the expedition, the participants will walk through Africa in El Naturalista’s shoes.

Madrid Rumbo al Sur is a project where the spirit of cooperation and adventure are united during this extraordinary journey.  The main objective of this trip for young people is to develop their spirit of cooperation, and thus create the foundation for future positive actions.

Madrid Rumbo al Sur enhances and nurtures the values of solidarity and cooperation in young people by flooding their eyes with the beauty of unfamiliar landscapes and the excitement of the unknown, and at the same time offering them theoretical and practical training in human cooperation and development.

For this 6th edition, 100 youth have been selected for the expedition. They will visit 14 cooperative projects and will once again walk through Africa with shoes donated by El Naturalista.

The children at the Baobab Children’s Home develop their creativity

Jugando al lego en Baobab

Cecilia Puig, El Naturalista’s Spanish Press Officer, shared with us the joy she experienced at observing how the children of the Baobab Children’s Home in Tanzania had fun playing with toys that her daughters have enjoyed for years.

Cecilia traveled to Tanzania in 2009 and spent some time at the Boabab Children’s Home, a project sponsored by El Naturalista.  Since then, Cecilia has had a special bond with the children who caught her heart and the heart of her family.