Here is another way you can help Japan and other's around the world. The International Medical Corp. brings healthcare to those in need. Hey, if you are a medical professional why not donate your time? They could use medically training helping hands. For the rest of us, we can always donate in monetary value:

http://www.internationalmedicalcorps.org/Page.aspx?pid=393

Our Approach

Twenty-five years ago, a simple idea drove International Medical Corps’ first relief mission—give local people the tools and knowledge to help themselves and the investment can sustain development beyond an existing crisis. A quarter of a century later, that once-groundbreaking idea of building the capacity of communities to tend to their own health care needs is accepted as a culturally appropriate, economically efficient, and politically stabilizing way to deliver assistance. It remains the signature component of every International Medical Corps program—even in the world’s toughest environments.

International Medical Corps focuses on the delivery of community-based primary health care. We emphasize training and education, and prioritize hiring local staff – in fact, 96% of our field-based staff and health professionals are recruited from the local community. This helps to ensure that skills and knowledge are passed on and remain long after our programs have ended. Through the integration of specialties like emergency medicine, women’s health, nutrition services, water and sanitation, and mental health into the primary health care setting, we ensure that those we serve receive holistic, comprehensive care. The value of International Medical Corps’ integrated approach to community health and well-being and our emphasis on capacity building through training are critical for the long-term growth of conflict and natural disaster-affected communities and fragile states.

Within the foundation of primary health care delivery, we have developed the following program priorities: