Excellencies,
Dear Madams,
Dear Sirs:
The biggest earthquake to hit Japan
since records began 140 years ago has devastated
the country's northeast coast and triggered a
severe tsunami causing widespread destruction in
the country.
With regard to the immense needs of the Japanese
population, we would kindly ask you – also on
behalf of His Excellency the
Grand Hospitaller
Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager - to launch a
donation appeal in your country to support the
relief efforts which will be so desperately
required in that area in the coming days, weeks
and months.
So far, about 1,300 people are
reported to have died, with many more injured or
missing. The death toll is still expected to
rise as well as the number of injured and
homeless. The earthquake triggered fires and
caused severe damage to numerous buildings.
10-metre-high waves pushed inline and left a
trail of destruction. However, the real damage
will only become apparent within the next days.
And no one can yet foresee the consequences of
the radiation that has leaked from an unstable
nuclear reactor north of Tokyo
today. Innumerable people will be in dire need
of assistance.
At present, Malteser International has taken the
following measures:
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Malteser International is in close contact
with various partners in Japan – among others a school in Tokyo where Malteser
volunteers have set up a first aid service,
the Jesuits and the Caritas.
-
Malteser International provides initial
25,000 Euros out of its emergency relief
funds to be added to the 50,000 Euros
already provided by Caritas international.
-
Malteser International
is continuously reinforcing its network and
communication exchange with local partners
like the Jesuits and the Caritas in order to
financially support their relief measures on
the ground.
Finally, Malteser International is
glad to inform you that with regard to
yesterday’s tsunami warning for the whole
Pacific region, the disaster preparedness
measures which we have been installing in our
project region in West Papua since July 2010
have turned out to work perfectly. All villagers
from the 11 villages in Malteser International’s
project region in
Manokwari/West-Papua
could be warned and evacuated in due time and
have returned safely to their villages this
morning.
Please join our network of relief
and launch your own donation appeal in order to
support the people in Japan
suffering from the earthquake and tsunami.
-
You can use your
association’s donation account first in
order to collect donations.
-
Afterwards, please use
to the following Malteser International
account for transfer:
Donation Account
2020270; Pax-Bank Köln, von-Werth-Str.
25-27, D-50670 Köln,
Germany,
Sort
Code : 370 60 193; IBAN : DE74 3706 0193
0002 0202 70; BIC: GENODED1PAX,
Reference : “Tsunami Pacific region”
We hope that any and all help that these people require
can be provided for. Thank you very much for
your support. We will keep you informed.
With best regards,
Ingo Radtke
Secretary General
Malteser International
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and YouTube:
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Malteser Hilfsdienst e. V.
Malteser International
Kalker Hauptstr. 22-24, 51 103 Köln
Telefon +49 (0) 221 9822-150
Telefax +49 (0) 221 9822-179
eMail
ingo.radtke@malteser-international.org
www.malteser-international.org,
www.malteser-spenden.de
Malteser Hilfsdienst e. V., Sitz: Köln, AG Köln
VR 4726
Geschäftsführender Vorstand:
Karl Prinz zu Löwenstein,
Dr. Elmar Pankau, Douglas
Graf Saurma-Jeltsch, Hans-Peter Hoh
