Rainbow World Fund raises money from LGBT community for Japan earthquake/tsunami relief!

The Rainbow World Fund, an all-volunteer LGBT international humanitarian service agency, has created a Japan earthquake fund, reports the Dallas Voice..

Among the hardest hit cities is Sendai, Japan. In 1997, Mayor Ron Kirk signed a friendship agreement with that city. No word yet on whether Dallas will mount a separate relief effort for Sendai.

From the Rainbow Fund Japan relief page: A 8.9 earthquake followed by a tsunami stuck northern Japan on March 11, 2011. Nearly 1,000 have died and thousands still remain unaccounted for. Thousands have been injured, hundreds of thousands are now homeless. Millions are without water, food and power. Several nuclear power plants were impacted, radiation has escaped and there is a threat of a meltdown. Many aftershocks above magnitude 6.0 have occurred.

At the request of our generous donors, RWF has set up a fund to help the Japanese people recover. RWF has many direct ties with Japan through our annual World Tree of Hope project which is a collaboration between RWF and members of the Japanese American community.

To make a donation, click here and specify “Japan.”

To make a donation by check, mail to Rainbow World Fund, P.O. Box 14480, San Francisco, CA 94114-2336.