{"id":1293,"date":"2016-06-23T09:21:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T09:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.human-plus.de\/en\/?page_id=1293"},"modified":"2020-04-06T09:38:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T09:38:19","slug":"japan-aid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/en\/projects\/japan-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4><span class=\"subheading-category\">Japan Aid<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"category-desc\">\n<h2>The tsunami disaster<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-254 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus-japan_1-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"human-plus-japan_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus-japan_1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus-japan_1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A devastating earthquake triggering a tsunami brought distress and suffering to the people of Japan on 11 March 2011. Severe aftershocks, fires, a sudden return of winter, and a nuclear disaster followed.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese government initially rejected humanitarian aid from abroad for reasons of pride. But Human Plus immediately began preparing aid measures for the people in emergency shelters and hospitals in the disaster zone<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div style=\"width: 352px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1293-1\" width=\"352\" height=\"300\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus_japan.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus_japan.mp4\">https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus_japan.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Germany\u2019s now retired Federal President Christian Wulff also immediately started calling for donations, claiming that \u201caid will benefit the homeless, who are now dependent on support. It\u2019s about helping friends. We Germans have also received foreign assistance during difficult times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the help of LUFTHANSA CARGO, the first lot of aid reached Japan quickly and safely. WDR reported on this (see film).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Thanks to its excellent German business contacts and streamlined structure, Human Plus e.V. is able to provide extensive aid services. All staff in Germany are volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Our partner for distributing the aid supplies on site was Japanese aid organisation TDERF, founded by actress Natassia Malthe and Ben Stiller.<\/p>\n<p>We were able to secure FEDEX as a partner for the Japan aid operation, and thus, in July and October 2011, send another 35 tonnes of aid supplies to Japan for displaced persons still living in emergency shelters in north-eastern Japan. Most of these were orphans and the elderly.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-slider style_none fit_scaledown\"><div class=\"w-slider-h\"><div class=\"royalSlider\"><div class=\"rsContent\"><a class=\"rsImg\" data-rsw=\"510\" data-rsh=\"324\" href=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus-japan_4.jpg\"><span data-alt=\"\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rsContent\"><a class=\"rsImg\" data-rsw=\"640\" data-rsh=\"360\" href=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus-japan_5.jpg\"><span data-alt=\"\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rsContent\"><a class=\"rsImg\" data-rsw=\"250\" data-rsh=\"445\" href=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus-japan_6.jpg\"><span data-alt=\"\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rsContent\"><a class=\"rsImg\" data-rsw=\"250\" data-rsh=\"445\" href=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus-japan_7.jpg\"><span data-alt=\"\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus-japan_4.jpg\" width=\"510\" height=\"324\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"w-slider-json\" onclick='return {&quot;autoScaleSlider&quot;:true,&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;fadeInLoadedSlide&quot;:false,&quot;slidesSpacing&quot;:0,&quot;imageScalePadding&quot;:0,&quot;numImagesToPreload&quot;:2,&quot;arrowsNav&quot;:true,&quot;arrowsNavAutoHide&quot;:false,&quot;transitionType&quot;:&quot;move&quot;,&quot;transitionSpeed&quot;:250,&quot;block&quot;:{&quot;moveEffect&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:300},&quot;thumbs&quot;:{&quot;fitInViewport&quot;:false},&quot;controlNavigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;imageScaleMode&quot;:&quot;fit-if-smaller&quot;,&quot;autoScaleSliderWidth&quot;:510,&quot;autoScaleSliderHeight&quot;:324}'><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>That same year, Human Plus also supported the 18-man football team set up by a boarding school in southern Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>It was originally established to help the victims of the 2004 tsunami. The children had lost their parents and relatives, and were suffering from illness and horrific social conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the boarding school also accepted children from very poor and dysfunctional families, who were unable to financially or emotionally support their children.<\/p>\n<p>Ioannidis is confident that the children \u2013 armed with new shoes, goalie gloves and balls \u2013 will score a victory in their next match.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Over the years, the boarding school also accepted children from very poor and dysfunctional families, who were unable to financially or emotionally support their children.<\/p>\n<p>Ioannidis is confident that the children \u2013 armed with new shoes, goalie gloves and balls \u2013 will score a victory in their next match.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-slider style_none fit_scaledown\"><div class=\"w-slider-h\"><div class=\"royalSlider\"><div class=\"rsContent\"><a class=\"rsImg\" data-rsw=\"250\" data-rsh=\"166\" href=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus-japan_8.jpg\"><span data-alt=\"\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rsContent\"><a class=\"rsImg\" data-rsw=\"250\" data-rsh=\"166\" href=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus-japan_9.jpg\"><span data-alt=\"\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/human-plus-japan_8.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"w-slider-json\" onclick='return {&quot;autoScaleSlider&quot;:true,&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;fadeInLoadedSlide&quot;:false,&quot;slidesSpacing&quot;:0,&quot;imageScalePadding&quot;:0,&quot;numImagesToPreload&quot;:2,&quot;arrowsNav&quot;:true,&quot;arrowsNavAutoHide&quot;:false,&quot;transitionType&quot;:&quot;move&quot;,&quot;transitionSpeed&quot;:250,&quot;block&quot;:{&quot;moveEffect&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:300},&quot;thumbs&quot;:{&quot;fitInViewport&quot;:false},&quot;controlNavigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;imageScaleMode&quot;:&quot;fit-if-smaller&quot;,&quot;autoScaleSliderWidth&quot;:250,&quot;autoScaleSliderHeight&quot;:166}'><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Further aid in the Asia region: Typhoon Hayan plunged the Philippines into chaos and despair with enormous force on 15 October 2013, killing several thousand people. Aid workers at the scene reported apocalyptic conditions.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the disaster became known, Human Plus sent aid all the way to the regions of West-Leyte, Nord-Cebu and the island of Bantayan. The Steyler missionaries were entrusted with 800 blankets, medicine, bandages, food and clothing to distribute to the people in need.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_center\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/human-plus-japan_3.jpg\" aria-label=\"human-plus-japan_3\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"146\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/human-plus-japan_3-146x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/human-plus-japan_3-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/human-plus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/human-plus-japan_3.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>We would like to thank all donors and partners who made this aid project possible.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan Aid The tsunami disaster A devastating earthquake triggering a tsunami brought distress and suffering to the people of Japan on 11 March 2011. Severe aftershocks, fires, a sudden return of winter, and a nuclear disaster followed. The Japanese government initially rejected humanitarian aid from abroad for reasons of pride. 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