Help Japan!

We have all seen the awful pictures that have come from the aftermath of the Earthquake in Japan. As the story starts to disappear from the main news, we need to ensure that the situation does not fade from our minds, and that we realise it os going to take alot of time to recover the country and that Japan will need help! So if you can, please make a doantion in any way that you can! The easiest is direct to the Japan Tsunami appeal, via the Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org.uk/Donate-Now
or if you want to support Japan through your love of Kawaii, then you can do that through various generous peeps. Just a few that I've found are - http://www.rilakkumashop.com - This shop is selling limited editions Rilakkuma plushies to help raise funds for Japan. So not only can you bag yourself something unusual, but you will also be helping a worthy cause!!
www.askingfortrouble.org - The very talented and kind Marceline from Asking for trouble is giving donations of £4 for every copy of her Kawaii Japan book to the red cross. This runs until April 9th. This book is "A self-published book of writing, photography and illustration from three trips to Japan", if any of you haven't looked at Marcelines site, I reccomend it, as her illustrations are amazing and she has really cute stuff for sale in her shop!
If you check out the Gorilla mouth blog (http://www.gorillamouth.com) you will see that is planning Kaiju for Japan, with people submitting art, which will go on sale April 22nd to raise funds. I would check it out, as the pics show some amazing pieces are being submitted!!
I was reading the Modes for you facebook group yesterday and saw this pic/info on Project holding hands, all popular characters coming together, to raise a smile, and to encourage people to be positive, especially children. I think thats what hits home most, the Japanese peoples bravery and positivity. They have been through such trauma, but they are already looking to the future. My friend Nao is Japanese, and lives in Tokyo, and I was so worried when I saw the headlines. I emailed her immediately, and thankfully she was able to answer back, saying she was ok, very scared but ok. I've only heard from her once since then, i'm sure she's doing fine, but I feel that doing what I can from this end, is showing my support to her!
So help where you can!!