Matthew 25: Ministries Prepares Disaster Relief in Response to Japan’s Multiple Disasters

March 14, 2011 - PRLog -- Matthew 25: Ministries, an international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization located in Cincinnati, OH is moving quickly to respond to the urgent need for aid as the result of an 9 magnitude earthquake which struck off the shore of Japan on Friday, March 11, triggering tsunami waves in Japan.

The devastation resulting from the earthquake and the resulting tsunami has been intensified by an explosion which occurred Saturday at one of Japan’s nuclear power plants.  Authorities struggled to combat the threat of nuclear reactor meltdowns in addition to the hundreds of thousands of displaced people struggling to find food and water in the aftermath of the disaster.  The estimated death toll from Japan's earthquake and tsunami currently exceeds 10,000.

Matthew 25 has been in contact with national and international partners since the earthquake struck, working to identify areas of need and the most urgently needed disaster relief.  Based on reliable reports from these partners, Matthew 25 is mobilizing disaster relief supplies, which they expect to dispatch to the disaster zone sometime the week of March 14.  
 
Matthew 25: Ministries’ Vice-president and Disaster Relief Coordinator Tim Mettey commented, “The magnitude of this disaster is almost inconceivable.  Imagine the destruction of an earthquake stronger than the one in Haiti followed by the power of a tsunami as deadly as the one that struck southeast Asia complicated by a potential nuclear disaster.  Japan is an advanced, technologically modern country – but no country or government, however well prepared, is prepared for this.  Matthew 25: Ministries is working with our partners to alleviate as much of the resulting suffering as we can.”
Matthew 25: Ministries is accepting the following items for disaster relief for Japan:

1.      CASH DONATIONS
2.      Canned and non-perishable food
3.      Personal care products
4.      Cleaning products

Matthew 25: Ministries will continue to post information on their website and their blog regarding their response to this escalating disaster.  For additional information on Matthew 25: Ministries’ response to this most recent disaster, please visit their website at www.m25m.org.

Mathew 25: Ministries accepts cash, credit card and internet donations for ongoing disaster aid and humanitarian relief programs; Matthew 25: Ministries also welcomes volunteers to their 132,000 square foot facility five and a half days a week. For additional information about Matthew 25: Ministries’ humanitarian and disaster relief efforts please contact Joodi Archer at (513) 793-6256 or visit their website at www.m25m.org.

ABOUT MATTHEW 25: MINISTRIES: Matthew 25: Ministries rescues and reuses approximately 10,000,000 pounds of corporate discontinues, misprints, overruns, off-spec, slightly damaged, returned and past season products each year and redistributes them to people in desperate need throughout the US and worldwide. Each year, Matthew 25: Ministries impacts the lives of more than 12,000,000 individuals throughout the United States and around the world. More than 99% of Matthew 25: Ministries’ cash and in-kind donations go toward programs. Forbes.com named Matthew 25: Ministries as one of the most efficient large charities in the US; Matthew 25: Ministries appears in The “Philanthropy 400” listing of America's Top Charities and multimedia journalist Greg Bocquet, writing for MainStreet.com listed Matthew 25: Ministries at #2 in his article “Best Charities in the US”. Matthew 25: Ministries has a four star rating from Charity Navigator.

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Matthew 25: Ministries is an international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization helping the poor nationally and internationally .  Each year, Matthew 25: Ministries impacts the lives of more than 12,000,000 individuals around the world.