Project HOPE, an international humanitarian aid and health education organization, is assessing the urgent need for medicines and supplies for thousands of people impacted by the earthquake in Japan and the resulting tsunamis around the Pacific Rim.
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Project HOPE also is in communication with PH-Japan, formerly Project HOPE Japan, to determine how both organizations can work together to provide humanitarian relief to families and individuals devastated by the disaster.
"Project HOPE is in the process of determining the medical needs of families and individuals in hard-hit communities in Japan, and across the Pacific including Asia and North and South America that may be struck by a tsunami,” said John P. Howe III, M.D., President and CEO of Project HOPE. "I am deeply saddened by the loss of life and destruction caused by this disaster. However, I am optimistic that HOPE, its partners and the American people will respond to make a difference in the lives of those affected by this tragedy."
If called upon, Project HOPE will draw on its decades of experience in disaster relief and humanitarian aid worldwide to address the needs of people affected by the crisis and assess long-term efforts to help the region recover from this deadly disaster.
At Project HOPE's Distribution Center in Winchester, Va., emergency kits are being assembled for distribution in Japan and other locations in preparation for the organization's humanitarian response.
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