A letter from Mayumi Oda, activist and artist, who has just returned to the U.S. after visiting Japan following the earthquake and tsunami. She teaches sustainable farming, art, chanting and yoga. She has been involved with healing the planet and people for many years...She is known by some as "the Japanese Matisee."

Date:   4/1/2011 1:13:39 PM ( 13 y ago)

"I Will Be With You," by Mayumi Oda

From: Mayumi Oda
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011
Subject: Fundraising for Japan

March 20th, 2011

I just returned from Japan. I arrived there the day of the earthquake. I had traveled to Japan to visit a village where I had been asked to come and help create a Buddhist utopia. This special village is in Morokino, the mythological birthplace of Shinto and Buddhism, only one hour from the well-known cities of Osaka and Nara. We have been gifted eight large houses to bring youth to the area to help rejuvenate the local agriculture of the land by planting green tea, rice, etc. It was after I arrived in this village that I heard news of the devastating earthquake.

For ten years, I worked so hard to make the Japanese government and people aware of the dangers nuclear reactors posed to the well being of Japan and its people if damaged by an earthquake or other natural disaster. When our group, Plutonium Free Future, together with many other organizations, could not succeed at convincing the Japanese government and decision-making bodies that this threat was dire, I retired to Hawaii and started to farm. My goal was to bring Japanese people to my land on the Big Island to teach them how to farm and live sustainably - with a special hope that they could then help their own friends and families in Japan during a time of disaster. That time has unfortunately arrived.

However, we have the amazing gift of the village in Morokino and we can start working on site in Japan right now. People that I have trained in sustainable farming are already starting to move there to serve as models for living in harmony with the earth in peace. I am writing today to because I really need your financial support to bring Morokino up to date with living essentials so that my trainees can start doing their work. I thank you in advance for any assistance you can give this very special and timely project.

Additionally, while I was in Japan, I became acquainted with a group called United Earth  http://united-earth.jp/en/index.html 

--- a network that oversees organizations doing direct aid in areas affected by disasters. These are people who have been working continuously since the Kobe earthquake in 1995. This group will continue their excellent efforts in Japan for many years to come. So, for those of you - my dear friends and colleagues - who would wish to make an additional donation for Japanese disaster relief - I highly recommend United Earth. When you give to them, you can know that your donation will actually reach the people who need assistance on the ground.  Thank you for your consideration here as well.  

As many of you know, I co-founded and still serve on the Board of Directors of a non-governmental 501(c)(3) called INOCHI -- in Japanese it means "life force."

INOCHI has set up a special fund to receive donations that can benefit "The Morokino Project", United Earth or both -- it is up to you. Please specify on your donation which organization you want to support and if you wish to give to both, indicate how much you would like to give for each. Checks can made out to INOCHI and mailed to me at my farm in Hawaii at the following address:

Mayumi Oda, Ginger Hill Farm, PO Box 1907, Kealakekua, Hawaii 96750, 808.323.3964
moda@hawaiiantel.net

(If you prefer to give directly to United Earth, go to : http://united-earth.jp/en/index.html )



Thank you so much for your help at this time,

With Love,

Mayumi


 

Help the Japanese people, give to United Earth http://united-earth.jp/en/index.html **

**On this website, there is information given about giving donations. I wrote an email of inquiry to find out if this is the only way to give money to United Earth, via wire transfer and was told for now, yes, that the organization is seeking to make it easier for overseas donations but hasn't set it up a new system yet. For now, in order to make a direct donation from overseas, you have to go to your own bank and request a wire transfer of funds from your account to the SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION given on the website. All of the bank routing information listed on the website is current. If you don't want to do this then the easier way would be to send a check for any amount of donation to the artist Mayumi Oda at the address she lists above and she will make the arrangements to get the money to Japan; make checks out to "INOCHI" and designate on the memo line if you want the money to go to United Earth or go to Oda's The Morokino Project for land restoration in Japan.

More about INOCHI  http://www.inochi.us/inochi_eg.html

Plutonium Free Future http://www.inochi.us/pff/

Campaign for a Plutonium Free World/Information and Action Guide http://www.nonukes.org/pffpg1.htm


A World Without Armies | http://www.aworldwithoutarmies.org

View graphic art by Mayumi Oda, founder of Plutonium Free Future: http://www.mayumioda.net/

More about Mayumi Oda: Mayumi Oda bio
http://www.utne.com/pub/2002_113/promo/3063-1.html

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