Dear readers,

We here at LuLu ♥’s Makeup tend to stay away from any real life topics such as politics or economics or what have you but some devastating events have taken place in Japan recently and as fellow human beings we should take care of each other.

On March 11th 2011, Japan was hit by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake resulting in aftershocks and a tsunami which in turn damaged the nuclear power plants. Many people have lost their lives, and homes. Many are still missing. The ones that survived are facing a nuclear crises. Basically, it’s one blow after the other. Now is the time to help. If you are not able to donate at this time, please spread the word to others who have the means to donate. Every little bit helps. Click on the following links to donate but before you do, please see this video made only weeks before this crises occured.

Japanese Red Cross Society [english page]
http://www.jrc.or.jp/english/

Google Crisis Response
http://www.google.co.jp/intl/en/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html

Save The Children (Help Japan’s Youngest Survivors)
http://www.savethechildren.org

UNICEF
https://secure.unicefusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=9640&9640.donation=form1

MercyCorps (gathers donations for its overseas partner, Peace Winds Japan, which currently has personnel on the ground distributing emergency relief in Japan)
https://www.mercycorps.org/donate/japan

To donate through iTunes (not supported in Kuwait but those of you who are abroad), click here:
https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/buyCharityGiftWizard

IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare has a relief team ready to deploy to Japan on an animal relief mission as soon as the nuclear situation stablizes) 
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_international/index.php

Thank you.