How to Donate to the MPNFA Nanao Earthquake Relief Fund

See monterey.org/sistercitynanao for more information.

NEWS POSTED JANUARY 9, 2024 - EARTHQUAKE ON THE NOTO PENINSULA: The Monterey Peninsula Nanao Friendship Association’s (MPNFA) Nanao Earthquake Relief Fund is collecting donations to distribute to non-profits, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other eligible organizations that are providing immediate disaster relief and/or longer term recovery assistance.

Contributions can be made digitally at https://www.cfmco.org/cfmco_fund_list/mpnfa-nanao-earthquake-relief-fund/ , or by writing checks to the MPNFA Nanao Earthquake Relief Fund and mail to Community Foundation for Monterey County, 2354 Garden Road, Monterey CA 93940. Scan the QR Code to get to the donation page:

Background:

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck western Japan’s Noto Peninsula during the afternoon of January 1, 2024, crumbling homes, triggering a tsunami and cutting off remote communities (photo above from The Associated Press). The City of Monterey, CA’s longtime sister city, Nanao, Japan, is only 35 miles from the epicenter of the disaster. As of 1/8/24, at least 160 people have been confirmed dead, 33,000 forced to evacuate and more than 100 people unaccounted for. The full extent of the damage remains unclear with first responders still on the scenes and continued heavy snowfall adding to the urgency. The Noto Peninsula has suffered multiple severe earthquakes in the last decade.