Origami for Japan

The 9.0 earthquake affecting Japan on March the 11th had us all on a stand still. The consequences of the world's fifth-largest earthquake are devastating, not to mention the destruction from the tsunami that followed with waves as high as 10 meters that even reached the U.S. West coast! What's more the tsunami was travelling at around 800km/hour which is the normal cruising speed of a jetliner. More than 14,000 people were killed, houses and communities were destroyed and there was a nuclear crisis with the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Many people watch these events in horror, and few realise they can actually do something to help! These events may happen thousands of kilometers away but in the end we all call earth our home and we are all human. We can each make our contribution to help others in need just as we would wish others would do to us should we be in similar need.

So at Trinity, we made origami! The crane is the symbol of peace and hope. As part of our arts week and exhibition night at Trinity, we made over 100 paper cranes (which are quite fiddly!). With the crane we sold them for $1-2 each, thanks to some lovely shop owners and passers by along Hampden road in particular, and made $150 :) The money was then donate to the Red Cross Japan and Pacific appeal found at http://www.redcross.org.au/japan2011.htm

Thank you to all those who participated and help raise some funds for Japan's aid!