OB teams bring relief supplies including food and water to displaced tsunami victims living in shelters in Otsuchi, Japan.

Report from the field: OBI teams share their firsthand, eye-witness accounts of the relief efforts in Japan

OTSUCHI, Japan – Today we did a relief distribution in a shelter in the town of Otsuchi where 1,000 displaced families are living. Half of the town’s 17,000 residents are “still missing.”

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We purchased kerosene (like liquid gold at the moment) and torpedo heaters to keep the survivors warm in these freezing temperatures. Other goods we supplied were batteries for flashlights, gas cooking stoves, food, water and hygiene supplies including feminine hygiene products and toilet paper.

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OB relief teams have been shown favor by Japan's military; today they were led up a narrow mountain pass by a police car.

We have been given exceptional favor with the Japanese military and police, and today we were led up a narrow mountain pass by a police car. It was the only way to access the shelter since the main road into the town is still submerged under the debris field.

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