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The European Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles coordinator Abhisar from Czech Republic, a professional pantomimer Vlado from Slovakia, and 3 local staff (Akanda-from-Mongolia, Usra, and Harashita) paid a visit to northern Japan. During our two-day visit on July 11 & 12, we visited 6 schools and 1 shelter in 3 cities in Miyagi Prefecture: Ishinomaki, Minami-Sanriku, and Kesennuma, all of which were most seriously damaged by the tsunami back in March 11, 2011. Besides the Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles, we also gave the World Harmony Run program and offered posters of Sri Chinmoy’s paintings on behalf of Jharna-Kala Foundation.

More than 40 years of civil war in Angola came to an end in April 2002 with the historic signing of a peace agreement. Soon after, an urgent request to The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles was made to help strengthen the peace by sending humanitarian assistance to the country. Immediately The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles world-wide began sending large amounts of pharmaceuticals, medical and surgical supplies, food, clothing and more to Angola.

Two 40-foot sea containers carrying approximately 1,000 boxes of warm clothing and medical supplies to assist the people of Pakistan in the initial recovery period after the North Pakistan earthquake.

In addition to this over USD $43,000 was personally donated by members of the Sri Chinmoy Centers International for victims of the earthquake via UNICEF.

In December 2007, The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles sent a sea container of medical supplies, food, clothing, toys and educational materials from New York to Dominican Republic. Within three days of its arrival the container was released from the port to our consignee, the Stepping Stones Ministries. The goods were distributed to Hospital Ramon, Quanamethe Haitian Clinic, Salud Publica and Policia Nacional Clinic, as well as to an orphanage and a senior center medical clinic.

The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles sent out by sea from the United States a 45-foot container with 36 hospital beds in addition to many boxes of medical and surgical supplies, medications, clothing and toys for Dominican people who experienced catastrophic consequences from the severe floods that took place on the island at the end of May 2004. We were informed by our consignee organization, Stepping Stones Ministries, that some hospitals in the Dominican Republic are lacking in hospital beds and patients are being positioned on the floor.

Many thousands of children's gift bags prepared by hundreds of schools in Europe, America, New Zealand and Australia. These gift packages contained school supplies, personal hygiene items and toys, as well as messages and drawings from the schoolchildren in the other countries.

The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles of the United States sent medical/surgical supplies, school supplies, toys and clothing for children in Cape Verde at the end of June 2004. The medical and surgical supplies went to the hospitals with the greatest need. All the rest of the humanitarian service items reached the most impoverished children through our consignee.

The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles organisation has worked closely with an organisation in Maputo, Mozambique which is seeking to increase literacy and schooling and giving people the tools and skills they require to raise themselves out of poverty.

Air shipments of toys, clothes and school supplies were delivered from Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the United States in 2003.