Donating clothes/household stuff to charity

[Cyka UchuuJin]

I'm trying to find a charity such as the Red Cross or similar that will come collect a big donation of clothes and household stuff. It's always been one of those great J-mysteries to me why they are too proud to admit that there are homeless, orphaned, generally destitute people here that can use this stuff.

Then there's the Japanese charities that think they're doing a good deed by dropping off a fucktonne of stuff to us at the Kenyan embassy, but then don't want to pay for us to actually send it to Kenya or realise that we have to pay import duties on it. It's a real headache and just about all the African embassies have the same problem...the 'help' that J-charities offer is really just them wanting to look like they're doing a good deed and not being wasteful. So that is something I have to take into consideration, it's gotta be a charity that is going to collect this stuff for people IN Japan, not try to pawn it off on someone else.

Anyway, if anyone knows of such an agency, please let me know asap. I'd even consider those christian/jehovah's witness/mormon missionary sorts, as long as they use it in Japan.

[TennoChinko]

[Mike Oxlong]

I once left a bunch of stuff in plastic bags right next to a little "homeless" tent village. If they bothered to look, they got old (but clean and in good condition) clothes, blankets, and some assorted kitchen stuff.

[GuyJean]

Tenohasi:
http://www.tenohasi.org/ - J
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tenohasi.org%2F&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 - E (machine translation..)

Salvation Army:
http://www.salvationarmy.or.jp/index_english.html

You might be able to unload stuff in the Tokyo Freecycle Group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tokyofreecycle/

GJ

[Cyka UchuuJin]

thanks for the suggestions. i've sent a mail to Sanyu-Kai, they'd be ideal to take this stuff, but I don't really have the resources to afford a takubin up to Tokyo. have also signed up for the freestuffjapan groups.

hopefully someone will want this stuff!

[Greji]

thanks for the suggestions. i've sent a mail to Sanyu-Kai, they'd be ideal to take this stuff, but I don't really have the resources to afford a takubin up to Tokyo. have also signed up for the freestuffjapan groups.

hopefully someone will want this stuff!

Can I have your old knickers?

[Mulboyne]

Filipino groups usually take old clothes if you can find one. A local catholic church would be one of your best way to contact them if you know one in your area.

[Cyka UchuuJin]

Filipino groups usually take old clothes if you can find one. A local catholic church would be one of your best way to contact them if you know one in your area.

great, thank you. i'll look online and see if there's any in the area.

[IkemenTommy]

I am so glad you initiated this because I was thinking about asking the same question. I need to clean out my matchbox closet but I am those sentimental people who hate to throw away clothes that I paid good money on. I would rather donate it for someone that can make good use out of them.

[Cyka UchuuJin]

I am so glad you initiated this because I was thinking about asking the same question. I need to clean out my matchbox closet but I am those sentimental people who hate to throw away clothes that I paid good money on. I would rather donate it for someone that can make good use out of them.

at the moment, i've got someone on freestuffjapan that has offered to send sagawa to collect it. i've asked what she's planning on using it for, but she's not answered. i've heard that there are people who have a bit of side business looking for donations like this and then take them to the second hand shops to sell, which i'd be ok with, as long as what doesn't get sold doesn't get dumped off at somewhere that will have a problem distributing it (such as an embassy or african NGO like i've posted in my OP).

Greji has also offered to help with a name, but the dirty knicker society doesn't count. there's nothing at all charitable about that.

[Greji]

Greji has also offered to help with a name, but the dirty knicker society doesn't count. there's nothing at all charitable about that.

Well, I was just elected to the board as the Head Crotch Cricket and was just trying to make an impression with 'em in me new role.....

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