Help Japan! Every time you watch this video, at least 3 cents will be donated to World Vision for relief-efforts in Japan to provide things like life-saving food and water.
When the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, we at The Jubilee Project felt compelled to respond. I personally have close relatives and friends in Japan who were hit by the impact of the earthquake. So we decided to release “Top Chef” as a way to fundraise to help Japan’s earthquake and tsunami relief efforts.
“Top Chef” chronicles a cooking date gone wrong and features CLARA C, Jennifer Chung, Arden Cho and Jason Y. Lee. In light of the recent tsunami in Japan, The Jubilee Project will be donating a penny for every view that this video receives in the month of March on The Jubilee Project YouTube channel.
If you’d like to become a sponsor of the video and match this donation, email project.jubilee@gmail.com. Therefore, if the video gets 100 views, sponsors donate $1 and if the video gets 1000 views, sponsors donate $10. 100% of the proceeds from the fundraiser will go directly to World Vision in Japan to provide emergency supplies like life-saving food and water to those who need it most. Learn more about World Vision here: http://www.worldvision.org.
It was the first time we’ve made a video like this – something more comedic with a few special effects – and I had to learn a lot of more advanced Final Cut editing on the fly with help from Eddie and Jason. Of course what made all of this tougher was having to study physiology at the same time, but I had a lot of fun and have gotten more comfortable editing and to a degree directing as well. We all felt honored and privileged to have worked with Arden, Clara and Jen on this video and learned a lot from them. Please check it out and share with your friends so we can all help Japan!
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March 18, 2011 at 3:17 pm
ktlh
Not to be contrarian (forgive me), but there are a lot of good arguments against giving aid to Japan. The blog posts below are more authoritative and comprehensive, but the reasons include the fact that Japan has not asked for donations and that Japan has the world’s third largest economy and is well-equipped to respond (with technical assistance from other nations).
Here are the more authoritative sources (GiveWell and AidWatch):
1) http://www.givewell.org/international/disaster-relief/Japan-Earthquake-March-2011
2) http://aidwatchers.com/2011/03/does-japan-need-your-donation/
Japan has the financial resources to respond to this disaster. Its economy will take a hit, but it will remain one of the richest countries in the world. Meanwhile, millions of people around the world will continue to suffer the daily indignities and deprivations of poverty.
I admire your heart and generosity, but I hope people will read the full story and think about where to give.
March 21, 2011 at 11:40 pm
Eric Lu
Good point and thanks for bringing that up. I feel your frustration that there are many other problems around the world, and our hope is to help address as many of those as we can. The tragedy in Japan is one that is personal to us and we felt a great urge to respond.
We’ve also worked with World Vision in the past and believe in the good that they do, so we are comfortable that the donations to World Vision will benefit their work in both Japan and other places that need the money as well.
I too hope that people will think carefully about where to give and I too admire your heart and work in Kenya.
March 27, 2011 at 6:57 pm
Veronika Washington
what kind of guitar was that in the beginning?