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           Ever since a massive earthquake devastated Japan several weeks ago, many people find it hard to stay hopeful. However, projects are underway to provide hope for thousands of Japanese victims. This hope will come in the form of paper cranes.

            As I mentioned in an earlier blog post “Origami Paper Cranes Inspire Hope”, there is a legend that if 1,000 paper cranes are made, a wish will be granted.

            Dosomething.org is asking people to find and upload a picture of a paper crane, make your own and upload a picture of it to their website, or mail the crane to Students Rebuild. For each paper crane received in the mail, $2 will be raised. Their goal is to raise $200,000, which will help Architects for Humanity’s efforts to help rebuild Japan.

            For more information on how you can help, make a paper crane, or where to mail it to, visit studentsrebuild.org.

            However, students are not the only people that are making paper cranes. According to an article from space.com titled “Astronauts Fold ‘Estraterrestrial’ Origami Cranes for Japan Disaster Victims”by Tariq Malik, three astronauts at the International Space Station folded paper cranes in honor of the victims of the Japan earthquake. In the article the astronauts said, “These are our extraterrestrial cranes, a symbol of hope, put into HTV for all Japanese people. We are with you.”

            Here is a YouTube video from dosomething.org about its paper crane mission.