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You can help, too. its not that hard. go to the website there. cnn.com/impact. youre going to find a variety of links there, groups working to help those affected by the disaster. if youve got a smartphone, this is actually pretty neat. scan the code when you see it on-air. its going to be running throughout the day wherever you are. youll see this code pop up. if you have one of those scanners on your smartphone that you use at the grocery store, use that, scan, that take you directly to that i...

Crews over here, heres an asian crew picking through rubble, trying to find survivors, trying to find anything that they can in the way of just something to recover from this. but this town has been completely wiped out. were told by a japanese official that the people in this town are known for being provincial. they keep to themselves, they dont venture out of unosumai very much. really their lives have been destroyed almost on two levels. number one, theyve lost their homes. everything they h...

Whoa these workers are. the only thing we know for sure is that at one point they pulled all the workers out for a short period of time they called it, a temporary vags, because of the radiation levels were high. in terms of the specific people, in terms of their previous health histories or previous family histories and lives, how that played into whether or not theyre in there, we just dont know. those are the right questions because there probably is some more systematic way to determine whos...

Japan over the next several weeks and months? >> i think in past earthquakes, they rebuilt very, very quickly. i was talking to someone who lives there who said within six months they started new construction. so i think, look, japan is very well organized. i think theyre going to move very quickly. its not just the -- the tsunami and the earthquake. you now have this nuclear disaster, which is clearly taking resources, clearly taking understandably time and attention of government officials who...

But a good chance that the stuff will get thrown away because the distribution channels just arent there. unless you have a link to the charity on the ground, theres a very good chance it will get wasted. >> ken berger, thank you so much. ceo of charity navigator. to find out more about the ongoing efforts in japan, you can log on right now to our impact your world page at cnn.com slako cnn.com/impact. no matter where you live, you need to have a family emergency plan. everything you need to k...

We are back with a very special edition of "sgmd" from japan. we have been traveling all over the country looking at the survivors of the tsunami. theres been lots of concerns about radiation. we have been talking about this but we know there are a lot of questions about it as well. we are in tokyo now. this one comes from a cnn.com reader. is it far too early to comment on the long-term or short-term damage of radiation thats a result of the fukushima diz astzer? its a great question. a questio...

Its part of what we are trying to answer. a second question comes from a cnn blogger. the question is, can you wash away radioactive particles. the short answer is yes. that may surprise a lot of people wu you can wash away a lot of these things. if you have been exposed remove your clothes, toss them in a bag and burn them. shower. shampoo your hair. soap and water does the trick to get some of it off your skin. a lot f history is unwherein. along with my colleagues, we have traveled all over t...

It, but everyones open about their fear. >> where are you headed next? >> reporter: im traveling with two japanese students who have dedicated thoemsz helping me tell the stories and are working around the clock. weve had very little sleep, but were headed to the city hall in sendai where the u.s. embassy are sending buses. >> well, you have recorded great stories, youve got great images on cnns i-report. appreciate what youre doing. thanks for taking time to talk to me. >> thanks for having me,...

Fo fo foursquares founders are dennis crowley and savi flchlt. >> were trying to build applications for mobile phones that help make the world easier to explore for people. people use foursquare to check in from anywhere in the world. >> it will give you little tidbits of things you should be doing. collection in at bars or coffee shops and had they check in we let their friends know where they can find them. if i want to check in at foursquare headquarters, i find foursquare on the list and bro...

Afterwards took us to see some pro-government rallies, two much smaller rallies, both apparently organized by government officials. when i asked somebody from the -- one of the government officials later why -- why did you take us, if you are the government, why did you take us to see an anti-government rally? that wasnt quite the plan, but that is what you wanted to do and thats what happened. so, they are not putting strict controls on us but they are taking us around to places were they think...