The list of fundraising events in Edinburgh for the Japan crisis continues to grow.
The earthquake and subsequent tsunami have inspired a range of humanitarian efforts, with the Japanese Red Cross agreeing to accept donations from the British Red Cross.
Organisers of Edinburgh's West Port Book Festival are holding a special event on Saturday to raise funds for Red Cross International. They want to try and make 1,000 paper origami birds.
Taking part will be Mio Shapley, who is from Gify Prefecture in Japan and works in the Scottish Storytelling Centre. She will be telling some Japanese folk stories. Find out more here.
Last week we brought you details of the local writers involved in the Authors for Japan auctions. Among the 150 writers was a local we neglected to include - Nasim Marie Jafry. She is offering a signed copy of her book The State of Me. She blogs at velo-gubbed legs.
The University of Edinburgh Anime and Animation Society has a fundraising evening lined up on Thursday 24 March in the William Robertson Building from 6pm. Details here.
Japanese students in Edinburgh held a karaoke night at the Argyle Bar on Sunday. Read more in the Evening News and see the Edinburgh University Japanese Society Facebook page here for further updates.
There is a noticeboard of other local events, including locations of donation buckets, in this Facebook page.
Junior school pupils at George Watson's College raised £100 with a baking sale and have more events planned. They will update this page with more details as funds are raised.
And just a reminder, as we mentioned last week, the Cakes for Japan event is this Saturday 26 March from 11am to 3pm.
Got an event to add to the list? We'll leave this page open to comments, so join in below.
