The Gornja Jablanica elementary school in Medvedja, southern Serbia, sent a letter of support to Japanese Ambassador in Belgrade Toshio Tsunozaki, with an invitation to the Japanese students who lost their homes and families in the earthquake and tsunami to spend some time in their community.

"As we watch the scenes of the earthquake and tsunami and their aftermath, we sincerely sympathize with the Japanese people and want to help. Your country selflessly helped our school with a donation which allowed us to create better working conditions. We will never forget that," reads the letter to the Japanese ambassador.

Any monetary assistance to the Japanese people would be symbolic and "would not be of much help," since the school is located in an undeveloped community, reads the letter.

"What we can offer are our modest, warm homes and our hearts, to the children of Japan with whom we are ready to share everything we have. We believe the Japanese people will quickly rebuild the towns that were destroyed. Sadly, the victims of the natural disasters have gone into history, to be remembers with respect," the students and teachers of the Medvedja school say in the letter to Tsunozaki.