Caritas Japan Annual Report 2020

From Our President
With heartfelt thanks to all of you who have supported Caritas Japan's activities we present our annual
report for the 2020 fiscal year.
The past year has been an historic one in which all of society has been greatly affected by measures against
COVID-19.
Countless people around the world have been infected with this new virus, and many lives have been lost.
We pray for the eternal rest of those who have lost their lives, for the safety of the medical professionals
who are working so hard to provide treatment, and for the recovery of those under their care.
The attempt to combat the infection has put an end to “normal times” around the world and is hitting theeconomy hard. More and more people are facing life crises such as job loss, worsening poverty or isolation.
No one can foresee how long this situation will last, and we feel like wanderers in the dark searching forlight.
In this situation, Caritas International in cooperation with the various offices of the Holy See implements
support measures around the world through local Caritas organizations. Caritas Japan also asks for special
donations to support activities that assist people facing life crises in Japan. Caritas Japan hopes that its
activities will be a light of hope piercing the darkness that covers society.
March 11 was the tenth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Reconstruction support in Tohoku
has been the priority for Caritas Japan for the past decade. Now after 10 years the organized support
activities of the Catholic Church in Japan as a whole have come to an end, but Caritas Japan will continue
to support those who are active in various parts of Tohoku.
Caritas Japan will continue to respond to various crises that threaten life while promoting enlightenment inJapan. We will continue our efforts to build a world filled with the love of God. We appreciate yourunderstanding and cooperation.
Isao Kikuchi, Archbishop of Tokyo

President, Caritas Japan

Daisuke Narui, Bishop of Niigata

Vice President, Caritas Japan

Our Funds

Amount of total donation 2020

￥212,910,686

Lenten Collection\39,351,652

For Domestic Assistance\9,598,241

For Overseas Assistance\30,546,996

For Domestic Emergencies\6,289,183

For Overseas Emergencies\680,210

Christmas Donation\24,336,531

Donation from monthly supporters\8,653,167

Support for Caritas Japan\1,325,167

For the Great East Japan Earthquake\7,619,269

For the COVID-19 Crisis\84,510,270

Aid Activities

2020 Aid Total¥262,669,228

Overseas Aid (45 including Covid-19 response)
Overseas general assistance(12)Bangladesh
Education Program for Ethnic Children of Chattogram Hill Tracts (EPEC-CHT)Iraq
HOPE Project
JordanHumanitarian Support for Syrian, Non-Syrians Refugees and vulnerable
Jordanians
Kyrgyzstan
Lifelong learning education for adolescents in Southern part
Kyrgyzstan
Institutional Support ProjectMadagascar
Irrigation dam reconstruction project
Mongolia
Day Care Center
Mongolia
Institutional SupportNepal
Ensuring Safe Migration and Promoting Sustainable Local Reintegration (COVID-19)
Palestine
Providing Essential Medical & Social Services
Sri Lanka
Empowerment of Plantation Women and Sri Lankan Families Returningfrom South India
UgandaSustainable Agricultural Project (Year3/3)
Overseas emergency response（33）Bangladesh
Response to the Forcibly Displaced People of Myanmar and host communities
Bangladesh
Floods/Landslides and Covid-19 Emergency Response
BrazilHumanitarian assistance for Venezuelan migrants
Burkina Faso
Emergency response to improve food and nutritional security for thebenefit of internally displaced persons and the most vulnerable hosts
Cambodia
Cambodia Flood Emergency Response 2020
Caritas Internatinalis
Emergency Response & Rehabilitation for Migratory Locust and flood Affected People
EcuadorComprehensive care, protection and early recovery to the Venezuelan
population in an emergency situation
EnglandDarfur Programme
Eritrea
Eritrea Drought Resilience Building and Food Security Programme
GreeceFacilitation of Access to Healthcare and Material Support for theRefugees and Migrants in Greece
GuatemalaAttention and humanitarian aid to respond to the basic needs of foodsecurity and protection of health and hygiene to families affected byHurricane ETA and the COVID-19 pandemic
Honduras
Humanitarian Aid to Families Affected by Hurricane ETA
India
Immediate Relief for Cyclone victims in West Bengal, INDIA
Kenya
Floods/Landslides and Covid-19 Emergency Response
LebanonLebanon Crisis 2020 #1
LebanonLebanon Crisis 2020 #2
LebanonBeirut Blast 2020 #1
LebanonBeirut Blast 2020 #2 (COVID-19)
Mauritania
Strengthen food security for populations affected by the 2020 food crisis
Nicaragua
Emergency response following hurricanes ETA and IOTA to families displaced
Niger
Emergency support project for households (indigenous, internallydisplaced persons and refugees) victims of the effects of the 2019 foodcrisis and / or armed conflicts and COVID-19
Niger
Support project for vulnerable households affected by floods
Nigeria
CARITAS’ Integrated Emergency and Early Recovery Project (COVID-19)
Pakistan
Pakistan Response to Monsoon Floods
Philippines
Emergency and Early Recovery Assistance to the Communities Affectedby Typhoon Rolly (Goni) in the provinces of Catanduanes and Albay
PolandResponse to the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen through health andWASH interventions in Aden
RwandaEconomic strengthening of Burundian refugees in Mahama camp
SenegalEmergency Project to Strengthen Food Security in Rural Areas
TurkeyEmergency assistance to the population affected by the earthquake inİzmir

Caritas Bangladesh
Caritas Iraq
Caritas Jordan\36,268,851
5,566,500
2,073,600
1,102,900

Caritas Kyrgyzstan
Caritas Kyrgyzstan
Societe des Filles du Coeur de Marie Madagascar
Caritas Mongolia
Caritas Mongolia
Caritas Nepal
Caritas Jerusalem
Caritas Sri Lanka

1,315,477
2,447,400
1,619,616
2,737,000
2,737,000
4,886,120
2,182,200
4,219,994

Caritas Uganda
Caritas Bangladesh
Caritas Bangladesh
Caritas Brazil
Caritas Burkina Faso

5,381,044\30,629,170
2,189,600
1,077,900
529,250
1,071,800

Caritas Cambodia
Caritas Internatinalis
Caritas Ecuador

519,650554,350
1,088,800

Caritas England
Caritas Eritrea
Caritas Greece

1,097,200
523,250
1,186,800

Caritas Guatemala

517,250

Caritas Honduras
Caritas India
Caritas Kenya
Caritas Lebanon
Caritas Lebanon
Caritas Lebanon
Caritas Lebanon
Mauritania
Caritas Nicaragua
Caritas Niger

517,250
1,068,200
1,077,900
550,000
1,088,800
2,122,800
529,250
1,208,400
631,900
1,208,400

Caritas Niger
Caritas Nigeria
Caritas Pakistan
Caritas Philippines

611,100
632,370529,250
631,900

Caritas Poland

1,034,500

Caritas Rwanda
Caritas Senegal
Caritas Turkey

627,750
1,071,800
631,900

Ukraine
Venezuela
ZambiaZimbabwe

Emergency response to the crisis in Ukraine
Comprehensive care, protection and early recovery to Venezuelan
population in emergency situations in Ecuador
ZAOBIA Drought response
ZAOBIA Drought response

Domestic Aid (53)Domestic general assistance（12）Sasitama
Livelihood support for migrants in immigration detention
centersTokyo"Live Together" ProjectTokyo
Prevention of isolation of refugees in urban areas
TokyoFood distribution for homeless people
Tokyo
Livelihood support for people in needTokyo
Shelter project for foreign laborers
Tokyo
Reconstruction support following heavy rain in Kyushu
Yokohama Procurement of cleaning equipment for vocational training
NagoyaPrevention of isolation of refugees in in the Tokai area
NagoyaSelf-help support for homeless people
Osaka
Building a future for children (Share the Journey Campaign)
CI
COVID-19 Response Fund
Typhoon #19 response（2）SendaiEmergency assistance in areas affected by Typhoon #19
Tokyo
Emergency in-kind assistance for Typhoon #19
Kumamoto earthquake response（2）Fukuoka
Kumamoto earthquake: Household goods distribution at shelters
Dec. 2019 – Mar. 2020
Fukuoka
Kumamoto earthquake: Household goods distribution at shelters
April - May 2020
COVID-19 response（29）SendaiEmergency assistance by Caritas Minamisoma
Sendai
Support for Poor, Foreigners, and Technical intern trainees in Fukushima and Miyagi
SaitamaLivelihood support for poor foreigners suffering from COVID-19 crisis
Tokyo
Educational Assistance to Adachi International Academy
Tokyo
Legal consultation project for homeless people impacted by the COVID-19 crisis
Tokyo
Emergency Fund for Migrants and Refugees in COVID-19 crisis
Tokyo
Legal Consultation Day
Tokyo
Livelihood support project for domestic violence survivors and vulnerable people
Tokyo
Emergency food distribution
Tokyo
Construction of hand-wash station, Nazareth House
Tokyo
Emergency rice distribution (food bank)Tokyo
Food/medical assistance for poor foreigners, mothers and children
Tokyo
Outreach project to communities of poor refugees under the COVID-19 crisisTokyo
Shelter project for people with pets
Tokyo
Food distribution for poor families
TokyoPTSD care for domestic violence survivors
Tokyo
Livelihood support for children leaving orphanages
Tokyo
Hotline for domestic violence survivors and abused children
Tokyo
Coronavirus related trouble-Consultation projectTokyo
Pull through a COVID-19 crisis- Hotline for working womenTokyo
Tomorrow’s Home project (shelter)
Yokohama In-hospital infection prevention
Kyoto
Livelihood support for homeless people
NagoyaEmergency assistance for COVID-19 crisis
Osaka

Life/Medical/Selfcare support for migrants and refugees

Caritas Ukraine
Caritas Venezuela

1,186,800
1,054,100

Caritas Zambia
Caritas Zimbabwe

545,550
1,091,100

Ushiku Friends Association
Moyai self-help support center
Minaa
Star House
Dendenmushi (Snail) Association
Labor consultation.com
JVOAD (Japan Voluntary
Organizations Active in Disaster)
Yamanashi DARC
Nagoya Refugee Support RoomEvangel Association Soup Kitchen
SINAPIS, Catholic Osaka Archdiocese
Caritas Internationalis
Caritas Minami-sanriku
JVOAD
KVOAD (Kumamoto Voluntary
Organizations Active in Disaster)
KVOAD

Caritas Minamisoma
Caritas Minamisoma
North Kanto medical relief
Adachi International Academy
General Consultation Network for HomelessSolidarity Network with Migrants Japan
Tsunagaru Sodan Network, Tokyo
Kunitachi Yume farm
Catholic Tokyo International Center
Jiseikai
Asile (asylum)
International Social Service Japan
Japan Association for Refugees
Tsukuroi Tokyo Fund
Food Bank TAMA
Resilience
St. Joseph Association/St. Joseph Home
Yuzuriha after-care consultation
Fuchu Haken Mura
Action Center for Working Women
St. Ignatius Church
St. Marianna University Hospital
Wakayama Homeless Support Association
Catholic Nagoya Diocese office for Migrants, Refugees
and People on the Move
SINAPIS, Catholic Osaka Archdiocese¥27,849,300
1,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
2,000,000
1,200,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
891,300
1,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
10,758,000\ 31,149,415
1,149,415
30,000,000\19,320,160
16,154,750
3,165,860\37,160,036
1,200,000
500,000
1,000,000
350,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
1,145,354
2,000,000
2,000,000
300,000
1,400,000
1,000,000
1,996,400
660,000
1,800,000
1,779,832
1,000,000
1,000,000
2,000,000
840,000
650,970
2,000,000
1,300,000
1,287,480
2,000,000

OsakaHiroshima

Emergency shelter, consultation, and treatment support forpeople with addictions
Child protection project in COVID-19 crisis

Fukuoka
Housing/Food assistance for poor people
Great East Japan Earthquake response（8）SendaiReconstruction support project in 2020 (including Ishinomaki Base)
SendaiReconstruction support project in 2020
SendaiLivelihood support in 2020 for the victims of Great East Japan
Earthquake
Saitama
Support Center operation in Iwaki
Tokyo
System development project for Fukushima evacuees
Osaka
Assistance for Caritas Ofunato Base in 2020
Province
Osaka
Assistance for Caritas Minamisanriku Base in 2020
Province
CaritasDisaster Response Manual publishing costs
JapanKobe DARC village
Earthquake Reconstruction, Support forChildrenHouboku

1,650,000
800,000

Sendai Diocese Support Center
Caritas Kamaishi
Caritas Minamisoma

500,000\80,291,846
5,807,814
22,579,807
19,243,764

Support Center, Catholic Saitama Diocese
Catholic Tokyo Volunteer Center
Ofunato Base

219,875
6,004,805
14,288,855

Minamisanriku Base

8,898,213
3,248,713

Lenten Campaign 2020
■ Message of the Holy Father Francis for Lent 2020
“We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God”
(2 Cor 5:20)■Lenten Booklet 2020

Circulation 57,000

Pope Francis’ Lenten message, introduction to Caritas-sponsoredprojects■Collection box for children

Circulation 24,000■Contribution envelopes

Circulation 64,000

Diocesan Collaborator’s Meeting2020 Annual Meeting of diocesan collaborators
2020. 10.20. Online Meeting
Agendas：COVID-19 response／2021 Lenten Campaign／Collaboration with the secretariat of Cratas Japan

Caritas Japan President & Vice President
At the Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference ofJapan in December 2020, Bishop Daisuke Narui of the Niigata
Diocese was appointed Vice President of Caritas Japan 2020.
■Isao Kikuchi, Archbishop of TokyoPresident, Caritas Japan■Daisuke Narui, Bishop of Niigata

Vice President, Caritas Japan＊The cover photo shows one response to the new coronavirus pandemic: Children receive okonomiyaki pancakes made by a ssupport group.

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