Aid to Victims of theGreat East Japan Earthquake
FY2014 Report

Kesennuma, Miyagi©JPF

Introduction

What is JAPAN PLATFORM (JPF)?
JPF is an organization working together with civil society to provide humanitarian aid
from Japan, cooperating based on equal partnerships with its 47 allied NGOs※,
the business community and government.

JAPAN PLATFORM (JPF) oﬀers its sincere thanks for your continued support. From theoccurrence of the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 until the end of March 2015,
JPF has received over ￥7,000,000,000 in aid funds and a wide variety of other aid from over 3,300
companies and organizations and over 43,000 individual donors. JPF has distributed this aid to※ As of June, 2015

166 NGOs and NPOs, carrying out more than 350 aid projects.１ Among these were 61 aid projects2

The ﬂow of aid

in ﬁscal year 2014 which boosted recovery in disaster-aﬀected areas. Once again, we would like toexpress our heartfelt gratitude for the warm support we have received from all of you.
Approximately 207,000 people3 are still living as evacuees throughout Japanʼs 47 prefectures.
Presently in the disaster areas, even as the project of moving people into public recovery housing

JAPAN PLATFORM
Chairperson Toshio Arimais getting underway, there is an ever greater need for aid to the socially disadvantaged and to

Financial aid
Donations, fundraisingin companies

disaster victims who have not yet been able to rebuild their lives.
JPF has limited its aid activities to the ﬁve years through ﬁscal year 2015, and in the 4 years thus far, it has responded to thediversifying needs and challenges in the disaster-aﬀected areas. In order to promote eﬀective and sustainable recovery, it has
carried out a variety of aid activities. In 2015, the year in which these eﬀorts will be completed, it has worked to promote

Business
community

Japan Federation of
Economic
Organizations,etc.

Provision of blankets,
foodstuﬀs, hygienic items

NGO

comprehensive aid eﬀorts. In Fukushima, people are living as evacuees for extended periods, and there is still no end in sight for

Servicesregional recovery eﬀorts. Many regions and domains that require continued aid remain. Along with its aid activities in theTransport, communications,shipping, opening bank accounts

distributing aid from a variety of ﬁelds to those who need it most.
JPF will continue to place the highest priority on getting recovery eﬀorts led by local people on track, and to use the valuable
donations and aid that it has received from you to the beneﬁt of recovery eﬀorts. Along with this report on our aid activities

Medical care

Supplies

independent recovery activities led by the disaster-aﬀected areas, and to establish a system to ensure continuingaﬀected areas, JPF will continue to lead by connecting people involved in aid and by carrying out its coordinating role,

Distribution of
supplies

Human Resources
Provision of professional
insight

Victims ofnaturaldisasters

Water and hygiene

Rebuilding lives

Refugeesfrom
conﬂicts

Government
Foreign ministry,etc.

Psychological carein ﬁscal year 2014, we express our hope for your continued warm support.
July 2015

1 Total number

2 Number of active projects in the period between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015
3 According to the Reconstruction Agencyʼs report of June 11, 2015

Table of contents

Since its establishment in 2000, JPF has
extended humanitarian aid totaling￥35,000,000,000 through more than 1,100
projects in over 40 countries and regions.

Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 02
What is JAPAN PLATFORM? .......................................................................................... 03
From the Disaster to Today .......................................................................................... 04
Aid to Victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake: Four Kinds of Aid ........... 05
Project Reports
01： Community Aid ........................................................................................... 06
02： Safety-Net Aid ............................................................................................ 08

Current Programs (as of June 2015)

03： Occupational Aid ......................................................................................... 10
04： Coordination Support ................................................................................ 12

Aid to victims of the Central Nepal Earthquake 2015
Aid to victims of ﬂooding in Malawi 2015
Aid to Iraqi and Syrian refugees and internally-displaced people
Aid to victims of the Hiroshima Landslide Disaster

Aid to Wider-Area Evacuees ................................................................................14
Search-and-rescue workwith rescue dogs
(Aid to victims of the Central
Nepal Earthquake 2015)©PWJ

Humanitarian aid to Palestine and Gaza 2014

Preparing to Face Future Disasters ............................................................................ 17
Messages from the Companies and Organizations
That Provide Ongoing Support to JPF ............................................................ 18
Carrying Out the Reconstruction Agencyʼs

Aid to victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake“Project to Coordinate Aid to Disaster Victims”............................................ 21

Aid to returning members of minority groups in Myanmar

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Debrieﬁng Session Report ............................................................................................ 16

Companies and Organizations That Have Supported JPF in 2014.................... 20

Emergency aid to South Sudan 2014

Humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and Pakistan

Coordination among Aid Providers after the Great East Japan Earthquake .... 15

Women and children learning about the dangers of landmines and unexploded bombs(Humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and Pakistan) ©AAR

Income and Expenditure Report ................................................................................ 21
List of Projects Receiving Subsidies from the “Living Together” Fund ............. 22

Raised conveyor belts for soil transport in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture

＠SAVE TAKATA

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From the Disaster to Today:

Taking a long-term view of aid to Fukushima
What has become clear in the fourth year

Yukihiko Akutsu(JPF Domestic
Division Manager andHead of Tohoku Oﬃce)

Four years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, JPFʼs domestic aid projects are entering their ﬁfth year. Our activities have been
extended from the initially planned three-year period to the ﬁve-year period lasting through ﬁscal year 2015, and are entering their ﬁnal
phase. The goal of our eﬀorts at this stage is of course the promotion of independent recovery activities led by the disaster-aﬀectedareas and the furthering of regional resilience. Moreover, we strive for the establishment of independent and sustainable structures that
can independently extend recovery eﬀorts and solutions to social issues after JPFʼs aid programs end. However, during visits to

Aid to Victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake:
Four Kinds of Aid
JPF established the “Living Together” Fund in May 2011 which subsidizes a wide range of non-JPF-allied non-proﬁt organizations. In
2012 and continuing into 2013 and 2014, the fund subsidized the four kinds of aid work described below.
During this work, we have uncovered needs which are growing more obvious, and have predominantly considered four activities: support
for temporary housing and publicly funded rental accommodation as movement of disaster victims stalls; aid to socially disadvantaged
people to whom government relief cannot easily be delivered, and for regional social development that supports this aid; occupational andeconomic recovery aid for which the government has not provided; and coordination of aid organizations and aid workers.
We will continue to provide wide-ranging support for regional activities and organizations.

disaster-stricken areas, comments such as “recovery is only halfway there” and “we want relief activities to continue” are heard. As
residents begin to be transferred from temporary housing to public recovery housing, many challenges such as rebuilding ofcommunities and psychological care are emerging all at once, accompanied by a wide range of regional and personal disparities.

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B

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Characteristics of the three prefectures in Tohoku(Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima) aﬀected by the disaster
Iwate Prefecture

In March

In Iwate, where movement from temporary housing to public recovery housing is proceeding
rapidly, there is concern for the psychological care and physical health of those left behind incertain temporary housing clusters. Also, the diﬃcult problem of rebuilding communities awaits
those who have moved to public recovery housing. Moreover, challenges that existed before theearthquake have become more visible and have intensiﬁed due to the disaster. These challenges
include population decrease due to the outﬂow of residents, the aging of the population, lower
birth rates and lack of leaders. In this environment, support for communities and safety-nets are
particularly necessary in order prevent social isolation and provide relief to the needy.

2011

Community Aid
This type of aid creates community by building connec-

Miyagi Prefecture04

In Miyagi, although recovery plans are advancing and relief for disaster victims is succeeding to acertain extent, regional disparities are growing between the area around Sendai in central Miyagi andthe northern and southern parts of the prefecture. As outside relief organizations continue towithdraw, not enough leaders exist to support recovery eﬀorts in the area. There is also a feelingamong certain sectors of the government that rather than trusting in a temporary system of recovery
assistance, a rapid shift must occur toward a regular system which can be sustainably managed.

In February

Fukushima Prefecture

2015

Iwate

The view from Hiyoriyama Park in Ishinomaki,
Miyagi Prefecture

Miyagi

Fukushima

tions among residents, helping recovery throughthe provision of places where membersof the community can gather andthrough the process ofworking

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together.

The situation in Fukushima is particularly grave. Among evacuees, starkly contrasting
disparities are emerging regarding the problem of compensation relating to the nuclear
accident, and the divisions in communities are becoming more serious. For example, evenevacuees whose situations are apparently identical may receive diﬀerent amounts of aid basedon their region of origin or the circumstances of their evacuation. Many evacuees are still
experiencing economic diﬃculties in their daily lives. Although people are continuing to returnto areas which received lower doses of radiation, there is continuing concern for households towhich aid was stopped when evacuation orders were lifted, and which subsequently fell intopoverty. Although agricultural production of fruits and vegetables is recovering, prices haveslumped and farmers are not seeing returns. As a result of the repeated radiation leaks, theresumption of ﬁshing has been further delayed. In a growing number of cases family relations
are aﬀected, as when divorces stem from diﬀerent attitudes toward the radiation. A tendency
for separated individuals to become socially isolated as they ﬁnd themselves with nowhere to
go has also been noted. A longer-term view is necessary with regard to aid to Fukushima.

Safety-Net Aid

Coordination Aid
This type of aid helps to support the coordination of aid
with government entities, NGOs, NPOs and otherorganizations so that safety-net aid,
community aid, and occupational aid can proceed
eﬃciently.

Problems in the temporary housing reduction phase

This type of aid gives disaster victims the security

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to lead healthy lives by providing aid topeople or domains of activity which
is not yet covered by thegovernment
programs.

Occupational Aid

The three disaster-aﬀected prefectures face common challenges as people move from temporary housing to public recovery housing: rebuilding
communities around new homes, and for those remaining in temporary housing, providing psychological care and preventing suicide and dying
alone. In order to minimize as far as possible the disparities which tend to occur during the transition period of this phase, it will be necessary toThis type of aid helps assure a secure life for disasterstrengthen overarching facilities for coordination and transfer of information, so as to aid proactively those evacuees who are left behind.

victims through activities and information-sharing which lead to jobs andChallenges as we enter the ﬁfth year

income for those who lostAs an overall exit strategy, it is necessary to create a system in which comprehensive, consistent aid work can be continued even after

their jobs in thethe conclusion of JPFʼs aid program. The foundations of intermediary aid organizations like the three prefecturesʼ coordinated recovery

disaster.

centers must be strengthened, and personnel must be trained. Meanwhile, evaluations of past work have shown that aid for victims of thenuclear accident in Fukushima was deﬁcient in proportion to the scope of the need and the extent of the damage. Problems diﬀerent fromthose aﬀecting other regions which continue to aﬀect the area include radiation damage and reparations, the breakdown of communities,
isolation of mothers with infants, and the complicated environment in which children are being raised. Furthermore, new problems havearisen as people return home after the lifting of evacuation orders, rebuilding their lives and restarting economically. Because of theseissues, a long-term approach to aid must be considered. Presently available capital for aid would be insuﬃcient for this, and further
fundraising and public relations regarding the need for aid would also need to be considered.

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D©Switch©JPF
C In the orchard that they grew themselves, children with developmental disabilities learn how precious the lives of living things are and practice social activities
D A waterbreak being constructed in Nonoshita District, Motoyoshi-cho, Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture (April 2014) ©JPF

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A Computer training for young people at “Ishinomaki NOTE” was well received by participants, who said that they could put it to practical use
B Beginning in fall 2014, people have begun to occupy public recovery housing in Shimowano, Takata-cho, Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture©S·Space05

Project Report

Community Aid

01 Community Aid

List of aid projects in FY2014 on P22 and 23

Digitizing information about Rikuzentakata so thatit can serve not only residents, but also tourists
SAVE TAKATA (General incorporated association in Iwate)
SAVE TAKATA works in the areas of IT, agriculture andtake advantage of the app. Furthermore, in the “Iwate App

youth services, and uses “Living Together” Fund on theContest” held by Iwate Prefecture, the app was highly“Rikuzentakata Recovery Map” that it is developing in its

praised for incorporating tablets, and won the highest

IT work. Until 2014, SAVE TAKATA distributed this map ashonor, the App Grand Prize. Future plans for the app

a pamphlet in shops and temporary housing, but in that

include incorporating content such as archives related toyear it launched a website and an app which can be easily

the earthquake.

viewed on computers or smartphones. Beginning inMarch 2015, tablet computers with the Recovery Map app
built in have been installed for tourists at facilities
throughout Rikuzentakata City, and tourists can use thesetablets to search for
information about
Rikuzentakata. The app
also carries information
about events related to
Rikuzentakata which arebeing held in the Tokyo
area or other regions, anidea which allows people
outside Rikuzentakata to

A public health nurse leads exercises to cure stiﬀ shoulders at the Onahama District Community Salon in the Soso Region©The People

Won the APP Grand Prize in"Iwate APP Contest 2014"

In collaboration with all those involved, we have worked hard toincorporate information about local businesses into the
Rikuzentakata Recovery Map. Many other map apps and map
functions exist besides the Recovery map, but as the situation in thedisaster-aﬀected town changes incrementally, we feel that we canmake use of the Recovery Map precisely because we are anorganization operating in this area. Of course,
we do not feel that work on the Rikuzentakata
Recovery Map has been completed with thelaunch of the website and app and theinstallation of the tablets. What we are aiming
for with the Rikuzentakata Recovery Map isthat through using this system, people fromthe Tokyo area in particular will get to know
Rikuzentakata, that they will come here andlike it here and that, given the chance, they
Kensuke Saito（In charge of IT projects）
will want to settle here.

In Iwaki City, a “Community Salon” creates
reasons for living that unite communities
The People (NPO in Fukushima）

The re-disruption of communities during the transition period
and the formation of new communities
Presently we are entering a phase in which disaster victims are leaving temporary
housing and entering permanent housing, for example public recovery housing. Because

Masakazu Takaku(JPF Program Coordinatorin charge of Iwate)

District; there is also a “traveling salon” which holds similar

been managing the “Onahama District Networking Salon”

activities in the ﬁrst-ﬂoor lobby of a large hotel infor four years. Particularly in Iwaki City, where tsunami

Joban-yumoto District. Both of these salons have been

victims and refugees from the nuclear accident coexist, thewell-received by participants, who say that “the atmospherechallenges facing the community have grown more complex

is good, and we always look forward to going. We really feeland more serious over time. This “Community Salon” wasat home there.”preexisting communities were disrupted as people moved into temporary housing, government entities and aid organizations, along

constructed to confront these challenges, as a venue thatwith area residents, have worked hard to form communities. However, in the period of transition to new housing, the communities whichanyone can use freely to foster interaction in the region.

have been built up are once again being disrupted, and it has become necessary for people to form new communities around the public

Meanwhile, among those evacuated from the Soso area after

recovery housing to which they are moving. From the example of the areas aﬀected by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, we havethe nuclear accident, there is great demand for a spaceseen that when people entered public disaster housing, the regional communities before the disaster and the communities formed

where people can gather. Soso Area Community Days havearound temporary housing were cut apart, and elderly people dying alone emerged as a problem. Based on this previous example, it isbeen established when thenecessary for government agencies and aid organizations not only to provide aid, but also to encourage residentsʼ independence and

Health and Welfare Oﬃce ofself-suﬃciency. Support is needed for community-building, with an eye to the systematization of mutual aid among residents.

Fukushima Prefecture sends

At the same time, it has also become necessary to care for those who have been left behind in temporary housing. In the future, as temporary

a public health nurse,

housing continues to be removed and consolidated, those who are unable to leave temporary housing due to economic or other reasons will

oﬀering health checks,

be forced to move to diﬀerent temporary housing. Furthermore, as neighboring residents move away one after another to enter rebuilt houses

health lectures that varyor public recovery housing, peopleʼs feelings of having been left behind will grow, heightening the need for psychological support.

according to the season,

Thus, in considering community support, it is necessary to have activities to maintain communities in temporary housing, to build newcommunities in public recovery housing, and to take a view of aid for community-building that goes beyond regional boundaries.

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The Onahama District Recovery Aid Volunteer Center has

and teatimes. The Salon is
not limited to Onahama

Soso Area Community Salon

The Onahama District Recovery Aid Volunteer Center has worked tounderstand what disaster victims and evacuees are feeling andworrying about now, as they begin to move from temporarily provided
housing to permanent housing. We have used the connections we havecultivated thus far to provide aid when opportunities appear, and haveengaged in activities at the Community Salons in the Onahama and
Joban areas. Those involved in providing aid
recognize that it is necessary to coordinate
between diﬀerent roles, and value horizontal
connections in their work.
If it seems as though support activities favor
particular groups of people, this may cause
confusion in area communities. Because we arepresent in these communities, we can pay close
attention to the feeling there, and we willcontinue to search for ways to provide support
Emiko Yoshida(Board Chairperson)
to the best of our ability.

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Safety-Net Aid

02 Safety-Net Aid
特定非営利活動法人 勿来まちづくりサポートセンター（福島県いわき市）

List of aid projects in FY2014 on P22 and 23

Making a happy match between the area and the young people
who will lead Ishinomakiʼs future
Switch (NPO in Miyagi)
Four years have passed since the earthquake, and the cityin Tohoku in the future: we provide computer courses to erase

looks as though it has found its balance again. However, hidden

the IT gap, art therapy, and job-hunting seminars. Our goal is tobehind this façade are people struggling with uncertainty, who

foster a zest for life in the young people of the area. Moving

cannot see a way forward. There are people who lost theirforward, psychological care for area residents will continue toworkplaces in the earthquake and have yet to ﬁnd a new job,

become even more important. As an aid agency rooted in thestudents unable to adjust to a new study environment who

region, we will accompany the young people of the Ishinomaki

have stopped going to school, young people in temporary

region as we work together to build the future.

housing who are afraid to take the next step in their lives, andelderly people who cannot get used to their new communities.
“Ishinomaki NOTE”, an organization produced by Switch, isproviding one-on-one individualized aid, supports jobs in theregion through projects
such as our Internship
Program with regional
companies and ourSalaried Work Experience
Program. We also develop
programs that allow
people to study the skills
that they will need to live

On-the-job training in oyster-packing©SwitchSalaried Work Experience at a marine products
processing factory in Ishinomaki

Four years have passed since the earthquake, and the area is now
beginning little by little to take the ﬁrst steps toward tomorrow. Despite
their vague fears, young people are making their best eﬀort at life intheir hometown. We think that working closely with them to encourage
work and study will help contribute to their psychological recovery.
Ishinomaki has people, a natural environment,
and industries that help struggling young people
to discover their potential. One bright young
person searching for work said that he hadgrown to love the smell of the ocean during his
ﬁshing internship, so he wanted to work near thesea. Ishinomaki will grow even stronger as thepower of the area merges with the strength ofthese young people, and we hope to continue
Yuka Takahasi(Chairperson)
our work here supporting them.

Continuing psychological care in the coastal region of Fukushima Prefecture,
where the inﬂuence of the earthquake and the nuclear accident can still be felt
Medecins du Monde Japon (Authorized NPO in Tokyo)

As residential environments break apart,challenges to residents become more serious
Ryuichi Miura(JPF Program Coordinatorin charge of Miyagi)

Victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake can be divided into two groups: those who have been relocated to the new public recovery

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Four years after the earthquake, the situation surrounding

registered nurses, and clinical psychologists), coordinating withresidents in Fukushima Prefectureʼs Soso District is changing in

local NPOs and government agencies to provide psychologicalways too complex to describe in a few words. Mothers worrycare. Because we are working in the psychological realm, weabout raising children in this diﬃcult environment. Peopleʼsfeel that sustained aid is necessary. Our motto is “We do notisolation from the community deepens as they shut themselvesforget,” and we intend to continue our aid work into the future.

away. Those who have lost their livesʼ work of ﬁshing or
farming feel that they have nowhere to turn. As time passes,

housing, and those who have been left behind in temporary housing. It is becoming apparent that the various residential areas needwith disparities appearing in how much people have been able

individual aid that responds to diﬀering settings. Though public recovery housing maintains residentsʼ privacy better than temporary

to rebuild their lives and peopleʼs worries about being unablehousing, the other side of this issue is that connections are weaker among neighbors, and social isolation is a growing concern. Someto face the future after the nuclear accident, psychological carepeople lived in single-family houses before the earthquake, and they and their neighbors were able to harvest vegetables or ﬁsh to shareis becoming an ever morewith one another. These people never imagined having to pay rent and condominium fees to live in apartments without contact with

important component ofneighbors. The economic burden on such people is large, and there is concern that the number of households living in poverty will

support for the people ofincrease. Meanwhile, among the people left behind in temporary housing are many elderly people living alone, fatherless families, andFukushima. Taking

households with family members with disabilities. For whatever reason, many people cannot leave or do not want to leave temporary

advantage of our special

housing. Many households suﬀer from a combination of problems, including alcohol abuse and domestic violence. It is becoming clear

qualities as a medical aid

that these cases need not only individualized aid, but also multilayered aid from a variety of aid agencies working together. Recipients oforganization, since 2012 weaid are separating into two groups: those in the new residences and those in temporary housing. It will take more time to fully organize

have dispatched numerous

governmental safety-nets, and it goes without saying that however much the system expands, some residents will fall through the gaps inmedical specialists

it. Thus, as we move forward, recovery-aid NPOs will continue to be asked to play a large role in providing safety-nets.

(including psychiatrists,

Psychological care activities in the Soso
District of Fukushima Prefecture

We at MEDECINS DU MONDE JAPON have had the fortune tobecome involved with many aid organizations which contribute to the
Soso District of Fukushima Prefecture in the area of psychological care,and we began our own aid work there in 2012. In response todiversifying needs, we have engaged in varied work with our partners,
including salon activities in temporary housing areas, home visits bynurses and psychologists, school counseling, examinations andtreatment by psychiatrists, and strengthening
the organizational capabilities of our local
partners. Unfortunately, disaster damage inFukushima is still progressing, and there is noend in sight. As long as we can determine thatpeople still have needs and that we can dosomething about them, we will continue our aid
work, making our own small contribution to
supporting the psychological health of residents
Nao Kuroyanagi
and of the aid workers who work with them.
(Executive Director)

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Occupational Aid

03 Occupational Aid

List of aid projects in FY2014 on P22 and 23

Community development for recovery through experiences working together
growing seasonal local vegetables, fresh scallops and handmade crafts
Furusato Machizukuri Nine Town (NPO in Miyagi)
After the earthquake, the Minasan-kan (Everyoneʼs Place)

yen thanks to the 13 new products developed. In addition, theMinamisanriku Farmersʼ Market was established with JPF“Minasan-kan Workshop” has produced prepared foods andsupport. Local products are leveraged as a form ofsweets, and has contributed to the incomes of local people.

occupational aid to support self-reliance among residents ofThese kinds of activities have strengthened connections

the disaster-aﬀected areas, who sell carefully cultivatedbetween area organizations and young staﬀ members, andvegetables, abundant marine products such as seaweed,

the local NPOs managing the project have also grown andscallops and sea pineapples from the seas near Minamisanriku,

built a stronger position. Great steps forward can be taken

and processed foods like miso and pickles. Along with serving

from the base thus provided for future local development.

meals made from local ingredients, the Minasan-kan has
worked to establish systems to keep the local economy
moving.
In order to utilize theMinasan-kan even more
fully, work has proceededon the development of
new products, package
designs and samples, andcompared with last year,
sales have increased byapproximately two million

Along with meetings, sales of local foods at the “Minamisanriku Minasan-kan”©Furusato Machizukuri Nine Town

The mothers of Minamisanriku make a trial recipein the workshop

We became involved in emergency aid activities after March 11 withthe hope that we could help even one more person to live. Sooner orlater, as we moved toward recovery, we realizedthat our role was in community development.
Valuing our connections with cooperatingorganizations and residents, preparing what isnecessary while looking just a bit ahead, we
have worked to build a system for working
together with disaster-aﬀected residents. On the
ground, we need coordinators with the will tolead area development, and we will actively
continue to do whatever we can to train staﬀ
Toshiro Itoand to work cooperatively using local resources.
(Executive Director)

Aid for single-parent families and otherdisaster-aﬀected households living in poverty
Single Mothers Forum (NPO in Fukushima)

JPF-funded occupational aid that responds sensitively to the needs ofeach region and target group
Tsutomu Yamanaka(JPF Program Coordinatorin charge of Fukushima)

Occupational aid to disaster-aﬀected areas can look very diﬀerent depending on the area and target group. In Iwate Prefecture, occupational
aid carries strong psychosocial implications, involving crafts linked to the region, skilled manufacture, and motivation-building. In Miyagi

those worried about their livelihood or about raising theirchildren. In particular, we connect women to staﬀ specialized

and children of single-parent households and otherin psychology when this is necessary for coping with children.

disaster-aﬀected households living in poverty. We alsoThis support for building an environment in which

operate a community space to which parents and children can

women do not feel isolated in their worries has helped tocome, which allows us to act as a counseling service forremove their insecurities and has helped them to generate

mothers with worries about raising their children.

the power to move forward with optimism. It has been

We also oﬀer emotional counseling and provide information

Prefecture, occupational aid means support for young people, restarting local industries, and training successors to take over in businesses.

about color therapy for the purpose of psychological care.

Finally, in Fukushima Prefecture, the main recipients of occupational aid are single mothers who are living in poverty or who ﬁnd themselves

Participants made comments such as the following: “I was able

marginalized and in a weak position after the nuclear accident, along with displaced people with mild developmental disabilities and people

to reﬂect on my everyday existence,” “Iʼm looking forward towith psychiatric disabilities. A particularly large burden falls on young mothers and women who have broken away from their families orusing this in my future

divorced because of diﬀerences in opinion about radiation damage after the nuclear disaster, and who may be forced to raise children alone

life.” It was an opportunity

while living apart. These women need generous support. In Fukushima Prefecture, the ratio of job oﬀers to job seekers is high, but these are

to increase participantsʼ

mainly decontamination jobs, and for young mothers who are sensitive about radiation, the choice to take such jobs is a diﬃcult one.

motivation, and achieved

Single Mothers Forum Fukushima, introduced here, strengthens parent-child bonds through events for mothers and children, and after10

We carry out computer training, career counseling, businessetiquette training and other skill-building seminars for parents

highly satisfying results.

receiving care for psychological trauma, women can attend seminars on how to improve their ability to deal with paperwork. Many single

At the community space

mothers have deep psychological scars. Their painful past experiences have made it diﬃcult for them even to interact with people, and infor parents and children, wesome cases it is diﬃcult for them to ﬁnd work. Emergency food aid is also available for women who struggle with daily expenses evenlisten to womenʼs stories

though they have jobs, and who eat less in order to work and raise children.

and provide counseling for

A seminar on color therapy for psychological carewell-received by many participants.
We hope to stay ﬂexible as we continue to provide
necessary aid in the future.
Four years have passed since the earthquake and nuclear accident
in Fukushima, and renewal and recovery are not yet in sight.
Residences are being decontaminated, but it
is still not possible to feel secure living inthem. Under these circumstances, our hopeevery day is to oﬀer some measure of
support to children and their parents who
are working multiple jobs in the face of many
diﬃculties and who are losing their health.
We hope that our organization can continue
to provide aid so that everyone can smile
Michiko Shimizu(Director)
and lead a secure life.

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Coordination Aid

04 Coordination Aid
特定非営利活動法人 NPOほうらい（福島市）

List of aid projects in FY2014 on P22 and 23

Coordinating leaders to work
toward continued aid
Iwate Fukko Collaboration Center (NPO in Iwate)
IWATE Fukko Collaboration Center engages in intermediary

providing information there, holding regular meetings withaid adapted to recovery by providing a space where aid

all relevant Iwate Prefectural government departments,organizations can come together to share challenges,

sharing information with the Reconstruction Agency,

matching outside resources with disaster-aﬀected areas andidentifying local challenges and administering series ofproviding information to aid organizations. Four years after

lectures about them to promote sustainable activity in thethe earthquake, as NPOs and NGOs that had come fromcitizen sector, and transmitting information related tooutside the prefecture to engage in aid work are leaving therecovery aid using webpages and digital magazines.

disaster area one after another, local leaders for aid activities
are becoming more important. With the current subsidy from
JPF, we are carrying out a variety of activities aimed atallowing local leaders to continue sustainable aid into the
future. These activities
include creating aprefecture-wide space forsharing challenges,
participating in
information-sharing
meetings held by aidorganizations at themunicipal level and

特定非営利活動法人 三陸ボランティアダイバーズ（東京都）

The cooperative business “Polvorón Magic Cookies” holds a strategy meeting at its Fukushima oﬃce where workers jointly contribute ideas in order to work together better©Shinsei

Coordinating local aid leaders andresources for continuing aid activities

Using the “Living Together” Fund, we have made eﬀorts to encourage
cooperation among organizations working in diﬀerent ﬁelds andareas of activity, and to create a system and environment in which itis easier for local leaders to work. Also, by cooperating with JPF arealeaders who have a similar focus on intermediary aid, we have beenable to carry out our coordinating function more eﬀectively. Since theearthquake, intermediary aid facilities havebeen set up gradually at the municipal level on
the coast of Iwate Prefecture. We will continue
to deepen our cooperation with theseorganizations, and using the experiences
gathered with the funding we have received,
we will support leaders who strive for recovery
and solutions to local challenges. We would liketo take this opportunity to express our sincere
Junichi Kano
gratitude to all involved.
(Chairperson)

Creating a space in which people withdisabilities can also support recovery
Shinsei (NPO in Fukushima)

Changes in the meaning and the nature of coordination
as we enter the next phase

Since the earthquake, the speciﬁed non-proﬁt organization

Tsutomu Yamanaka(JPF Program Coordinatorin charge of Fukushima)

JPF recognizes the importance of coordination from its experience with emergency humanitarian aid in international cooperation. It

12work roles are divided between each workplace (theShinsei has pursued our mission to lead in areas that theworkplace where the cookies are baked, the workplace where

disability welfare system is unable to cover. We have also

boxes are folded, the workplace in charge of packaging andworked to make it possible for people with disabilities andwrapping, and the workplace in charge of marketing activities

people whose welfare requires attention (people who do not

in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, where people are continuing tohold documents attesting to their disability) to play an active

live as evacuees) with the goal of fostering independence androle in recovery eﬀorts. In 2014, we have taken a step beyond

increased wages for people with disabilities.

has emphasized the necessity of aid to network organizations whose function is coordination. Aid to local networks and intermediary

the prior charity products sold for welfare fundraising, andaid organizations has been one of the prioritized areas for the current subsidies.

have started a cooperative business called “Polvorón Magic

However, it is a fact that the nature and shape of this aid has changed signiﬁcantly since the outset. Immediately following the

Cookies” to produce high-quality products. These cookies havedisaster, in order to prevent redundancies and gaps in aid, and based on mutual understanding of the challenges, our main goal wasreceived technical support from Nisshin Seifun Group, Ltd. andto promote uniﬁed and comprehensive work. In the present phase, challenges have become fragmented among diﬀerent areas, andassistance with packaging

we are reaching a stage at which there is no longer an overall understanding of these challenges. Four years have passed since theand equipment from AAR

earthquake, and as many outside aid organizations curtail their activities or decide to withdraw, the main goal of coordination

Japan (Association for Aid

becomes not organizing abundant outside resources, but rather eﬀectively utilizing scarce preexisting local resources.

and Relief, Japan.) They

Meanwhile, the aid situation for people with disabilities living in the disaster-aﬀected areas continues to be diﬃcult for those withare being made at eleven

mild developmental and psychological disabilities, particularly in Fukushima prefecture, where such people have been driven fromwelfare workplaces by 209

farming and ﬁshing villages into urban evacuation areas, and feel that that they have nowhere to go. The system has no concrete planstaﬀ members working

for them, and groups oﬀering aid are growing fewer. In light of this situation, coordination activities in the ﬁeld of aid to people with

together. Everyone

disabilities are beginning to focus particularly on evacuation areas and on areas for which the evacuation orders have been lifted.

contributes ideas, andPR for polvorón at Futaba Factory

The period of intensive recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake
is coming to an end, and national public aid will terminate at the end of
March 2016. In order to continue our activities with evacuees withdisabilities beyond that date, we have worked to strengthen our
foundation through funding received from JPFʼs “Living Together”
Fund. We have held six workshops, during
which we were able to create a clear pictureof our future by drawing up middle-termand long-term (2015-2018) plans. We feelsome anxiety about leading in areas that thesystem is unable to cover, but together withpeople with disabilities who continue to live
as evacuees, we will have faith and ﬁght for
the rebirth of Fukushima! We hope for your
Miho Tominaga
continued guidance moving forward.
(Director)

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Coordination among Those Involved in Aid
after the Great East Japan Earthquake:

Aid to Wider-Area Evacuees
Aid through understanding, considering andacting together

Maki Saito(JPF Program Coordinator)

It is diﬃcult even to determine accurately the number of people who have taken refuge outside Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures (wider-area

Inspecting the Networks Connecting Diverse Aid Groups
In the areas aﬀected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, in order to respond eﬃciently to the varied needs of the large number

evacuees) after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Even now, after four years, many families are living their lives divided between their hometowns and theof disaster victims and to avoid gaps and redundancies in aid, network organizations of aid organizations and government

places to which they evacuated. As time passes, their challenges have become more serious and more individualized. These include issues with personalagencies have been formed at the prefectural and municipal levels. Based on data collected from interviews and surveys of people

relationships in the places to which they evacuated, changes in family structure, care for elders that was not necessary at the outset, and housing problems.

involved, JPF has conducted analyses of the results of the roles played and challenges faced by network organizations in Iwate,

Evacuees aﬀected by radiation from the nuclear accident are in a number of diﬀerent positions, and their situations are changing. Economic

Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures.

situations can change due to receiving or not receiving reparations or due to the lifting of evacuation orders. The paperwork for settlement mediation
through the Dispute Reconciliation Committee for Nuclear Power Damage costs labor and time. The associated emotional burden is incalculable.
It has been announced that housing subsidies will be cut oﬀ at the end of March 2017 for voluntary evacuees, who have decided to leave areas
for which the government has not issued evacuation orders. There must be many among those who do not meet the criteria for subsidies orremain evacuated from areas for which evacuation orders have been lifted who are unable to speak out even though they are independently
paying their own rent, suﬀering economic want, and feeling isolated in the communities to which they have evacuated. It is possible that
increasing numbers of people will return to their hometowns, where radiation levels are still high, in order to somehow make ends meet, even if
they wish to remain evacuated. This is a time when people will have to make diﬃcult decisions

eﬀectively organized the many organizations that had begun to operate in their area. However, in Iwate, where governments

immediately following the nuclear disaster.

organizations provide accurate information and work together with local people in places where

Organizations formed on the initiative of outside groups tend not to continue their operations, particularly if they were formed

evacuees live in order to learn about their situation. That may seem minor, but in this work theyby outside groups during the period of emergency aid and have not been transferred to local management.

must be prepared not simply to stop at community-building, but to enter into the lives of evacuees.
Evacuees face a wide variety of problems, and it is not possible to solve these problems with

The role that network organizations played

generalized methods of aid that lump all wider-area evacuees together. What kind of aid, then,them together, and we will help each person to ﬁnd his or her own power to overcome them.

initiative at the time of the emergency. In Miyagi, there were many cases in which governments and councils on social welfare

beginning, and this may have been inﬂuenced by the nuclear accident, with few organizations coming from outside to provide aid

accustom themselves to lives totally diﬀerent from the ones they led before they evacuated. These

understand these situations together, we will provide places and opportunities to consider

agencies or councils on social welfare, in Iwate Prefecture, the tendency was for organizations not to be formed on governmentorganizations prominently engaged in coordination of aid. In Fukushima, organizations were formed on local initiative from the

JPF is sponsoring organizations which work to create an environment in which people canworries, when they make decisions, and as they take their ﬁrst steps into new lives. We will

The network organizations in the three prefectures can be categorized according to when they were launched and which coreorganization founded them. Whereas in Miyagi Prefecture many organizations were formed on the initiative of government

ceased to function after the disaster, formation of organizations could not occur on government initiative, and outside

without knowing what lies ahead, unsure of where or how they will survive in the future.

will lead to concrete solutions? Evacuees confront reality in a myriad of situations: amid their

Formation and characteristics of network organizations

At a Reconstruction Bazaar held by the neighborhood
association in a neighborhood where evacuees areliving, wider-area evacuees sell goods made in Tohoku.
Shirowa-cho, Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture©t-netInformation sharing is widespread among network organizations* in the three Northeastern prefectures, in regard to regionalsituations, aid needs, the status of the activities of participating organizations, and government recovery plans and aid systems.
Another merit of network organizations that is widely recognized by participants is the fact that they build human relationships
with other organizations and with government agencies active in the region. However, it appears that there have not been manycases in which participation in a network organization has led to coordination and cooperation between participants in theiractivities. Thus, future questions in the formation and management of network organizations will be whether or not participating
aid workers and aid organizations can be made to recognize the importance of coordination and cooperation, and whether or not

The Yellow Handkerchief Salon: A comfortable place for evacuees to interact andexchange information
Tasukeai no Kai Fureai Net Matsudo (Authorized NPO in Chiba)
On March 11, 2011, the JR Joban Line, National Route 6, andchanged, and the core staﬀ is now made up of evacuees. The

region of Fukushima Prefecture with Tokyo, transformed into

consensus among evacuees and aid workers has been to makeevacuation routes for people ﬂeeing from radiation. Because it

the content of the Yellow Handkerchief Community Salonʼs

lies on these routes, Matsudo City was the ﬁrst to announce that

activities applicable to evacueesʼ current lives, whether they

it was receiving evacuees, and citizens spontaneously began tochoose to return to their hometowns or remain in Matsudo.

provide aid where the government could not reach. Citizens
separately gave aid, mostly in the form of supplies, until evacuees
were able to move into temporary housing. In 2012, theMatsudo-Tohoku Interaction Project was founded by NPOs andindividuals reacting to complaints of loneliness from evacuees,
who were living temporarily in Matsudo without social or
geographic connections. They made a plan to build a place
where evacuees could
gather at any time, and in
January 2013 they achieved
their goal and opened
Yellow Handkerchief, anevacuee community support
salon. In the beginning, thesalon was managed three

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times a week with aid workers as staﬀ members, but in 2014 thisthe Joban Expressway, the main routes connecting the Hamadori

The Yellow Handkerchief opening concert

I am often asked why I work so hard on aid activities for the Great East
Japan Earthquake. Because Fureai Net Matsudo is an NPO focusing on
welfare and elder care, our only previous experience with disaster aid
activities was that of participating in fundraising campaigns for disaster NPOs.
The Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear accident were ashock that questioned the reason for our organizationʼs existence. Our
mission is to promote a spirit of helping one another so that everyone canlive in humane conditions and to create a society in which people support
each other, but our administrators and our volunteer staﬀ all recognized thatthe whole concept of our organization was being
called into question. I feel that we have gotten backmore than we invested in aid activities for the Great
East Japan Earthquake. Through these activities, wehave learned about ﬂexibility and toughness, and wehave gone from working in isolation to working
as part of a network. We hope to continue to set
goals and challenges that cause us to stretch a bit
beyond our reach in order to undertake activities
Yoshito Okuda
in sympathy with all those aﬀected by the disaster. (Deputy Presentative)

they can take the next steps toward coordinating and cooperating based on their participation in these network organizations.
The recognition that network organizations are needed as a base for eﬃcient and eﬀective aid is widely shared among those
involved in aid.
● Consciousness of coordination and cooperation on the part of individuals involved in aid and aid organizations, and consciousness on
the part of aid recipients of receiving eﬃcient and eﬀective aid based on coordination taking place in the network organization● The establishment of a system for outside investments and training of specialized staﬀ to administer it, in order to address the diﬃcultyof securing capital and administrative staﬀ necessary to manage network organizations in a functional way● Consideration of the establishment of a general aid apparatus to facilitate response to disaster damage wherever in the country it
occurs, based on coordination between citizensʼ organization and government agencies
Although JPF has seen steady results from its personnel
investments and subsidies to network organizations, theextent of aid is limited, and many local needs have notComparative a
chievements after theGreat East Japan Earthquake

Future challenges

been met. Future disaster response will require a systemof subsidies to directly support the operations ofion
Cooperat

coordinating organizations, as well as the creation of an

Coordinationof aidapparatus for increased investment of resources.

* Organizations such as liaison groups or committees on activities, which
are open to, and bring together, a wide range of aid organizations andpeople involved in aid. The managing body and participants engage inactivities such as sharing information about aid activities, coordinating
aid, and promoting cooperation

NPO

NPO

Business

NPO

Business
Administration

NPO

Socialwelfarecouncils

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Debrieﬁng Session Report

Preparing to Face Future Disasters
Makiko Ohashi(JPF Domestic Division
Deputy Manager)“The Forum to Make Tohokuʼs Fourth Year
Visible in the Center of Tokyo: The Coordinating Role of JAPAN PLATFORM ”
Reports in the voices of local people on the recovery situation andcoordination work
On December 11, 2014, “The Forum to Make Tohokuʼs FourthDec. 11, 2014

between public and private sectors and with prefecture-wide

Year Visible in the Center of Tokyo: The Coordinating Role ofcoordination of people involved in aid, the panel discussed theJAPAN PLATFORM” was held in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.

form that coordination, the key to eﬀective and sustainable

First, the JPF regional administrators for the three regions

aid, will take in dealing with disaster damage in the future.

reported on the coordination and support activities that they

Many attendees felt that they were able to understand thecarried out in close contact with their localities, and on thecurrent situation in Tohoku and the current phase of recovery,

current situation and challenges. Following this, threeand business representatives in particular commented thatorganizations subsidized by the “Living Together” Fund (Cannus

they would like to receive more information in the future in

Tohoku, the Iwaki Council to Support 3.11 Disaster Victims, andorder to review their aid strategies. JPF will actively transmit

the Japan Car-Sharing Association) spoke about problems facing

information from the front lines while continuing its eﬀorts tothe disaster-aﬀected areas, the nature of their aid activities, andconnect providers of aid to disaster-aﬀected areas that are

their cooperative work with JPF.

traveling the long road to recovery.

The second half of the event was a panel

the Great East Japan Earthquake, the expectations for JPF have risen among domestic disaster response NGOs and NPOs, local authorities,
and government oﬃcials. It was in this context that the Hiroshima Landslide Disaster occurred: JPFʼs ﬁrst domestic activity since the Great
East Japan Earthquake. The lessons learned in the Hiroshima Landslide Disaster show that in order to ensure that the experience gained
from the Great East Japan Earthquake does not fade, it is crucial that JPFʼs allied organizations create a system for disaster response,
including response to mid-sized disasters. JPF has hosted meetings of domestic disaster task forces many times. It has visualized responses
to disasters of varying magnitudes and in diﬀering ﬁelds of aid, holding a series of discussions regarding coordination of ﬁnancial subsidies
and executive oﬃces, and has planned standards for operations in the event of future disasters. JPF aspires to further enhancements ofthese standards through continued planning of domestic disaster response guidelines.

Consideration of the establishment of an institution to regulate coordination between
public and private sectors
Despite the experience of the Great East Japan Earthquake, there is still no institution in Japan charged with taking an overall view of thedisaster-aﬀected areas. An institution to coordinate aid will be indispensible to the future of Japanese society, and in order to be prepared fornecessity of establishing a coordinating institution is recognized as a common challenge. JPF together with intermediary aid organizations

government oﬃcials who were involved inhave launched a preparatory committee for the establishment of this coordinating institution. It has also observed a regulatory system in theemergency response, and JPFʼs manager ofUnited States, implemented debrieﬁng sessions, and incorporated what was learned into a proposal. Eventually, the goal is for NGOs, NPOs,

domestic operations. Based on theirgovernments, social welfare councils, economic organizations and unions to have a comprehensive grasp of the disaster and aid

experiences in Tohoku with coordination

situations and to found a regulatory institution to support smoother aid work, with an eye to coordinating with the principal domestic actors.

The Third UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction: A public forum“International Cooperation NGOsʼ Tohoku Aid Conversation Night:
Mar. 14, 2015
Creating Collaboration with Local Areas ”
Introducing the hard work in Tohoku of international NGOs and their local partners
In March 2015, the third UN World Conference on Disasterproceedings. Among the questions were deep items like “At what

Reduction, where relevant oﬃcials from each country discuss

point did you feel that you could trust your partners?” The event

international approaches in the ﬁeld of disaster reduction, was held

overﬂowed with laughter and exclamations as panelists shared war

in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. On March 14, at the pavilion

stories and frank talk. At the meeting, presenting NGOs shared

dedicated to “Civil Society Collaboration and Disaster Risk

sweets and stories from Tohoku and from the overseas locations

Reduction,” JAPAN PLATFORM hosted “International NGOsʼ Tohoku

where they are involved in aid, and attendees were able to feel a

Aid Conversation Night: Creating Collaboration with Local Areas.”

more intimate connection with the feelings of people working

Preparedness for domestic disaster response
JPF has participated in trainings and workshops on disaster response planned by the Cabinet Oﬃce and local authorities. Through its
involvement in these trainings and workshops, JPF has not only deepened its relationships with the participating agencies, but has alsobrought to their attention the necessity of coordination between public and private sectors
and among citizensʼ organizations, as well as the need for a regulatory institution. JPF willcontinue to participate in workshops and trainings by the Cabinet Oﬃce, Tokyo Metropolis,
Shizuoka Prefecture, and Miyagi Prefecture. It will contribute to verifying and strengthening
the functioning of regulatory institutions and the mobilization of the previously mentioned
allied organizations. By repeating these trainings and workshops, it intends to further
prepare the environment for the implementation of aid activities, and to organize
preparations for disaster response.

180 people from various backgrounds participating

The United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction

toward recovery and the conditions in the places where they work.

The third UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction was held from March 14-18,

Many people who came said that they were unaware of the2015 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. More than 5000 people from the 193 UN member

Nippon International Cooperation for Community Development)

activities of international NGOs and of JPF. Many said that they learned

countries assembled in Sendai: Government representatives including heads of state andpaired up with their respective local cooperating organizations

about the hard work involved in activities in aﬀected areas, and aboutcabinet ministers, international organizations, and NGOs. They discussed international

and individuals, and conversationally reported on the activities

the relationships of strong trust with local partners. This international

disaster reduction strategies for facing future disasters. JPF and its allied organizations

that they have been working on together. Following this, in theconference, which is held only once every ten years, took advantage

also planned and participated in related events, actively sharing experiences of aid worksecond section, the chiefs of operations for the threeof the experience and knowhow of Japanʼs international NGOs. It wasin disaster-aﬀected areas and discussing domestic and international disaster response.

organizations and JPFʼs director of domestic operations engaged

an important opportunity to let people know about possibilities for

Needless to say, the event was a place for the world to share the sadness, pain, and hopein a panel discussion moderated by Mayumi Sakamoto, speciallygiving back through disaster response, and about the importancefor the future inspired by the events of March 11, 2011.

appointed associate professor at Nagoya Universityʼs Disasterof recovery through working hand-in-hand with local people.

Reduction Cooperation Research Center.

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unique to their organizations. This brought about a great transformation in Japanʼs domestic disaster response. Based on JPFʼs response torelationships between governments, social welfare councils, and domestic disaster networks through trainings and workshops, and theon coordination in the aﬀected areas,

In the ﬁrst section, three of JPFʼs allied organizations (Association

Many NGOs entered disaster-aﬀected areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake. They developed higher-quality aid activities than had
ever been seen before in Japan, using their experience overseas of emergency humanitarian aid and aid standards, and the knowhow

future disasters, we must hasten to consider the foundation of such an institution. JPFʼs activities of the past three years have strengthened

discussion among aid organizations working

for Aid and Relief Japan, Habitat for Humanity Japan, andBuilding a system for domestic disaster response by JPFʼs allied organizations

Speech by James McGowan, of the United States
NVOAD (National Volunteer Organizations Active inDisaster), an advanced system for the coordinationof the public and private sectors

Including deaths related to the earthquake, the number of people who died or went missingin the Great East Japan Earthquake is far more than 20,000. We will never forget this. JPF and its

JPF had set up an “Analog Twitter” corner,

partner organizations were working in the disaster areas immediately following the earthquake.

where attendees at the conference could freely

Grateful for the generous ﬁnancial support from companies, organizations and individuals, wewrite and post their questions or thoughts onshare their feelings, and coordinating and cooperating with disaster victims, NPOs and NGOs,

the strengths and weaknesses of international

aid organizations and local governments, we have continued our aid work in Tohoku. To

NGOs on slips of paper, and the panel talkprepare for the next disaster that will someday come, we are determined to properly passincorporated these “murmurs” into its

on to the next generation the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake.

A heated exchange of opinions during a panel discussion↑Photos show a public forum held by the Preparatory
Committee for the Establishment of a Coordinating
Institution, “Considering the System for Coordinationof Aid in Disasters: Toward the Creation of a New
Disaster Response Coordination Mechanism Between
the Public and Private Sectors”

17Messages from the Companies and Organizations
that Provide Ongoing Support to JPF
Continued donations of employee fundraising to JPF
We work on aid to disaster-aﬀected areas and contributions to local
society using ICT.

activities in ﬁscal year 2014 have sent us their messages. We are grateful for your warm support and encouragement.
We will keep carrying out our work diligently, and hope for your continued support.

JPF connected our employeesʼ desire to help with children in need of aid
JPFʼs matching of NPOs and businesses has led visibly to tangible
expansion of activities.

At the NTT docomo Group, we approach corporate social

In the area of fundraising,

responsibility in terms of two pillars. The ﬁrst is providing new

employees have voluntarily

Chugai Pharmaceutical Group participates in the “Roche

Fukushima Prefecture. We visitedvalue through our business to solve a variety of social

contributed ￥311 each month, and inChildrenʼs Walk,” a global charity event held by the

Fuyodo 2100, and got a very

problems. The second is establishing a business structure thatﬁscal year 2014, this program had

Roche Company. This is a fundraising event for relief for

positive impression from thecustomers can trust as an enterprise which leads in social

approximately 11,000 supporters.

children throughout the world who are in need of aid,

bright smiles of children under the

infrastructure. As part of this, we have developed aFurthermore, the company matchessuch as aids orphans in the Republic of Malawi in Africa.

warm, protective gaze of staﬀ at“Smartphone / Mobile Phone Safety Class,” as well as working

the total amount of contributions from employees with its

After the occurrence of the 2011 Great East Japan

the Hikari Community Salon,on activities such as “Device Collection and Recycling” and theown equal donation, and we work together for Tohoku.

Earthquake, a part of the money collected in Japan has

which the organization operates.

As a member of the Roche Group, every year the

NTT DOCOMO, INC.

Ms. Hiroko Kawasaki

hoped for: Fuyodo 2100, active in

CHUGAI
PHARMACEUTICAL
CO., LTD.

Mr. Masato Kato

“Docomo Forest” which lead to contributions to local society.

Four years have passed since the earthquake, and comparedbeen used for aid to children in disaster-aﬀected areas.

At the presentation ceremony for the donation last year

In particular, to provide recovery aid since the Great East

to the period directly following the disaster, the present needs

Many of our employees had the desire to contribute toin July, the children handed us thank-you letters,

Japan Earthquake, we have worked actively on fundraisinghave changed signiﬁcantly as recovery proceeds. As an ICT

the disaster-aﬀected areas, so when it came time tohand-drawn posters and origami peacocks, and I haveand staﬀ volunteering under the name “Docomo Tohoku

company we have coordinated with JPF, and through various

donate the money that we had collected fromnever experienced such a heartfelt ceremony. JPF will of

Cheer Group.”

services we have shifted the focus of our activities to

employees, we searched for an organization that would

course be our continued partner, communicating actual

psychological care, in close contact with disaster areas. We

use our aid in a tangible way, and that we could

local needs to us, and we look forward to JPFʼsplan to continue extending these eﬀorts in the future.

continue to cooperate with on activities. As we were

continued involvement as a bridge that connects us

Finally, we hope that our ICT, combined with thechoosing where to send our aid in 2014, we consulted

with people in need.

Since 2012, volunteer activities by staﬀ volunteers havecontinued to expand. Speciﬁcally, these activities include
supporting work at farms and ﬁsheries in Rikuzentakata, Iwate
and Minamisanriku, Miyagi and installing wooden decks on

information that JPF has about requirements across a widewith JPF, which had accepted our donations when

temporary housing. A total of more than 1,000 employees

area, will be of some use to disaster victims, and that we cannatural disasters occurred. Using its network, JPF washave participated.

make a contribution to local society.

able to introduce us to the perfect match that we had

In sympathy with JPFʼs speedy and direct long-term approach to aid
Along with the late Keiko Nakajima, we will continue our eﬀorts to bringabout smiles and bonds between people through the power of music.

We held a seminar to consider recovery aid activities
beyond the ﬁfth year, and invited JPF.

Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc.

Ms. Masako Ishimori

Our organization is an NPO founded in 2008 by the late opera

areas. We are continuing these activities insigner Keiko Nakajima and myself to engage in activities thatthe hope that they will in some measure aid

engaged in aid including ﬁnancial contributions, provision of

After the earthquake occurred, Nisshin Seifun Groupcookies developed through both business and NPO aid work,

contribute to society through music. “Feel better by smiling andpsychological recovery, and help the people

company products, donations of money raised among our“Polvorón Magic Cookies,” have been sold since October 2014.

singing together” is our motto, and in a modern society in which

in disaster-aﬀected areas to smile. We

connections between people are weakening, we strive toencountered JPF for the ﬁrst time on our

rejuvenate these human bonds through music (group singing).

visit to Minamisanriku. Even though the

To this purpose, we began with aid for setting up and managing

volunteer spirit is still relatively underdeveloped in Japan, JPF was

the “Smile Chorus,” a social group for local residents. At ﬁrst,

Smile CHORUS

employees, and hiring of employees from disaster-aﬀected

provided aid in the form of training in baking techniques. The

In March 2015, at the beginning of the ﬁfth year, we held an

areas. Starting in 2012, Nisshin Seifun Group created an

in-house seminar on the theme “Considering Future Recovery

Oﬃce for the Promotion of Recovery Aid at its headquarters,

Aid Activities,” to which we invited a lecturer from JPF. The

with the aid goals of “restoration and recovery aid to disaster

lecturer gave us the viewpoint and approach to disasterengaging speedily and directly in long-term aid, and were in sympathy

aﬀected regions, with a focus on Fukushima” and “doing

response that only a specialist in emergency humanitarian aid

there were only a few groups comprising a few dozen people, butwith them. By continuing to donate the ﬁnancial contributions collected bywhat we can, when we can, as much as we can.” We held

work could, discussing the realities of emergency response,

the smiles spread, and there are now around 250 groups in Tokyo,

our organization and by the Smile Chorus members, and by continuing toworkplace sales of products made in the disaster-aﬀected

the experience gained from four years of aid activities in Iwate

Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama, with a total of approximately 5,000

hold Smile Sing-Alongs, we will give our encouragement toward recovery.

areas, oﬀered classes on cooking with ﬂour and making craft

Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, and Fukushima Prefecture, andprojects using modeling clay at temporary housing areasa new framework for dealing

and at tsunami-damaged daycares and after-schoolwith disasters aﬀecting a

programs, and sent employees to support the work ofwide area. Employees werefarmers and ﬁshermen aﬀected by the disaster.

able to deepen their

Mr. Hideharu Okada

people throughout these areas enjoying singing and making
friends. The main role in these activities is played by the people
who gather together to sing, the members of the Smile Chorus.
After the Great East Japan Earthquake, the members of the
Smile Chorus and I traveled to Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture threetimes, and Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture two times to holdSmile Sing-Alongs, singing childrenʼs songs, choruses, and20th-century ballads together with people in the disaster-aﬀected

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Four of the companies and organizations among those of you that have continually supported JAPAN PLATFORMʼs

In the Smile Chorus, we focus on childrenʼs songs
that everyone knows, singing them out loud with asmile. Valuing not only physical health, but also goodold-fashioned closeness and warmth, we do this in
the hope that everyone will help each other andbecome emotionally healthy, too. We hope that these
activities will invigorate people and make ours into asplendid country that overﬂows with energy.

The late
Ms. Keiko Nakajima

Since ﬁscal year 2013, the NPO Shinsei, based in Koriyama,

understanding of disaster

Fukushima Prefecture and one of the recipients of JPFʼs “Living

aid. We hope that JPF will

Together” funding, has operated 11 welfare workplaces making

continue to act as a guiding

cookies. Taking advantage of our companyʼs strengths, we

compass in disaster aid work.

“Polvorón Magic Cookies”©Shinsei

JPF is responsible for English translation.

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Companies and Organizations that
We are grateful for your warm support.
Provide Support to JPF
Contributing businesses and organizations

FY2014

Asahi Century Mizuhodai residents' association

Nosan Corporation

ASK Corporationnousagikikaku

Astellasparkcarnival

American Express International Inc.

Public Resources Foundation

AEON Bank

Hitachi Inspharma, Ltd.

Ibaraki Prefectural Tamatsukuri Technical High School

Pﬁzer Holdings G.K.

Value World

Fortune Works Natural

Utsunomiya Gururi-shi Executive Committee

Free Wave

UMI Co., Ltd.

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

NSD

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Social Contribution Fund

Carrying Out the Reconstruction Agencyʼs“Project to Coordinate Aid to Disaster Victims”
Working together with the coordinated recovery centers in the three prefectures andwith the General Incorporated Association RCF Recovery Aid TeamIn the three months between December 24, 2014 and March 31, 2015, we carried out a “Project to Coordinate Aid to Disaster Victims.”
JPF was entrusted with this project by the Reconstruction Agency, and carried out the project together with the coordinated recovery
centers in Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate and with the General Incorporated Association RCF Recovery Aid Team.
As the phase of recovery after the Great East Japan Earthquake changes, new challenges are being exposed, the situations of thoseaﬀected by the disaster are diversifying, and the progression of local issues that existed before the disaster is accelerating. In order tosolve increasingly complex problems, a comprehensive approach to aid is needed, including the regulation of aid systems, coordinationand cooperation between those involved in aid, mediation of resources, and use of preexisting systems.
Based on the above recognition of the issues, the purpose of this project was to contribute to solving the problems facing disastervictims. We encouraged coordination among the various entities engaging in recovery aid work, used systems to protect disaster victims
and enrich community-building aid, supported staﬀ recruitment, and became involved in coordinating and aiding activities in each area.
The members of our team ‒ the three prefectural coordinated recovery centers, RCF Recovery Aid Team, and the JPF coordinators ‒ visited theirrespective areas of activity, and learned about the issues and needs that local authorities and disaster victims face. As a result, they were able toconsider many strategies for problem-solving, including ideas connected to enriching aid systems and matching with companiesʼ CSR activities.
We also held workshops for those involved in aid for the Great East
Japan Earthquake in Fukushima, Miyagi, and Iwate on February 24 and25, 2015. There was a speech regarding aid as people move out of publicdisaster housing, and an explanation from the Reconstruction Agency of its
systems and policies. The number of people involved in aid who attended
the workshops in the three prefectures totaled almost 100.

NTT docomo Group & the staﬀ

Miyagi Prefectural Miyagino High School

NPO Smile-Chorus

Metal One Steel Service Corporation

Kanagawa Prefectural Fujisawa High School Social Welfare Committee

Yahoo! Japan Corporation

Kaplan Omotesando

Euromonitor International

Good Place

Yokohama Kuboyama Komyo-ji

cocotteRYOHIN KEIKAKU CO., LTD.

The JBA Foundation
Shikumio

NTT PC Communications Incorporated

Japan Coretec

Grant Thornton Taiyo LLC

Jujo Ginza Shopping Street Donation Box

dentsuJoy Life Co., Ltd.

The Japanese Institute of Certiﬁed Public Accountants

Spirit Yoga Studio Osaka

BMW Group Japan

Serendipity Inc.

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Daiwa Securities Daiwa Point Program

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

Tokyo Kousoku Insatsu

Mori Yoichi certiﬁed public accountant oﬃce

TOYOTA TSUSHO staﬀ
naturalset
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were able to make a head start on the 2015 projects. We hope that theseprojects will help to create the environment and systems in whichautonomous, locally-led recovery eﬀorts can continue, with the threeprefecturesʼ recovery coordination centers playing a pivotal role.

Notes:
1. The list covers the names of companies and organizations providing aid in ﬁscal year 2014.
2. The names of companies and organizations which did not wish this information to be public,or from which we did not receive donation consent forms, are not printed.
3. Individual donors are not printed in consideration of their privacy.

Workshop for those involved in aid, held in Koriyama on February 24, 2015

Income and Expenditure Report (March 11, 2011-March 31, 2015)

Supporting businesses and organizations

SHISEIDO Camellia Fund

The Toa Reinsurance Company, Limited

We have positioned the projects that we carried out in ﬁscal year 2014as pilots for the full-ﬂedged projects to begin in ﬁscal year 2015, andIncome￥7,191,383,676
Remaining funds donatedfor aid programs to victimsof domestic disasters

Expenditure￥7,191,383,676

Material donations

Material donations

Funds to be used in the future￥36,826,374 worth￥36,826,374 worth￥766,778,213￥933,286
JPF Coordination andMonitoring project￥374,173,878
Donations(Including ￥7,072,713
in FY2014)

Project operating
expenses￥242,550,000(Including ￥37,300,000
in FY2014)￥7,153,624,016(Including ￥69,880,530
in FY2014)

Subsidies through“Living Together” Fund
￥1,161,668,530(Including ￥155,617,094 in FY2014)

Subsidies to
JPF member NGOs
￥4,609,386,681(￥0 in FY2014)

Note : The amounts shown for subsidies and JPF Oﬃce project expenses is the original amount of the budget for each project less the unused funds which were returned (the total sum
as of March 31, 2015 was ￥845,370,422). Returned funds are included in “funds to be used in the future.”

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List of projects funded by “Living Together” Fund
The 17th through the 20th Screenings (FY2014)
Organization* Name

Project Description*All organizations are registered non-proﬁt entities.
Project Venue

Project Period

Contracted Amount

Community Aid
FuratTohoku

Lectures by experts to develop human resources for solving regional issues

Miyagi, Fukushima

2014/10/1〜2014/12/31

1,228,181

Japan Association for Refugees

Building the capacity of local NPOs working on aid activities for sustainable development

Iwate, Miyagi

2014/7/1〜2015/7/31

2,518,000

Kokusai Shien Chikyu-muraTea gatherings for those moving to public recovery housing and those with multicultural
backgrounds in order to re-build community

Miyagi2014/10/1〜2015/3/31

Kids' Door

Dispatching coordinators to public middle schools for learning support

Miyagi2014/10/1〜2014/12/31

1,850,130

Tasukeai no Kai Fureai Net Matsudo

Handicrafts classes and events; consultation visits to support the evacuees from Fukushima

Chiba

2014/10/1〜2015/3/31

5,995,000

SAVE TAKATA

Disseminating information on tourism, culture, history, and memories of Rikuzentakata on theInternet and through apps and booklets to invite visitors

Iwate

2015/1/1〜2015/12/31

6,621,414

MIRAITO

Trunk exercise classes and consultation visits for the elderly, farming for children, andinformation dispatching for local people

Fukushima

2015/4/1〜2016/3/31

7,076,000

Kyoiku Sogo Shien Kikou Yuwau

Dispatching coordinators for special science classes taught by working adults at public
elementary and middle schools

Miyagi2015/1/1〜2015/3/31

780,000

Shanti Volunteer Association

Constructing a ﬁsh processing plant, and assisting local producers with incorporation torevive the Kurauchi ﬁshing community

Miyagi2015/4/1〜2016/3/31

9,929,800

3,744,100

Peac Boat Disaster Relief Volunteer Center

Publishing "Temporary Housing News" and hand-delivering it while checking on evacuees

Miyagi2015/4/1〜2016/3/31

9,558,000

Furusato Machizukuri Nine Town

Nurturing human resources through workshops for youth committee members, roadbeautiﬁcation events, and developing seafood and farm products to sell at the community store

Miyagi2015/4/1〜2015/9/30

5,577,000

Personal Support Center

Gathering café at newly-built public recovery housing to enhance mutual support among residents

Miyagi2015/5/1〜2015/7/31

2,232,500

Seikatsu Shien Project K

Exercise & knitting classes, café, health checks, and consultation sessions for evacuees in
temporary housing and local people

Miyagi2015/4/1〜2015/6/30

1,635,970

Osaki Chiiki Souzou Kenkyukai

Farming/cooking events for evacuees in temporary and recovery housing and surveys of theircurrent situation

Miyagi2015/4/1〜2015/6/30

917,000

FuratTohoku

Lectures by experts, study tours, and training sessions to develop human resources forsolving regional issues

Miyagi, Fukushima

2015/4/1〜2016/3/31

6,760,452

Workers' Coop

Supporting residents' associations in public recovery housing through events and classes
at the community center, and house calls to check on residents

Iwate

2015/4/1〜2015/6/30

2,396,000

Yume Net Ofunato

Handicrafts classes at temporary and recovery housing and hand-delivery of "Rehabilitation News"

Iwate

2015/4/1〜2016/3/31

5,761,800

Machizukuri Gurutto Otsuchi

Handicrafts workshops for evacuees in temporary housing and handicrafts sales at a local
shopping center and on the Internet

Iwate

2015/4/1〜2016/3/31

4,831,000

The People

Operating the Onahama Reconstruction Support Volunteer Center and Onahama Exchange
Salon, and training operating staﬀ

Fukushima

2015/4/1〜2016/3/31

5,517,008

Tasukeai no Kai Fureai Net Matsudo

Handicrafts classes and events; consultation visits to support the evacuees from Fukushima

Chiba

2015/4/1〜2015/9/30

5,740,000

Chiiki Zukuri Support Net"Hidamari Exchange Salon" for evacuees, events with local people, Mt. Fuji tours, publishing
Fukushima information booklets

Shizuoka

2015/4/20〜2016/3/19

4,273,800

S Space

Rehabilitating disabled children who evacuated from Fukushima to Miyagi

Miyagi2014/7/1〜2015/6/30

9,600,000

Kokoro no Kakehashi Iwate

Training local personnel as mental health aides and coordinators for IT literacy

Iwate

2014/10/1〜2014/12/31

2,479,288

HANDS

Creating a network of child care resources to enhance a self-reliant child-rearing environment

Iwate

2014/8/1〜2015/7/31

6,483,252

AsagaoTransportation support for the elderly and the disabled who evacuated from towns contaminatedby radioactivity

Fukushima

2014/7/1〜2015/6/30

8,320,000

Single Mothers Forum Fukushima

Providing food, job trainings, and consultation sessions for single parents with ﬁnancial diﬃculties

Fukushima

2014/10/1〜2015/9/30

5,473,000

Fuyodo 2100

Day care, life training and consultation sessions at "Hikari Support House" for disabled children
and families who evacuated from towns contaminated by radioactivity

Fukushima

2014/10/1〜2015/4/30

1,038,540

MÉDECINS DU MONDE JAPON

Dispatching psychiatrists and nurses to support the Nagomi Mental Clinic in Soso district,
Fukushima

Fukushima

2015/1/1〜2015/12/31

6,139,560

Re-Plus

Rehabilitation trainings and local interaction programs for the elderly and the disabled

Miyagi2015/1/1〜2015/3/31

1,525,976

Cannus Tohoku

Comprehensive care for the elderly and the disabled at "Oraho House" and trainings for
local care providers

Miyagi2015/4/1〜2016/3/31

5,172,000

Manabi no Mori

Study support for elementary and middle school students in temporary housing, and for truant
and class-refusing students at middle schools

Miyagi2015/4/1〜2015/6/30

2,700,000

Ai Net Takata

Free transportation service for the elderly and the disabled without a means transportation

Iwate

2015/4/1〜2015/6/30

935,000

Kokkyo naki Kodomotachi

Mobile Children's Center serving temporary housing

Iwate

2015/4/1〜2015/12/31

10,000,000

Safety-Net Aid

Maam Takata

Consultation sessions, networking, and staﬀ training at the Women's Center

Iwate

2015/4/1〜2015/9/30

3,675,800

Food Bank Iwate

Providing food for those below welfare standard

Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima

2015/4/1〜2015/6/30

985,500

PARCIC

Final phase of assistance to "Nikkori Farm," a newly established non-proﬁt organization, for selfsupporting management of vegetable/ﬂower cultivation and sales of crops and cooked dishes

Miyagi2014/7/1〜2015/5/31

7,678,564

Kesennuma Shigoto Sosyutsu Project

Developing a marine products marketing course for high school students to help them ﬁnd jobs
at homeMiyagi2014/10/1〜2014/12/29

494,000

Assisting "Fish Market 38," a newly established local organization, with self-supporting
management of marine product processing and sales, to empower the Karakuwa
ﬁshing community

Miyagi2014/10/20〜2015/2/28

3,426,580

Occupational Aid

Nippon International Cooperation forCommunity Development（NICCO）
Tome Town Net

Information and communication technology training to develop of local human resources

Miyagi2015/1/20〜2015/4/20

2,849,880

SwitchInternships to prevent youth from leaving their hometowns for cities (phase III)

Miyagi2015/4/1〜2016/3/31

7,489,000

Assisting "Fish Market 38," a newly established local organization, with self-supporting
management of marine product processing and sales, to empower the Karakuwa
ﬁshing community (Phase II)

Miyagi2015/3/24〜2016/3/23

9,897,092

Production of commodities from reused air bags and seat belts of scrapped cars, to revitalize
the local community

Fukushima

2015/4/1〜2015/9/30

4,512,200

ShinseiStaﬀ training sessions and networking for support organizations for the disabled

Fukushima

2014/12/15〜2015/3/15

978,692

3.11Hisaisha wo Shien suru
Iwaki Renraku Kyogikai

Publishing a monthly information booklet for evacuees and victims; coordinating and networking
for NPOs, social welfare councils, and public oﬃces

Fukushima

2015/1/1〜2015/12/31

9,992,000

Nippon International Cooperation forCommunity Development（NICCO）
Nakoso Machizukuri Support Center

Coordination Aid

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The 16th Screening (On-going in FY2014)
Organization* Name

Project Description

Project Venue

Project Period

Fureai Station Ai

House-to-house support visits

Iwate

2014/4/1〜2015/3/31

Contracted Amount
463,450

Yume Net Ofunato

Handicrafts classes and publication of rehabilitation news

Iwate

2014/4/1〜2015/3/31

3,846,000

The People

Operating a Volunteer Center and Community Salon

Fukushima

2014/4/1〜2015/3/31

4,527,520

Chiiki Zukuri Support Net"Hidamari Exchange Salon" for evacuees, events with local people, publishing Fukushima
information booklets

Shizuoka

2014/5/20〜2015/1/19

3,052,800

Egao no OtetsudaiComputer/Japanese language/nursing classes for non-Japanese victims to promote social andﬁnancial independence

Miyagi2014/4/1〜2015/3/31

9,999,100

S・Space

Rehabilitating disabled children who evacuated from Fukushima to Miyagi

Miyagi2014/4/1〜2014/6/30

1,000,000

Cannus Tohoku

Comprehensive care at "Oraho House," house calls for the elderly and the disabled, and trainings
for local care supporters

Miyagi2014/4/1〜2015/3/31

6,210,000

Sansan no Kai

Food delivery and checking in on the elderly

Iwate

2014/4/1〜2014/9/30

5,133,000

Maam Takata

Setting up a help desk for women at the Womenʼs Center

Iwate

2014/4/1〜2014/6/30

996,500

MÉDECINS DU MONDE JAPON

Dispatching psychiatrists and nurses to support the Nagomi Mental Clinic in Soso district,
Fukushima

Fukushima

2014/4/1〜2014/12/31

4,184,730

Coaster

Creating a mutually assisted support system among the elderly in Kawauchi

Fukushima

2014/4/1〜2014/6/30

998,000

SwitchInternships to prevent youth from leaving their hometowns for cities

Miyagi2014/4/1〜2015/3/31

4,330,000

Furusato Machizukuri Nine Town

Supporting local self-reliance through promotion of community businesses

Miyagi2014/4/1〜2015/3/31

6,632,000

Ecomesse

Promoting local self-reliance through community businesses among women living
in temporary housing

Fukushima

2014/4/1〜2014/9/30

1,094,100

Garnet Miyagi

Strengthening the "Yamamoto Conference for Seeding the Future" to create a coordination
platform

Miyagi2014/4/1〜2014/6/30

999,480

Iwate Renkei fukko Center

Enhancing the environment for aid providers engaging in self-reliant and sustainable activities

Iwate

2014/5/1〜2014/12/31

9,952,000@Rias NPO Support Center

Enhancing coordination among NPOs to strengthen their ability to provide support indisaster-aﬀected areas

Iwate

2014/4/1〜2014/9/30

2,802,040

As of May 2015

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