Caritas Japan Annual Report 2019

From Our President
We want to express our sincere thanks to everyone who supports the activities of Caritas Japan andsend you our annual report for 2019.
In November 2019, Pope Francis made a visit to Japan with the theme PROTECT ALL LIFE.
At a gathering with victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake, he said, "No one ‘rebuilds’ byhimself or herself; nobody can start over alone. We have to find a friendly and fraternal hand,capable of helping to raise … our horizon and our hope.” He emphasized the importance ofsupporting one another to protect life.
For the past two years, Caritas conducted a global campaign to support refugees and migrants. The
many people who are forced to leave their home countries for various reasons all have differentstories. By listening to those stories, we can support them and protect each life. The international
SHARE THE JOURNEY CAMPAIGN that continued until the end of 2019 called for that with theaim of creating a world in which no one is excluded. Thank you to everyone who cooperated in thecampaign activities.
It is nearly 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. For Caritas Japan, reconstruction
assistance remains a priority for its activities.
This year the coronavirus pandemic has increased the threat to life. The resulting isolation forvarious reasons including economic deterioration is causing the number of people facing crises toincrease rapidly.
Caritas Japan will continue to raise awareness in Japan and build a world full of God's love whiletackling the challenges of these crises. We ask for your continued understanding and cooperation
to PROTECT ALL LIFE.
Isao Kikuchi, Archbishop of Tokyo
President, Caritas Japan

Our Funds
Caritas Japan depends solely on donations from individual donors in Japan and does not receive any publicfunds or government subsidies. These donations are made either by direct contribution from individualdonors or through special collections organized by dioceses, parishes and other institutions.

Amount of total donation 2019
Lenten Collection
For Domestic Assistance
For Overseas Assistance
For Domestic Emergencies
For Overseas Emergencies
Christmas Donation
Donation from monthly supporters
Support for Caritas JapanFor the Great East Japan Earthquake￥236,395,344￥59,606,584￥12,045,647￥21,191,689￥84,179,628￥5,307,005￥22,021,130￥7,903,399￥6,026,404￥18,113,858

Aid Activities
2019 Aid Total¥305,648,891

Overseas AidCountryActivity

Aid Organization

Amount (Yen)

BahamasHurricane Dorian - Rebuilding for Resilience（EA28/19）

Caritas Bahamas

544650

Bangladesh

Education Program for Ethnic Children

Caritas Bangladesh

5,498,137

Bangladesh

Caritas Response to Forcibly Displaced People of Myanmar in Bangladesh

Caritas Bangladesh

1,106,000

Caritas Bangladesh

537,100

Caritas Bangladesh

547,350

Caritas Burkina Faso

532,550（EA03/19）
Bangladesh

Early Recovery Program for People Severely Affected by Floods 2019（EA25/19）

Bangladesh

Emergency and Recovery Programs for Cyclone Bulbul 2019（EA31/19）

Burkina

Assistance for People Displaced Internally by Bad Security Sitation, andFaso

Their Host Families (EA19/19）

Cambodia

Youth Development Program 2018-2020 (Year 2/3 )Caritas Cambodia

1,659,000

Cambodia

Vocational Skills Development Center Support Project

Caritas Cambodia

2,212,000

Cambodia

Youth Development Program 2018-2020 ( Year3/3)

Caritas Cambodia

1,092,200

CambodiaPrevention of Human Trafficking and Vocational Skill Development

Caritas Cambodia

2,184,400

DR CongoMobilization Assistance for the People Affected by Ebola Virus（EA22/19） Caritas DR Congo

540,550

Ethiopia

Climate Change Adaptation and Socio-Economic Empowerment ProjectCenter for Vulnerable Women 2020 ( Year3/4)(Year 2/3)

Caritas Ethiopia

2,878,294
2,168,535

Ethiopia

Climate Change Adaptation and Socio-Economic Empowerment Project

Caritas Ethiopia

India

Immediate Relief for Cyclone Victims in Odisha, INDIA（EA13/19)

Caritas India

551,100

India

Immediate Relief and Early Recovery for Communities Affected by Flood

Caritas India

539,850

Caritas India

5,398,500

Caritas Iraq543,300Caritas Iraq

2,173,200

Caritas Jordan

560,200

Caritas Lebanon

540,150

Caritas Malawi

553,000

Caritas Mali

593,750

Caritas Mexico

14,129,550

and Landslide（EA23/19）
India

Block Grant 2019/20(Year 3/3)

Iraq

Emergency Winterization Assistance for Vulnerable Internally DisplacedPeople（EA26/19）

Iraq

Hope ProjectJordan

Relief and Recovery Project for Syrian, Iraqi Refugees and Vulnerable
Jordanians in Jordan（EA05/17 Year 3）

LebanonMulti-Sector Intervention for Vulnerable Syrians, Iraqi Refugees and HostCommunities in Lebanon （EA23/17 Year3)

MalawiFood Insecurity Response Program for 2019(EA02/19）

Mali

Assistance for People Internally Displaced by Ethninc Conflict, and Their
Host Families

MexicoHousing Construction and Support for Communities Affected byEarthquakes. Disaster Risk Reduction

Mongolia

Support for Day Care Center for Children

Caritas Mongolia

2,725,250

Mongolila

Caritas Mongolia Administrative Support 2020

Caritas Mongolia

2,725,250

Mozambique

Recovery Response to Cyclones Idai, Kenneth & Floods (EA15/19)

Caritas Mozambique

1,080,300

Mozambique

Assistance to Floods & Cyclone Victims （EA07/19）

Caritas Mozambique

560,200

Myanmar

Promotion of Safe Migration and Reduceing Labour Exploitation (Year1/2)

Myanmar

Building Resilient Livelihoods in Seven Vulnerable Villages, Pekhon
Township

KMSS

3,548,360

KMSS Pekhon

1,622,298

Nepal

Flood Response and Early Recovery Program （EA20/19）

Caritas Nepal

532,550

Nepal

Nepal Tornado Response and Early Recovery Programme

Caritas Nepal

612,850

NigerReconstruction and Food Assistance for the Region in Diffa by Attacked by
Anti-Government Force (EA16/19)

Caritas Niger

606,350

Nigeria

Support for Victims of Boko Haram （EA24/19）

Caritas Nigeria

590,500

PakistanHeavy Rain and Flood Response 2019 （EA12/19)

Caritas Pakistan

616,650

Pakistan

Building Resilient Comminities through Community-Based Disaster Risk

Caritas Pakistan

1,099,100

Caritas Pakistan

1,099,100

Management Initiatives
Pakistan

Peace-Building Initiatives for Conflict Prevention, Interfaith and Social
Harmony in Pakistan

Pakistan

Heavy Rain and Flood Response 2019 （EA21/19）

Caritas Pakistan

590,500

Pakistan

Pakistan Earthquake Response（EA27/19）

Caritas Pakistan

603,350

Palestine

Providing Essential Medical and Social Services to the Needy in Palestine

Caritas Jerusalem

2,180,200

Caritas Jerusalem

629,300

NASSA

626,150

NASSA

601,550

Caritas Rwanda

609,100

2020
Palestine

Mobile Medical Team Project in Gaza（EA05/19）

Philippines

Emergency Assistance for Communities Affected by Tropical Depression
Usman （EA01/19）

Philippines

Emergency and Early Recovery Assistance to People Affected by 6.6
Magnitude Earthquake （EA30/19）

RwandaSupport for Mahara Refugee Camp (EA10/19)

South Sudan

Support for Vulnerable Communities to Recover from Conflict and
Co-Exist Peacefully (EA04/19）

Sri Lanka

Empowerment of Plantation Women and Sri Lankan Families Returningfrom South India

Sudan

Darfur Programme 2019（EA03/18, Year 2）

Syria

Helping Vulnerable Families in Urban Aleppo Recover from the Conflict
and Rebuild their lives and Communities（EA16/18 Year 2)

Syria

Humanitarian Assistance for Displaced Syrians

Syria

Humanitarian Support for Syrian IDP’s, Vulnerable Local Families andRefugees in Al-Jazeera region in Syria

Syria

Aid to Conflict-Affected Families of Eastern Ghouta and Damascus toRebuild their Lives and Communities （EA14/19）

Thailand

Safe Migration and Anti Human Trafficking

Togo

Institutional Development for the Engagement and Sustainability ofCaritas in Southern Africa (Year 2/2)

UgandaSustanable Agricultual Project (Year2/3)

UgandaEnhancing Livelihoods and Resilience of Refugees & Host Communities（EA18/19）

Caritas South Sudan

1,258,000

Caritas Sri Ranka

4,433,302

CAFOD

1,117,000

Caritas Syria

605,750

Caritas Syria

1,205,400

Caritas Syria

1,211,500

Caritas Syria

606,850

Caritas Asia

2,735,250

Caritas Africa

2,171,400

Caritas Uganda

7,948,570

Caritas Uganda

593,750

Ukraine

Improving Access to Safe Drinking Water in Eastern Ukraine（EA09/19)

Caritas Ukraine

617100Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Cyclone Idai Response （EA11/19)

Caritas Zimbabwe

547,050

Total Overseas Aid

95,393,196

Domestic Aid
DioceseActivitiy

Aid Organization

Amount(Yen)

SendaiEmergency Assistance, Typhoon#19

Caritas Minami-souma

3,000,000

Sendai
Saitama
TokyoTokyo

Emergency Assistance, Distribution of Electric Heater,
Typhoon#19
Mobile Clinic / North Kanto medical relief
In-kind assistance for the afflicted people of Hokkaido
earth quake
In-kind assistance in Okayama, Ehime, and Hiroshima
in the aftermath of Typhoon #19

Tokyo

Migrant rights campaign 2020 “koko-ni-iru” phase 3/3

Tokyo

Counter arbitrary detentions against migrants andasylum seekers and refugeesTokyo

8,850,000

Caritas Minami-soumaNorth Kanto medical relief
JVOAD(Japan Voluntary Organizations
Active in Disaster)
JVOAD(Japan Voluntary Organizations
Active in Disaster)

1,000,000
2,898,763
30,000,000

SNMJ
Lawyers’ working group against
arbitrary detention at immigration
detention center

1,300,000

Shelter provision for the people under a provisional release

Mother House

1,051,600

Construction of a self-reliance support center

Grace Road

1,000,000

NagoyaShelter operation for Migrant workers

Labor consultation.com

2,500,000

Osaka

Future for children

SINAPIS Archdiocese of Osaka

2,000,000

Naha

Launch of Okinawa DARC Women’s House Project

DARC Okinawa

2,000,000

Hiroshima

Assistance in the aftermath of heavy rain in WestJapan

Caritas Hiroshima Support Center

14,585,037

Fukuoka

Provision of home appliances, etc. in temporary housing

KVOAD (Kumamoto Voluntary
Organizations Active in Disaster)

8,990,954

Total Domestic Aid (excluding Great East Japan Earthquake Aid)

90,060,414

Yokohama

3,000,000

Great East japan Earthquake Aid
DioceseActivity

Aid Organization

Amount (Yen)

Sendai2019 recovery programs

Sendai diocese Support CenterSendai

2019 recovery programs

Caritas Kamaishi

31,160,000

Saitama

Construction of support system for evacuees from

Saitama Diocese Support Center

2,690,581

CTVC

33,644,068

Ofunato Base

14,542,698

26,953,330

and Ishinomaki Base

nuclear accident at Fukushima in 2019
Tokyo

Support system construction for disaster evacuees insideand outside Fukushima prefecture, 9th year (2019)

Osaka province

Recovery programs in 2019

Osaka Province

Recovery programs in 2019

Minami Sanriku Base
Total Great East Japan Earthquake Aid

Lenten Campaign 2019
■Message of the Holy Father Francis for Lent 2019“For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of thechildren of God” (Rom 8:19)■Lenten Booklet 2019
Circulation 58,000
Pope Francis’ Lenten message, introduction to Caritas-sponsoredprojects■Collection box for children
Circulation 24,000■Contribution envelopes
Circulation 61,000

11,204,604
120,195,281

Caritas Japan President & Secretaries（2019－2022）

2019.4.1－2022.3.31（3-year term）■President：Abp.Tarcisio Isao kikuchi, S.V.D.
■Directors：
Hitomi Katsu/Sr.（The Missionary Sisters of Christ the King）
Takshi Seto/Fr.（Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer）

Caritas Internationalis 21th General AssemblyEvery four years the Caritas confederation comes together
in Rome to review its progress and policies, to elect officials
and to discuss and take key decisions for its future.
■Special ThemeOne Human Family, One Common Home
■Election Officials:
President ：Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle
Secretary General ：Aloysius John
■The Strategic Framework
1. Caritas at the heart of the Church
2. Reduce risk, save lives, rebuild communities
3. Promote sustainable integral human development
and care for creation
4. Build global solidarity
5. Increase the effectiveness of the Caritas
confederation

Diocesan Collaborator’s Meeting■2019 Annual Meeting of diocesan collaborators
2019.10.29－30 at Niigata Diocesan Cathedral
Agendas: New formation for the secretariat of Caritas Japan／Caritas Japan Strategic Framework／Checking the Photo
Exhibition for the Share the Journey Campaign

Social Awareness Group × Share the Journely■Questionnaire survey“Make your voice heard” project of the Caritas
EducationGroupcallsforexamplesofdiscrimination in the Church.
About 30 were received and were published in
We are Caritas, No. 15 (April 2019 issue).

Share the Journey Campaign■Photo exhibition (December 2018 – September 2019)Presented in 142 venues in all 16 dioceses, including parishes, institutions, schools, etc. in 40 prefectures.
About 1,500 comments, opinions, prayers, etc. were received.
■Questionnaire survey
A survey on the status of churches (multinational congregations in each parish, language-based Masses, etc.)
and their relations was sent to 782 churches nationwide on May 10. As of September 12, 469 churches
responded. The results were compiled in August and September.
■National Youth Gathering 2019 －Share the Journey－
2019.11.17 09:00－16:00 at St.Mary’s Cathedral Tokyo (Koln Hall)

Participants：150

Pope Francis’ apostolic journey to Japan
Meeting with victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake
2019/11/25 10:00－11:15 at Bellesalre Hanzo-mon
Approximately 300 participants (about 150 victims from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures, and 150
Caritas Base staff and collaborators) attended the gathering with Pope Francis where three victims gave
testimony before his talk.

＊On the cover is a photo mosaic from the pre-event at the International Caritas General Assembly. It shows the faces ofCaritas Bangladesh staff working in a Rohingya refugee camp. At the lower right is a photo that Pope Francis himself
attached at the time of the general meeting.

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