East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami DisasterJapan Committee for UNICEF
Emergency Relief and Reconstruction Support
Five-Year Report-Building Resilient Communities with Children

Using Experiences in Tohoku to build Child-Friendly Communities

unite forchildrenForward
This report was compiled for the countless donors of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
and the Japan Committee for UNICEF (JCU), as well as our supporters who answered the call forassistance in the aftermath of the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster. The contents withinthese pages cover our efforts over the past five years in the affected areas of northeastern Japan.
Our traditional mission has been to communicate information about the situation of children indeveloping countries and UNICEF’s various assistance programmes, and to fundraise to support
those programmes. Unprecedented damage caused by the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami,
however, forced us to ask ourselves what we could do to help. On that day in 2011, I asked myself thatsame question and began discussions with UNICEF Headquarters in New York. UNICEF Headquarters
decided to dispatch Japanese experts working at UNICEF offices all over the world to the affectedareas in Japan, and we followed by launching a campaign to provide emergency relief supplies toshelters and other facilities in those areas. Thanks to the cooperation of countless companies, organizations, and JCU associations in the three affected prefectures, we succeeded in securing relief
supplies and transportation for the affected areas despite dire shortages of fuel and supplies that
impacted all of Japan, including the Tokyo Metropolitan region. We also received more than ¥4.8 billion
in donations from across Japan and other countries. In the following six months, we expanded ourprogramme from emergency relief alone to encompass six areas, including: 1) health and nutrition; 2)
education; 3) psychosocial care; 4) child protection; 5) and child-friendly reconstruction plans.
Five years have now passed since that terrible day, and in that time JCU has continued to implement
assistance with the cooperation of domestic experts, specialist organizations and local governments.
At the end of 2016 we will be ending our assistance programme. Meanwhile, however, the experiences and lessons acquired over the past five years are already starting to be used around Japan to better
prepare for the future. I am confident that the resources and tools created through JCU activities willcontinue to be utilized by many even after our programme comes to an end.
I would like to take this opportunity to again thank everyone in Japan and around the world who
continues to support the Japan Committee for UNICEF.
March 2016
Ryoko Akamatsu
Chairperson
Japan Committee for UNICEF

The Japan Committee for UNICEF’s Six Approaches to Emergency and Reconstruction Assistance

Reconstruct, not Restore: Build Back Better
Reconstructing safe, child-friendly communities for returning children

Psychosocial Support

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Goal: Rebuild and reopen schools,
preschools, and kindergartens as quickly as
possible.
Activities: Distribute stationery and schoolsupplies; provide new facilities, furniture,and equipment; support transportation
services to and from schools andkindergartens; and other services.

Health and Nutrition
Goal: Resume and restore health careand nutritional services for mothers andtheir children.
Activities: Dispatch experts; distribute food,nutritional supplements, equipment, andsupplies; and disseminate information.

Emergency Relief Supplies
Goal: Provide supplies to emergency sheltersand other centers.
Items supplied: Water, food, School-in-a-Box
Kits, Recreation Kits, and other supplies.

Goal: Strengthen the psychosocial support systemfor children.
Activities: Donate books, furniture, and equipment tocreate Child-Friendly Spaces; dispatch experts to study
provision of psychosocial care for preschool children;and other related services.

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Education

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Child Protection
Goal: Comprehensively strengthen child protection
systems to protect children in vulnerable situations,such as orphans, children who have lost a parent, or
children in families suffering from poverty.
Activities: Dispatch experts; awareness-raisingefforts; host training sessions; conduct advocacy
activities at the national, prefectural, and municipal
levels*; and provide other related services.

Child-Friendly Reconstruction Plans
Goal: Ensure the opinions of children are refl ected inmunicipal reconstruction plans, and expand the
support for children and child-rearing.
Activities: Mobilize experts and conduct advocacy
activities.*
Our focus in 2015 centered on
the above-mentioned initiatives 4-6.

*Advocacy activities include collaborating, coordinating and sharing information with partner organizations, awareness-building activities, andmaking policy recommendations to local governments.

Play, Participation and Safe Places

Three development keywords necessary for any community

UNICEF Symposium:
Working with Children to
Build Resilient Societies

Third UN Conference on Disaster
Risk Reduction Public Forum
Date: 14 March 2015
Location: Tokyo Electron Hall Miyagi (Sendai City)

What We Learned from “Build Back Better”
Ken Hayami, JCU East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Programme Director
At the bedrock of our efforts—which started in March 2011—
always lied the concept of “Build Back Better”. This is a conceptthat is used in UNICEF emergency assistance throughout theworld. It means implementing assistance that leads to creating
conditions that are better than before the disaster.
Following the disaster, we focused assistance on children, using
UNICEF expertise developed through many years of experiencein disaster and conflict areas all over the world. At shelters, forinstance, in addition to distributing various material relief, we
provided places to safely play for children who had lost all sense of normalcy to the disaster. We widely
promoted Child-Friendly Spaces that offered psychosocial care to children using the one thing that children
need most in their daily lives: playtime. The three keywords I took away from these experiences were: play,safe places and participation.
Playtime and participation are more than leisure activities. The Convention on the Rights of the Child, which
was concluded over 25 years ago, emphasizes that a child’s rights to play and participate are equal to therights of survival and development. It is all about allowing children to exercise all of their abilities—physicaland mental—as freely as possible. Play and participation protect and cultivate a child’s spirit, and are essential elements in their everyday lives.
I believe that protecting a child’s spirit and nurturing a passion for life leads to increasing the resilience ofchildren and the community as a whole. That is why the third key word—safe places—is so important, andwhy we must secure safe places for children. We must build towns and cities that are child-friendly. This isimportant not only for areas affected by disasters, but for the development of all communities.

Contents
Play, Participation and Safe Places............................... 1
Highlights of the Five Years........................................... 4
Review of the Programme(Donations and Programme Areas)....................................... 6

Psychosocial Support.................................................... 7Child Protection............................................................. 9Child-Friendly Reconstruction Plans............................ 10

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Education and Health: A recent look at facilities
rebuilt through JCU assistance.................................13
Public Relations and Advocacy
in the Affected Prefectures.........................................14
Income and Expenses Report.......................................16
Programme Contributors(List of Supporters and Partners)......................................... 17

tions—and not theleft-brain—the partof the brain responsible for language
and logic. The result
is that memories offrightening experiences are recorded
as vague images or
feelings, without us
being able to linguistically process them. That is why we utilize
therapy that includes sensory activities such as music and art.
And that is why it is so vital to provide children the opportunity
to play as a part of assistance activities in order to directly
engage the right brain.
Playing is the purest form of expression for children. It allows them to comfortably express a frightening experience
or concern. Play also helps children organize their emotions
surrounding an experience, understand and express thoseemotions, and overcome them. Children both enjoy and gain
a sense of security from companionship with friends and people they trust. Playtime allows them the opportunity to control
things that were impossible to control before, helping themovercome the sense of powerlessness and recover trust.
Playing helps children tap into their inherent resilience.

Keynote Speech

Edward Chaiban, Director of Programmes,
UNICEF Headquarters
Disaster risk is at an all-time high. Every year, massive
losses are caused by earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical
cyclones and river flooding. We know it is the poorestand most marginalized who bear the brunt of disasters.
Children are also among the most vulnerable.
We know that by the end of the 20th century, disasters related to climate change affected about 66 million
children per year. This number is projected to triple inthe coming decades—that’s 200 million children. As
you know well, here in Japan, while we cannot always
prevent floods, storms, earthquakes and tsunamis fromhappening, we can reduce the risk.
To prepare for disasters, while it’s important to haverobust facilities and systems, at the heart of a resilient
society is its people. Children are very aware of theirchanging environment, and are in fact sometimes more
knowledgeable than adults, given what they learn at
school and through other communication sources. So,
as we work on behalf of children, we must also workwith them—by listening to their ideas, and incorporating
their insights into disaster planning.
(Paraphrased)

Playtime:
A tool for cultivating the energy for life
Hideaki Amano, Board Member, Japan Adventure Playground Association“Adventure Play
Areas” is an initiative aimed at making every effort toensure children
can play freely.
We only had foursites in the Tohoku region before the disaster,
but now over 30 organizations are implementing our initiative.
Playing exists in a world without a pre-established harmony.
Take making a Japanese toy bamboo helicopter, for instance.

Playtime:
A tool for tapping into resiliency
Ryoko Honda, Clinical Psychologist and Board Member of
the Japan Association for Play Therapy

Traumatic experiences are mainly controlled by the rightbrain—the part of the brain responsible for feelings and emo-

In March 2015, the Third UN Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held in Sendai, Miyagi. During the five-day conference,
more than 700 events were put on by central and local government agencies, universities, research institutes, NGOs and civilsociety. This all took place on the side of the main conference,
which was attended by representatives from 187 UN member
states and UN agencies. JCU participated by hosting a symposium together with UNICEF associations in Fukushima, Miyagi
and Iwate as well as experts from UNICEF Headquarters attending the conference. The symposium sought toshare JCU’s experiences providing assistancein the affected areas and expertise that can beused to prevent future disasters.
Watch a video of the symposium
here (120 minutes).
http://j.mp/5yrs-mv1

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I observed one child building one for the first time, and withno prior experience it’s difficult to shape the shaft and wings.
I watched and thought to myself, “Be careful or you will shave
too much off the wings.” And, as expected, the child shaved
too much wood from the wings. She stared at the wings, processing what had happened. She knew something had gonewrong. But that’s when she said, “Oh, well. I can still use it asa skewer for food!” This transition of ideas is tremendously
important. An adult teaching a child how to make a bamboo
helicopter would see only one possible final result: the bamboo helicopter. Adults guide children toward what they believe
to be the correct answer. This is one of the reasons children
lose energy for life and become less adaptable.
Children use playtime to continuously create new realities. It
is playtime that helps strengthen their ability to respond to alltypes of situations.

at resorts and restart community festivals that had stopped
following the disaster. This made opportunities for fathers andtheir children to relax and interact with other families.

Participation: Learning from children
Shinya Sato, Professor, Yamagata University
Many children wanted to do something
to help their communities following
the disaster. And, infact, many children
supported activities
at shelters in various
ways. It was aroundthis time that the
Association for Children’s Environment held the International
Competition for the Disaster Recovery Plan after the Great
East Japan Earthquake. That was when JCU joined hands with
Takenaka Corporation and Yamagata University to launch a collaborative project (pages 10-12).
Assistance efforts centering on play, participation and safe
places started amidst tremendously tough circumstances inareas suffering damage from the earthquake, tsunami andnuclear power station accident. People were forced to live in
temporary housing for longer than expected and safe places
for children to play—which is necessary for their development—were scarce.
Efforts were made to revise local hazard maps following thedisaster. However, it would seem essential that we look at recovery plans using a phased approach: disaster preparedness
and reconstruction plans for one, three, five and ten years after
the disaster. I also believe that efforts be made to encouragechildren to participate in these efforts, just as with urban development learning opportunities. This will ensure that their ideas
are incorporated into space planning and community development, which directly impact the growth of children.

Creating opportunity
Michiko Ono, Child Protection Advisor
Generous support
poured in for children who lost bothof their parents tothe disaster. Meanwhile, however, it
took time for assistance to reachchildren who had
only lost one of
their parents, and we noticed that children who lost a mother were particularly vulnerable. The majority of existing measures in place for single parents target single-mother households. When a father loses a spouse that father immediately
becomes responsible for child-rearing and household duties
in addition to their normal job. As you can imagine, a large
number of fathers and their children in this situation face very
trying circumstances.
In Japan, fathers rarely exchange child-rearing information or
ask for assistance from one another. In light of this, we implemented training for professionals involved in child-rearing support, teaching them skills useful in providing assistance targeting fathers. We also implemented awareness-building activities
targeting the public sector. We provided support to hold events

Presentations by Children
Several students who participated in past
JCU activities also took the stage at the
symposium. This included Haruto Sasaki,
who participated in the 2012 Future Classroom workshops held in Otsuchi, Iwate(page 12), as well as sixth graders from
Iitoyo Primary School in Soma, Fukushima,
who participated in the Furusato Soma
Children’s Reconstruction Council (page11). The students spoke about the situationin the affected areas following the disasterand their thoughts about reconstruction
from their own perspectives as children,and presented about their own disaster
preparedness efforts.

Haruto, who was a fifth-year primary school
student at the time of the workshop, is now
a third-year junior high school student. This
year, Haruto will witness the completion of a
new joint primary and junior high school facility that was constructed while incorporating
feedback from the children.

Students from Iitoyo Primary School closed their presentation with a powerful message: “Let’s spread itto the world! Disasters are no match for the resilience of Japan!”

Photos on pages 1-3: ©Japan Committee for NICEF/2015/Honma

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Highlights of the Five Years
Emergency Assistance

Provision of emergency
supplies, health andhygiene assistance tomothers and children, andnutritional support.

Post-disasterMonth 2
Expanded support
for reopening schools,
preschools, andkindergartens, andpsychosocial support.

Support for the resumptionof basic government
services for children.

• Back-to-School Campaign Phase I
a. Provision of school supplies, such as school bags andstationeryb. Provision of desks, chairs, computers and other electronic
devices, equipment, portable toilets, and other necessities
to primary and junior high schools• Provision of nutritional school lunches and snacks to schools,
preschools, and kindergartens• Provision of learning toys, desks, chairs, eating utensils, andother goods to preschools, kindergartens, and after-school
care centers• Psychosocial Support
a. UNICEF Children’s Mini Library Project: Children’s books
received from all over the country are combined into sets
and distributed to preschools, kindergartens, and homesb. UNICEF Children’s Bus Field Trips: Began offering bus field
trips that give children a chance to play outside or enjoy
various fun activities at safe locations
c. Expansion of support by clinical psychologists to Play
Therapy Seminars / Psychosocial Care Trainings• Back-to-School Campaign Phase II
Assistance for purchasing school goods for primary andjunior high school students, including gym clothes, Japanesecalligraphy tools, paints, and supplementary materials• Assistance for opening junior high and high school interscholastic athletic meets• Provision of materials for health checkups at schools• Support for full-scale restart of mother and child health careservices, such as health checkups for babies and vaccination
programmes• Support for rebuilding preschools, kindergartens, facilities fordisabled children, and after-school care centers• Support and advocacy for construction of child-rearing
support centers on temporary housing and other sites• Implementation of child abuse and domestic violence prevention campaigns

4©Japan Committee for NICEF/K.Goto

Post-disasterMonths 3–6©Japan Committee for NICEF/R.Grehan

Post-disasterMonth 1•	Procurement and distribution of supplies including drinking
water, children’s clothes, hygiene products, and shoes•	
Health services for mothers and children including breastfeeding assistance•	
Launch of psychosocial assistance by establishing ChildFriendly Spaces, and offering of Play Therapy Seminars / Psychosocial Care Trainings•	
Advocacy for alternative care based on international standards targeting children orphaned as a result of the disasterReconstruction AssistanceMid- to Long-term Assistance as the Foundation for Reconstruction

Post-disasterYear 1–2

Post-disasterYear 2–5©Japan Committee for NICEF/K.Goto

Post-disasterMonths 6–12

• Health assistance, such as the dispatch of obstetricians andgynecologists, providing dental examinations, building temporary health centers, and subsidizing influenza vaccines• Support for dispatching child caregivers• Support for rebuilding preschools, kindergartens, and otherchildcare facilities. Focus of assistance transitioned from
temporary facilities to permanent buildings• Psychosocial Support
1) Play Therapy Seminars / Psychosocial Care Trainings
2) Dispatch of clinical psychologists
3) Tegami Project4) Prayer Tree Project• Child Protection
1) Child Assault Prevention (CAP) Workshop2) Child abuse and domestic violence prevention campaigns(information distribution and awareness building using
radio commercials, etc.)
3) Single-Father Household and Fathering Assistance Project• Child-Friendly Reconstruction Plans
1) Otsuchi workshop and park construction2) Report on the East Japan Earthquake by the Children of
Soma• Support for rebuilding preschools, kindergartens and otherchild care facilities• Psychosocial Support1) Dispatch of psychologists and construction of consultation centers2) Fukushima Child Recuperation Project3) Tegami Project4) Prayer Tree Project• Child protection
1) Child Assault Prevention (CAP) Workshop2) Child abuse and domestic violence prevention campaigns(information sharing and awareness building using radio
commercials, etc.)
3) Single-Father Household and Fathering Assistance Project4) Training series on household risk and child protection5) Assistance for foster families
6) After-school programme assistance7) Training for strengthening community networks for childabuse prevention• Child-Friendly Reconstruction Plans
1) Ishinomaki: A Children’s Town
2) Otsuchi’s Future Classroom Workshop
3) Furusato Soma Children’s Reconstruction Council
4) The Future of Shichigo Village – Vision for the community
on my 20th birthday• Support for children forced to evacuate Fukushima prefecture• Assistance for dispatching child caregivers• Subsidy assistance for infl uenza vaccines
During the period of 6 to 24 months after the disaster, JCU
worked with its area associations in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima, as well as Japanese experts and specialist organizations to support various efforts launched in partnership withlocal governments, organizations, and residents. These
efforts are focused in three areas: psychosocial support, childprotection, and Child-Friendly Reconstruction Plans. Pleasesee pages7–15 for more information.

Watch a 15-minute video of
JCU’s five years of assistanceactivities.

http://j.mp/5yrs-mv2

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Review of Programme: A Five-Year Look Note: Expense figures include planned expenses
Emergency Relief Supplies

Child Protection

Expenses: ¥187,309,517
Water, underwear, clothes for children etc.

Expenses: ¥99,883,763• Number of Child Assault Prevention (CAP) specialists: 117• Number of participants in CAP Workshops: 24,226(12,475 adults, 11,751 children)•	Number of trainees who took training for Father Supporters: 459(Iwate: 208; Miyagi: 134; Fukushima: 117)
• Number of events held by Father Supporters: 36(Iwate: 16; Miyagi: 18; Fukushima: 2)• Number of Papa Stations: 107(Iwate: 33; Miyagi: 31; Fukushima: 43)* See the JCU One-Year Report for details.

Health and Nutrition
Expenses: ¥948,672,502•	
Number of municipal bodies that resumed infant healthcheckups: 18 (Iwate: 4; Miyagi: 14)• Number of infants who underwent health checkups:
Approx. 27,000 (Iwate: 4,000; Miyagi: 23,000)• Number of children who received influenza vaccinations:
Approx. 140,000 (2011–2012)
Approx. 140,000 (2012–2013)•	
Number of children able to receive complete preparedschool lunches due to the provision of utensils and support
for school lunch preparation centers: 15,216 (Miyagi)•	Number of children who received supplemental food (school
snacks) support at preschools and kindergartens: Approx.
830 (Iwate: 25 facilities)

Psychosocial Support

page 9Child-Friendly Reconstruction Plans

page 10

Expenses: ¥251,485,242• Number of children participating or living in project areas:	74,961 (Otsuchi, Iwate; Ishinomaki, Miyagi; Sendai, Miyagi;
Soma, Fukushima)

Education

page 13

Expenses: ¥2,615,071,738
Back-to-School Campaign•	Number of children receiving essential back-to-school supplies:
26,376(Iwate: 17,540; Miyagi: 6,906; Fukushima: 1,930)•	Number of students / schools receiving supplies and equipment:
33,461 / 642(Iwate: 10,380; Miyagi: 21,621; Fukushima: 1,460) /(Iwate: 48; Miyagi: 488; Fukushima: 106)

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Expenses: ¥605,790,285• Number of participants in Play Therapy Seminars/
Psychosocial Care Trainings: 3,840(Iwate: 1,532; Miyagi: 1,964; Fukushima: 344)•	Number of parents and children receiving psychosocial carefrom Fukushima Society of Certified Clinical Psychologists
and NPO Heart Full Heart: 25,114 (13,909 adults, 11,205
children)•	
Number of books delivered by UNICEF Children’s Mini
Library Project: Approx. 330,000•	Number of children participated in UNICEF Children’s Bus
Field Trips: 4,485 (Iwate)•	Number of children participated in Let’s Play! The Outdoors
Playtime Project: 62,330 (Fukushima)•	Number of children participating in weekend events of the
Fukushima Child Recuperation Project*: 9,584

Back-to-Preschool and Kindergarten• Number of children / preschools and kindergartens
receiving supplies or equipment support: 4,284 / 73
(Iwate: 1,976; Miyagi: 2,214; Fukushima: 94) /(Iwate: 38; Miyagi: 34; Fukushima: 1)
Preschool and Kindergarten Reconstruction Assistance Project•	
Number of children and returning to preschools andkindergartens: 994*
(Iwate: 216; Miyagi: 673; Fukushima: 105)
• Number of preschools and kindergartens receiving
reconstruction support: 14(Iwate: 4; Miyagi: 9; Fukushima: 1)*JCU bears a portion of the cost for this project* As of the end of February 2013

Donations and Programme Areas (As of December 31, 2015)
Emergency relief donations received by the Japan
Committee for UNICEF
From within Japan:¥3,540,741,276
From outside Japan:¥1,212,946,130

Programme Areas
Iwate Prefecture

Disbursement of Donations by Programme Pillars
On-Site Operations of Programme 1%
Programme Reports and Communication
Child Protection 2%

Provision of Emergency Relief Supplies
Child-Friendly Reconstruction Plans
Psychosocial Support

2%

4%
5%
12%
20%

Miyagi Prefecture54%

Education

Notes:
Programme areas areindicated according to theadministrative boundariesof the local municipalities.

Health and Nutrition

Note: D onation disbursement percentages are calculated based on
total amount received including the expected expenses. (Seepage 16 for the Income and Expenses Report.)

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Fukushima PrefecturePsychosocial Support
Many children who have witnessed the damage of a natural orother disasters develop anxiety caused by the shock of losing a
loved one or a sudden change in their living environment. Even
today, nearly five years since the East Japan Earthquake andTsunami, there are frequent reports of children in the affectedareas suffering from this type of anxiety. In order for children
to heal their psychological scars and overcome traumatic experiences they need the loving attention of adults and long-term,
appropriate care. In 2015, rebuilding efforts pushed into fullswing across the affected areas, where today soil-filled dump
trucks line roads. However, despite nearly five years having
passed, many things in the affected areas are still “temporary”.
This creates stress among the adults who are best positioned
to support these children.
Following the disaster, JCU launched a psychosocial support programme to support children who had instantly lost
all sense of normalcy. The programme includes securing safe
places for children to play (UNICEF “Child-Friendly Spaces”) as
well as support for kindergarten and preschool teachers who
continue to do their best to assist these children, while they

themselves also suffer from the disaster. JCU continues tosupport the development of local assistance structures andextends direct assistance to psychosocial experts, building
on efforts gradually started about one-half year following the
programme’s launch. Further, from 2014 initiatives aimed at
utilizing expertise gained through the East Japan Earthquake
and Tsunami response were pushed into full swing in order toprepare for similar disasters in the future.

Assistance for Establishing Local Systems
Effectively engaging and playing with children is essential tohelping them recover emotionally. However, people who interact with children on a daily basis, such as at preschool or kindergarten, do not always possess these skills or knowledge.
Initially provided to child caregivers and kindergarten teachers,
today JCU provides training opportunities for parents as well
as local government staff and community groups involved inchild and child-rearing assistance in order to boost the fundamental capacity of communities to support their children.
These trainings have been available since the disaster and incorporate easily implementable skills and knowledge.
They respond to direct requests from local governments andare implemented in partnership with the Japan Association forPlay Therapy. Clinical psychologists are dispatched to serve as
instructors at each of the trainings, where they introduce anexpert perspective on ways to interact with children working
to overcome difficult experiences, useful play methods for restoring a sense of comfort, and ways for adults to also takecare of themselves. Participants have told JCU that the trainings have taught practical ways to interact with children thatwould be useful at their places of work, and that the self-careplay methods offered refreshing insights. From 2012, higher-level professional training and case supervision services
have also been offered to psychologists at children consultation centers and at the Iwate Child Care Center.

Yamagata Opens Arms to Fukushima Evacuees
Yamagata accepted more evacuees from Fukushima
than any other prefecture in Japan. In Yamagata, JCU
responded to a request from Fukushima Prefecture andpartnered with NPO Yamagata Child and Family Care Circleland to support opening the Mama Café in April 2012,a place where parents and children who had evacuatedFukushima could gather. Through the Mama Café, JCU
provided a place and activity programme to mothers andtheir children who lost most connection to their communities and faced concerns over their futures. One activity
that garnered particular praise by participating families
as well as Mama Café staff was assistance for families
through playtime, which was provided during the nearly
three and a half years of activities and was valued as a
fresh approach to child-rearing assistance.
Many Fukushima residents who evacuated to Yamagata are growing accustomed to their new lives. In light of
this, in November 2015 training workshops were held forcommunity child-rearing assistance providers in Yonezawa and Yamagata so that expertise acquired throughpast disaster assistance efforts could be widely used toboost child-rearing skills in the communities.

Direct Assistance
JCU launched direct psychosocial support to teachers and parents at preschools and kindergartens in Miyagi and Iwate following the disaster. Today, JCU is working to link that support
to policymaking at the local level.
Since June 2011 in Fukushima, JCU has partnered with the
Fukushima Society of Clinical Psychologists to dispatch clinicalpsychologists and child caregivers to locations frequented byparents and their children, such as regular infant heath checkups, as well as to the Fukushima Child Recuperation Project( page 15). Clinical psychologists used these opportunities toextend psychosocial support to children and their guardians.
This programme continued until 2013, and in 2014 operations
were taken over by NPO Heart Full Heart. Today, in addition toregular Fukushima residents, assistance has started for individuals who have returned to the prefecture from evacuationsites outside of Fukushima. Also, in Yamagata, where many
people continue to live after voluntarily evacuating Fukushima,

Participants examine toys used for play therapy in disaster assistance efforts and learn about how to use them.

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JCU has provided continued support to efforts such as theMama Café, which has been implemented since 2011 by NPO
Yamagata Child and Family Care Circleland in response to arequest from the Fukushima Prefectural Government (page 7).
In Fukushima, following the nuclear power station accident,
JCU launched the “Let’s Play! The Outdoors Playtime Project”
for preschool and kindergarten students who no longer had
the opportunity to play outside. This project was implemented
in close collaboration with the JCU area association. Basedon this successful experience, JCU continues to support the
Fukushima Child Recuperation Project(page 15) launchedin 2012 in partnership with the Fukushima Association collaboration with the Fukushima Consumers’Cooperative Union andFukushima University Institute of Disaster Recovery and Revitalization. In 2015, JCU has continued efforts to build sustainable structures, taking into account the mid- to long-term viewof assistance. This included coupling adventure playground
efforts (page 12) with assistance provided to create opportunities for children and their guardians to play on weekends
and during long vacations where they would not have to worry
about radiation.
In response to calls from guardians participating in the
Fukushima Child Recuperation Project for more opportunities
to interact with other guardians, from 2014 regular exchanges
were held in Fukushima and Koriyama with the participationof clinical psychologists from the Japan Association for Play
Therapy. These exchanges were opportunities for participants
to discuss daily concerns and how to interact with children.

The Japanese Child-Friendly Spaces Guidebook
Many organizations participated in assistance programmes that incorporated Child-Friendly Spaces inareas affected by the East Japan Earthquake. Psychosocial care experts and others who were on the front lines
of assistance communicated to JCU their desire to makeChild-Friendly Spaces the standard for Japanese disaster
relief, as well as the need for a standard policy to use on
the ground. JCU has partnered with the National Centerof Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP) to create a Japaneseversion of the UNICEF guide A Practical Guide for Developing Child-Friendly Spaces, which includes practical version
examples from the Japanese experience. In November
2013, the Japanese versionof the Child-Friendly Spaces
Guidebook was presented at
the Japanese Diet Members’
Office Building and then distributed to organizations providing
assistance to children mainlyin the affected areas as well as
local governments. The guidebooks are also being used at
NCNP training seminars offered
to first responders, doctors,
and other relevant personnel.
The Japanese Child-Friendly
The guide book (Japanese only)
Spaces Guidebook
can be downloaded from thefollowing link:
http://www.unicef.or.jp/kinkyu/japan/pdf/cfs.pdf

Prayer Tree Projectt

Making Child-Friendly Spaces the Standard forJapanese Disaster Assistance“This area was completely dark. You couldn’t see anything.
But when they turned on the lights… I was moved to tears.”
It was just past 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, 3 December
2011 when the lights were turned on for the eight-meter“Big Prayer Tree” in Fukko Yatai Mura (Reconstruction
Village), Kesennuma City, Miyagi. The tree warmly lit up
Kesennuma Port, which had been engulfed in darkness
since the disaster. The tree gave hope to the village’s
shop owners, who had lost everything to the tsunami. It
provided fun opportunities to children who participatedin ornament-making workshops. Without a doubt, theBig Prayer Tree brought warm smiles to the faces of everyone in Kesennuma.
Kesennuma’s Big Prayer Tree became a symbol of themany Prayer Trees donated to preschools and kindergartens across the Tohoku region, and was decorated
with hand-made ornaments sent to JCU by over 3,000
people. In 2014, on the fourth Christmas following thedisaster, 350 Kesennuma children decorated the treewith ornaments they made to express their hope for reconstruction.
As reconstruction building continues, Kesennuma Village celebrated its final Christmas in 2015. Today, the Big
Prayer Tree has been renamed the “Hope Tree”, and isonce again decorated with the hope-filled, hand-madeornaments of the children of Kesennuma.

The National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP) is
working to spread awareness about the Japanese Child-Friendly Spaces Guidebook (see box on right for details) it jointly developed with JCU.
In 2015, training sessions were started in Saitama and expanded to Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Tokyo. More than 150
participants had taken the training by December 2015. Also,just in case, the Guidebook was provided to over 60,000 primary, junior high, high schools and other educational institutions across Japan, many of which are being used as shelters.

A training session in Saitama. Participants included
supporters of the Child-Friendly Space at former
Kisai High School and other child-rearing assistanceproviders and volunteers from Saiatama. Kisai HighSchool (Kazo, Saitama) served as a shelter for evacuees from Futaba, Fukushima, which was completely
evacuated after the disaster

Watch five years of the
Prayer Tree Project in afive-minute video.
http://j.mp/5yrs-mv4

Watch a video of the
training session(7 minutes).
http://j.mp/5yrs-mv3

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Child Protection
The East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami instantaneously anddrastically changed the environment surrounding children in
the affected areas. Many children lost family members, relatives and friends, were forced to move away from their homes
and communities, and even switched to new schools. Today,
five years after the disaster, there are still few play areas andsafe places for children. Moreover, the burden put on theguardians and assistance providers who support children who
have lost their parents and need help is actually on the rise,
not the decline. A gap is becoming apparent between children
who are recovering after receiving various forms of assistanceand children not showing signs of improvement.
Since 2011, JCU has partnered with specialist groups in Japan and local governments affected by the disaster to implement mid- to long-term assistance. This assistance is aimed
at ensuring that the anxiety and stress endured by thosepeople responsible for supporting children do not evolve into
violence or other negative behavior at home or in child-rearing. Through this assistance JCU also strives to construct achild and child-rearing support structure for local governments
where birth rates have been declining and society aging since
before the disaster.

Child-Rearing Support for Fathers Worldwide
Child-rearing assistance providers across Japan havebeen challenged with figuring out how to teach fathers the skills they need to properly fulfill their roles
as fathers and how to best support them. The issues
surrounding single-father households and fathering are
not limited to the affected Tohoku regions. As such, JCU
has created opportunities to share the knowledge andexperience gained through symposiums, creation ofassistance tools and other activities with child-rearing
supporters across Japan.

Nearly 100 representatives across Japan fromlocal governments, NPOs
and NGOs participated inseminars held in Tokyo
and Osaka in August and
September 2015.

The Single-Father and Fathering Assistance Projectis based on a fundamental UNICEF principle: equity
means prioritizing assistance to the people who needit the most. However, few UNICEF projects in developing countries focus on child-rearing support for fathers.
The expertise acquired during the first three years of
this project was compiled into English and Japanese
language reports in order to share information about
these efforts and the lessons
learned with assistance providers in other countries aswell as to expand child-rearing
assistance measures in Japan.
The report was also distributedat the March 2015 UN World
Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction.

Support for Single-Father Household andFathering Assistance
Many fathers assumed primary responsibility for child-rearing
following the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami due to adiversity of reasons. The need to provide new single parents
with assistance began to attract attention from various audiences, but assistance targeting single-father households andefforts aimed at supporting fathering roles were limited compared with that of single-mother households.
In response, in October 2011 JCU launched the Single-Father and Fathering Assistance Project together with NPO
Child Care Network Niiza. Working closely with local governments in the three Tohoku prefectures, professionals on thefrontlines of support for local children—including child caregivers, health nurses, child counselors, local government staff
and social workers—were trained as “Father Supporters”. The
training taught the new Father Supporter skills, know-how anduseful information about how to assist single-father households and fathers in general. By March 2014, when the project
ended, training tools had been developed that offered assistance hints and other information useful for helping fathers
unaccustomed to child-rearing duties, as well as an informational magazine used to help fathers maintain a bond with
their families after family members were forced to evacuate tooutside of Fukushima prefecture, leaving fathers to live alone.
Through these efforts, JCU was able to introduce much-needed child-rearing assistance for fathers, an issue that does notgarner great attention in Japan.

http://www.unicef.or.jp/kinkyu/
japan/pdf/2015_fushishien.pdf
and those who provide assistance to children the importanceof people’s human rights as well as skills to encourage confidence and bravery. JCU has partnered with J-CAPTA, an organization promoting CAP programmes in Japan, to hold CAP
workshops at preschools, kindergartens, primary and juniorhigh schools, children’s care facility and public event halls,
while educating CAP specialists who can provide training in
Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima. Specialized training workshops
have also been conducted for teachers and local government
staff. The CAP programme was not well-known in the Tohoku
region, but during 2014 the number of workshops held in
Fukushima reached four times the number implemented before the disaster, spawning independent efforts to introduce
workshops across the region. In light of its spread, JCU consulted with local governments and decided to end assistanceto the CAP programme by March 2016, except for the Minamisanriku coastal region of Iwate where a local CAP steeringgroup was formed following the disaster (assistance will continue in Minamisanriku until December 2016).

Child Assault Prevention (CAP)The Child Assault Prevention (CAP) programme has been implemented at many primary and junior high schools across Japan. The CAP programme is a training programme aimed at
protecting children from abuse, sexual violence, other formsof violence such as abduction, and violence between children
such as bullying. This is achieved by teaching both children

9In September 2012, JCU launched the Foster Family Support
Programme in Kesen (Iwate) in cooperation with the Japan National Council of Child Family Support Center, local child andfamily support centers, and foster family support organizations.
In 2013, in Kesennuma (Miyagi) JCU began awareness-raisingefforts targeting local community residents, as well as training
targeting NGO staff that lead local assistance efforts. In August 2013, JCU also partnered with the Iwate Foster Parent
Association to launch the Respite Exchange Camp. The campprovided opportunities for much-needed rest to foster parents
and was a place where children could meet other children as
well as assistance providers. The Respite Exchange Camp washeld over summer vacation in 2013 and 2014.
The Foster Family Assistance Seminar held in November
2014 in Kesennuma brought together approximately 100 participants including local social workers, foster parents and staff
from child and household support centers in other prefectures.
The seminar was a valuable opportunity that underscored theimportance of building frameworks that protect children in thecommunities, regardless of location or familial relationship,with child-rearing assistance professionals.

Community-Rooted CAP
On 3 November 2015, JCU and Yamada Town put on
a symposium called Considering Children’s Rights at
the Yamada Town Central Hall. Yamada Town has longtaken an aggressive stance on addressing child abuseproblems, and this symposium aimed at generating thesame momentum found at other affected areas in Iwate’s coastal region, which was particularly devastated in
the disaster.
JCU Goodwill Ambassador Agnes Chanparticipated in the symposium and delivered a
powerful message on
the need for child empowerment: “Children
have a strong tendency
for self-doubt. Providingthem chances to learn
about human rights canhelp change this trend.”

Training Assistance for After-School Care Workers
Government agencies at the national and local levels are working to expand preschool and after-school care, which play important roles in the physical and mental development of children.
Following JCU’s assistance efforts to rebuild preschool,kindergarten and other children’s facilities (page 13), in April
2013 JCU partnered with Miyagi Prefecture’s After-School Care
Emergency Support Project to hold two years of training workshops for local after-school care workers in Kesennuma to learn
new skills. These workshops were made possible through thecooperation of the National After-School Care Council.

Assistance for Foster Families
The affected areas have experienced a declining birth rate
and aging society since before the disaster. Many households
that welcomed children orphaned by the disaster were elderly
households or households without child-rearing experience.
Further, as the community struggles to fully recover from thedisaster, many foster families that had already been supporting orphans, and the children themselves, continue to findthemselves in a more trying environment than ever before.

Child-Friendly Reconstruction Plans
UNICEF provides assistances in more than 190 countries andregions worldwide. Children, however, are not only on the receiving end of UNICEF assistance; UNICEF emphasizes encouraging child participation in various processes and creating
opportunities for children’s opinions and views to beincorporated in policies that impact assistance and their
growth.
One month after the disaster, as recovery assistancepushed into full swing, JCU supported the “International Competition for the Disaster Recovery Plan after the East Japan
Earthquake: Support for Wisdom and Dreams”.The international competition was hosted by the Association for Children’s
Environment and over 500 people from Japan and abroad,spanning children to area experts, submitted their reconstruction plan ideas in the form of drawings and models. The grandprize went to a submission that proposed exactly what JCU
was looking for: a plan that positioned children from the affected areas as key actors in the reconstruction process. Meanwhile, in Soma, Fukushima, where JCU had been assisting therestart of school, schools began using class time to provide
students with opportunities to think about reconstruction anddisaster preparedness. Further, this concept was integrated
into the city’s reconstruction plan.

Since the second half of 2011, JCU has partnered with thegrand prize winning Takenaka Corporation, urban development
specialists from Yamagata University, the Soma City Government (Fukushima) and the Japan Adventure Playground
Association to support the development of Child-Friendly Reconstruction Plans. Based on the framework outlined on thefollowing page, JCU provides ongoing support for concrete
activities that fall under three main pillars of assistance: 1)
community reconstruction and study; 2) mini cities; and 3)
adventure playgrounds. JCU continues to conduct activities
where the opinions and ideas generated from the three programmes can be shared with local governments (Hometown
Reconstruction Networks).

(1) Urban Development Study
Soma, Fukushima
Trusting that the imagination and energy of children would bea significant strength for reconstruction efforts, following thedisaster the Soma City Board of Education in Fukushima proposed starting a new event: Children Considering the East Japan Earthquake. JCU’s support for this event started in 2011,

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when
the event was
included(1) Community
Reconstructionand Study
as an official activity in the city’sreconstruction
plan, and continSoma, Fukushimaued until 2015. JCU provided
Following the disaster the Soma City Board of Education inassistance for extra-curricular
Fukushima proposed starting a new event: Children Considlearning activities and creating
ering the East Japan Earthquake. The idea was that having
opportunities for children tochildren themselves consider the future of their hometown
make presentations.
Soma would reinforce what they learn in school and themeaning of life, and that the creativity and proactive drive ofchildrenwould
serve as a strong energy source in reconSendai,
Miyagistruction efforts. Responding to a request received from
The area surrounding Shichigo Primary School, located in
Soma City, and after the event was included as an official
the Wakabayashi district of Sendai, is undergoing significant
activity in the city’s reconstruction plan, JCU has supportedchanges due to the construction of new permanent housing
these efforts since 2011 as well as since 2012 when it develfor disaster survivors and a new subway station. At the end
oped into the Furusato Soma Children’s Reconstructionof 2012, JCU supported a workshop at the school aimed at
Council.
providing students a chance to think about their hometown’s
Based on the theme “Disaster and Recovery”, all of
future and for parents and local government to put those ideas
Soma’s primary and junior high schools (15 schools) used
into a tangible product. The workshop was entitled “The Fuclass time to share their experiences and thoughts having
ture of Shichigo Village – Vision for the community on my 20thsurvived the disaster, and consider ideas for the future ofbirthday”, and JCU has continued to hold these workshops
their city by learning about the challenges faced by the postevery year for the sixth-grade students of Shichigo Primarydisaster community. In 2014, the theme was changed to
School. At the workshops, the students build models of what
“Disaster prevention”. Under the new theme, the students
they want their town to look like in 10 to 15 years’ time.
considered what they could do to prepare for a future worstBefore creating their models, students take to the town’scase scenario or what they could do once the disasterstreets to survey the current conditions. Their models should
strikes. The students reviewed the numerous disasters sufnot only reflect desired changes to the community, but also
fered by Soma in the past, researched the city’s disaster-pretheir ideas for heritage that should be preserved. Workshop
paredness facilities and validated the community’s
disaster-preparedness measures. Some students evenwalkedmultipleReconstruction
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Concept Diagram for Child-Friendly
Reconstruction Plan AssistanceI

Reconstruction entails rebuilding from scratch, and is thus
a long-term undertaking. Based on a sincere reconstruction
philosophy that positions children as leaders of their towns’
reconstruction, the framework includes two curricula andfour assistance programmes that target two objectives:
1) healthy growth for children; and 2) hometown
reconstruction.

Two assistance objectives: 1) healthy growth forchildren; 2) hometown reconstruction
2011

Urban developmentfrom zeroYoungchildren

2021

Urban development
participation empowers
childrenChildren2031

New adults lead urban
development efforts

Reconstruction
together withchildren

Objective 1
Healthy
growth forchildrenHometown
affection andreconstruction

Adolescents• Towns where youth continue to live and work(community)
Sincerehometownreconstruction

Objective 2• Community-based ongoing urban development(NPOs, etc.)

Hometownreconstruction• A new landscape created by community members(community pride and beautification)• Cross-industry partnerships with diverse membership(creating new industries)

2 curricula and 4 assistance programmes
2 curricula

4 assistance programmes
1. Community reconstruction
and study

Curriculum 1:

2. Reconstruction andmini cities

Reconstruction:play, learning

3. Reconstruction andadventure playground

Reconstruction
togetherwith children

Implementing Entity

NPOs,
etc.

Local
governments,
etc.

(Education
administrations)

4. Hometown reconstruction
networks

Curriculum 2:＋

Reconstruction:practice

Child participation inreconstruction
Urban development regulations(Urbandevelopment
administrations)

4. Hometown reconstruction networks
Local government

Imaginary“client”

Reconstruction
Community reconstruction
implementation 1. Request forand study
consideration
plan(workshops, etc.)
Chief/staff,
consultants, etc.
3. Report meeting
5. Reflection of
concrete planI

School

2. Survey,
deliberations,planningChild“researcher”

4. Evaluation

Excerpt from materials produced by Takenaka Corporation andYamagata University.

11© Takenaka Corporation

1. The local government assumes the role of the imaginary “client” andsubmits a request to each school for consideration of theme-based
reconstruction plans.
2. Children assume the role of child “researchers”, receive the request
for deliberations and conduct planning.
3. Children provide recommendations to the local government (chief/
staff).
4. The local government evaluates the possibility of implementing therecommendations as well as other measures and then provides
feedback.
5. The local government employs experts and others to reflect thechildren’s recommendations in specific reconstruction projects.

results have been presented to construction contractors active in the city and around the school, and in March 2015 thestudents presented their ideas to participants of the Third UN
World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai.

in the framework of a “mini city”.
During the two-day event, hospitals, banks, bakeries andeven television stations are several of the new buildings thatappear at a corner of Ishinoamki’s shopping district to form thetemporary mini city. These businesses were planned entirelyby the children, and represent what they want to be when
they grow up. Every year, the children that worked as “store
managers” in the past join hands with local junior high andhigh school students to hold meetings over summer breakand prepare for this two-day event. More than 1,000 children
assume “jobs” at these work stations and earn play moneythat they can use to purchase products and services madeat other stations. The event allows children to have fun whilelearning about how society works, as well as the meaning andimportance of work.
JCU has supported the efforts of the local NPOs, NGOs andstoreowners that coordinate with the local chamber of commerce and government to ensure that this becomes an annual
event in Ishinomaki.

Ishinomaki, Miyagi
The former Kadonowaki district on the Ishinomaki coast of Miyagi was devastated bylarge-scale fires in addition to the earthquake
and tsunami. In September 2013, major efforts were launched toraise land, build roads
and re-demarcate the
district. JCU supported
children’s workshops
Source: Urban Renaissance Agency and Ishinomaki City (Parks by Children) toincorporate children’s
ideas for construction of the newly established town. Workshops were held from May to July 2015 with the cooperationof Ishinomaki City, Kadonowaki Junior High School and otherrelated companies.
Through classes with experts and on-site visits, a total of
81 first-year students from Kadonowaki Junior High School
learned about the history of the area where they were bornand raised, basic urban development concepts and methods,
and the importance of presenting one’s opinions and ideas.
The students used “Parks by Children” models to express theparks people of their community would
enjoy. JCU-commissioned experts spent
more than 100 hours analyzing the various ideas presented by the children, andafter refining these ideas together withthe children, a basic plan for the actual
Watch a video of thepark construction will be submitted topresentation here (5Ishinomaki City.
minutes).

(3)Adventure Playground
The lack of safe places for children to play became an increasingly serious problem following the disaster, and this problem
has seen little improvement over the past five years. In efforts
to address this, JCU partnered with the Japan Adventure Playground Association to provide opportunities to play to children
through the creation of “play parks” and provision of “playcars”, which are loaded with tools children can use to create
their own activities. In this way, JCU continues to work withlocal governments so that play spaces are secured for children
during the reconstruction process.
In 2013, the Reconstruction Agency selected activities conducted by the Japan Adventure Playground Association in theaffected areas for its pilot project “A New Tohoku”. Accordingly,
in order to create a greater number of opportunities for children to play, JCU partnered with the Fukushima Child Recuperation Project (page 15)—under which a new play park is
being constructed in a prefectural forest in Inawashiro Town,
Fukushima—to support the training of “play leaders” (the staff
who coordinate local play activities) and provide more playcars.
In Otsuchi (Iwate), where local residents had been actively working to construct playgrounds for children within temporary housing facility grounds since the disaster, JCU has
continued efforts since August 2014 to build the “Satoyama
Outdoors Play Park”. The park is located amidst the rich, green
landscape formed by the Otuchi and Kozuchi rivers, which flow
through the town.

http://j.mp/5yrs-mv5

Otsuchi, Iwate
In Otsuchi, efforts are underway to rebuild several affectedprimary and junior high schools into a single, integrated structure. In 2012, JCU held “Future Classroom” workshops wherechildren proposed ideas for their new school.
In March 2013, JCU compiled and submitted a report on theinitiative to the Otsuchi Town Government. The Otsuchi Boardof Education expressed their positive intent to realize the children’s ideas: “We really hope to reflect the children’s ideas in
the design specification document.” When Otsuchi announced
their public call for design contractors to design the integrated school in spring 2013, the report was presented in the announcement as a reference document. Later, JCU received
requests for advice from the designers for how to best incorporate the children’s ideas. In response, JCU provided various
advice through our contracted area experts.
A new school that incorporates the ideas of the community’schildren is scheduled for completion during 2016.

(2) Mini Cities
Since the first event in October 2012 and until last year, every year JCU has supported “Ishinomaki: A Children’s Town”
in Ishinomaki, Miyagi. The event uses play to encourage creativity, build dreams and energize children. This is achieved
through special learning stations where children interact with-

A play park in the prefectural forest of Inawashiro
Town, Fukushima. Children try to catch candy atthe opening ceremony.
Watch a video of the ceremony here
(4 minutes).
http://j.mp/5yrs-mv6

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Education and Health: A recent look at facilities
rebuilt through JCU assistance
Assistance When it’s Needed the Most

After a natural disaster or other major event that causes significant changes to the environment, UNICEF’s number-one
priority is quickly returning children to school. The role of theeducational environment—including schools, kindergartens,
and preschools—goes beyond learning alone. It plays the important role of restoring a sense of normalcy in children’s lives.
Further, the return of students and teachers to schools and thestart of a new semester communicate that normalcy to thegreater community.
Restarting medical activities is also an urgent priority. In addition to treatment for injuries and serious illnesses, it is essential to restore regular services and those that protect the
lives and healthy growth of children, such as infant and childcheckups and vaccinations.

Sanpo Preschool in Iwaki, Fukushima was significantly damaged by the earthquake. The building was deemed unusable by
the local government, but efforts were made to restart classes
as soon as possible. Classes reconvened on 27 March—just
two weeks after the disaster—at a small room of anotherbuilding that was left mostly undamaged. However, new student requests immediately started pouring in. This was due tothe heavy damage Iwaki suffered from the earthquake as wellas the large number of Fukushima residents who evacuated to
Iwaki to escape the nuclear power station incident. That waswhen one of the preschool’s staff members read on the Internet about JCU’s efforts to rebuild preschools and kindergartens in the affected areas, and submitted a request for help.
The Iwaki City Government also expressed the need for JCU
assistance and in November 2011 JCU provided prefabricatedtemporary housing.
Three years have since passed. Of the six preschools towhich JCU provided prefabricated buildings under this assistance project, Sanpo Preschool had used their temporary facilities all the way until transitioning into a new school building inJanuary 2015. JCU was notified of the completion of their newbuilding along with messages of thanks: “It was scary anduncertain following the disaster, as nobody knew what would
happen next. Receiving the temporary school buildings at sucha time provided hope and nearly moved me to tears. Withoutthat assistance there would be no more Sanpo Preschool. I am
just so grateful.”

Preschool and Kindergarten Reconstruction Assistance Project
Responding to requests from local governments in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, JCU supported the reconstruction andlarge-scale refurbishment of preschool and kindergarten buildings, child welfare facilities and health-related facilities. JCU
assistance went to the reconstruction of
14 permanent and temporary facilities(completed by the end of January 2013)
based on a three-pronged philosophy: 1)
child participation and creating environments centered on the child; 2) creating
Watch a video ofspaces that provide a sense of warmth
JCU-supported reconand comfort; and 3) connecting spaces
struction projects
with nature and the community.
(4 minutes).

Supporting the Town’s Children

http://j.mp/5yrs-mv7

Yoshida Nursery Center
is located in Watari Town,
just 1.2 kilometers fromthe coast, and lost its entire school building to thetsunami. The school wasable to borrow space at
Yoshida Children’s Hall, A sumo wrestler from Iwaki attends the openwhich is nearly four kilo- ing ceremony for the new building.
meters from the coast.
JCU received a request from Watari Town to restore its childcare services as quickly as possible, and in response JCU supported the construction of a child welfare facility for children
from Yoshida Nursery Center and neighboring areas. In January 2013, that facility was completed adjacent to the Yoshida
Children’s Hall.
Later in March 2015, as more detailed reconstruction plans
were being drafted, Yoshida
Nursery Center was reconstructed near its original
building. The new building
was equipped to make it adisaster preparedness facility for the community, andits location aimed at improving people’s ability to locate A facility built through JCU assistance isand enroll in much-needed today used by Watari Town as a base forschools. Today, the child its child welfare services. (Photo: January 2013)welfare facility constructed

Facilities Constructed Through the Preschool andKindergarten Reconstruction Assistance Project
Name of Facility*

Completion Date

1

Otsuchi Preschool (Otsuchi, Iwate)

May 2011

2

Kirikiri Preschool (Otsuchi, Iwate)

August 2011

3

Himawari Preschool (Ishinomaki, Miyagi)

November 2011

4

Sanpo Preschool (Iwaki, Fukushima)

November 2011

5

Midori Kindergarten (Otsuchi, Iwate)

January 2012

6

Takekoma Preschool (Rikuzentakata, Iwate)

March 2012

7

Oshika Area Preschool (Ishinomaki, Miyagi)

June 20128

Inai Preschool (Ishinomaki, Miyagi)

July 2012

9

Asahi Kindergarten (Minamisanriku, Miyagi)

July 201210

Fuji Kindergarten (Yamamoto, Miyagi)

August 201211

Mother’s Home (Kesennuma, Miyagi)

September 201212

Makisawa Kibou Preschool (Former Ikkeijima
Preschool Kesennuma, Miyagi)

September 201213

Ashinome Kindergarten Child-Rearing Support
Center (Kesennuma, Miyagi)

December 2012

14

Watari Child Care Center (Watari, Miyagi)

December 2012

*Facilities completed and delivered.

13highlands, once forested mountains, are being developed as a
new residential area. In November 2011, a new Minamisanriku Hospital and Comprehensive Care Center was completed
amidst this newly forming community. The hospital facility has
90 beds and the adjacent comprehensive care center includes
a child-rearing support center, community support center andvolunteer center. The facilities serve as a new integrated basefor community medical, health and welfare services.

through JCU assistance continues to be used as a temporary
childcare and family consultation center, helping Watari Town
expand its child welfare services.

Comprehensive Health Services in Minamisanriku
Minamisanriku lost numerous facilities to the tsunami, including Shizugawa Hospital and the health centers of Shizugawa
and Utatsu districts. Following the disaster, JCU provided assistance to Minamisanriku by providing basic equipment needed for infant health checkups such as stadiometers, scales
and even carpeting, and by borrowing classrooms at primaryschools in order to restart these services. Shizugawa Hospital once stood as a medical center for the community, andwas able to reopen its doors relatively early using a temporary building. However, there were growing calls for the earlyreopening of maternal and child health centers. In November
2011, JCU decided to support the reconstruction of temporary
health centers in Shizugawa and Utatsu districts in response
to a request received from Minamisanriku. Services restarted
using these centers in march 2012.
Five years have passed since the disaster. Minamisanriku’s

The temporary Shizugawa Health Center facility(facility in foreground),which began operations in
April 2012, transitioned to
the newly completed Minamisanriku Hospital andComprehensive Care Center (facility in background).
Services continue at thetemporary facility in Utatsu district.
(Photo: 2 November 2015)

Public Relations and Advocacy in the Affected Prefectures

Primary School in Sendai depicting what the children’s ideas
for their town in the future. Speaking before an audience that
included JCU Goodwill Ambassador Agnes Chan and the media, the students explained about these activities and theirideas about reconstruction of their hometown.

Public Relations and Advocacy
Since beginning our assistance programme in the affectedareas, JCU has provided information to news agencies, participated in interviews, and disseminated articles and video
through the Internet and social media in order to report on
our activities to our supporters. JCU also continues to share
information and call on national and local governments, as wellas Japanese specialist organizations, to utilize the knowledge
and experience gained through our activates in policymaking
to support reconstruction efforts of the affected areas and toprepare Japan for future disasters.

Reports, Assistance Tools and Resources
JCU has released various tools and resources created during
our activities on the Internet and other venues. This includes
a set of activity guidelines for the media and volunteers thatwere developed based on guidelines used by UNICEF offices
all over the world.
In addition to six annual reports (the first report was a sixmonth report), JCU has developed and distributed separate
reports on many of our unique initiatives, including Fathering
Assistance and Child-Friendly Reconstruction Plans.

UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
During the two-day UN World Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction held in Sendai on 14-15 March, an event was held
entitled “UNICEF Gallery at Jozenji”, where children themselves presented about their reconstruction and disaster-preparedness efforts.At the event, the children presented alife-size panel of the “Stone of Life”, a monument placed in
Onagawa, Miyagi in order to ensure the disaster is remembered by all town residents for the next 1,000 years. Visitors
also viewed models created by sixth-year students at Shichigo

Results from a survey conducted in 2012 with Iwate Prefecture’s Health and Welfare division werecompiled into a report and made available for viewing and download on JCU’s website. The report
aimed at sharing important experiences from Iwate, where there were no casualties among children
in nursery care during the disaster.
http://www.unicef.or.jp/kinkyu/japan/pdf/1302_
iwate_web2nd.pdf

Working with National and Local Governments
Since May 2011, JCU has supported the planning and operation of the Discussion on East Japan Earthquake Child Assistance, an event held at the Japanese House of Councilors
Building. JCU participates as a member of the East Japan

Watch a video of theevent here
(5 minutes).
http://j.mp/5yrs-mv8

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Earthquake Child Assistance Network, a steering body composed of NGOs, civil groups and academic experts involved inchild assistance in the affected areas. The discussion, which
has been held a total of 14 times as of December 2015, draws
the participation of between 60 to 100 National Diet members,
government and aid organization staff, staff from local governments and assistance providers in the affected areas, as wellas the media. Each event is an opportunity for participants toreport out and exchange information and views on a pre-set
theme from their own perspective, such as child and child-rearing assistance, single and double orphan assistance, school
assistance and child poverty. Moreover, at the initial stages ofthis initiative, JCU provided the necessary travel expenses toparticipants from the affected areas to ensure that the voicesof those impacted reached policymakers.
In addition, in response to a proposal from the Miyagi Prefecture Assembly, from 2012 JCU has participated in opinion exchange with the assembly as it makes earnest efforts toward
establishing an ordinance related to children.

operations. In Minamisanriku, Shizugawa Hospital was heavily
damaged in the disaster, leaving the town without a comprehensive medical center. In response, a new Minamisanriku
Hospital and Comprehensive Care Center was constructed
and is heavily relied on by town residents as a combined medical, health and welfare facility. In 2012, JCU supported theconstruction of health centers in Shizugawa and Utatsu, andin November 2015 a letter of gratitude was presented to JCU
at the completion ceremony by residents of Minamisanriku,
who use the facilities. Recovery and reconstruction efforts
across the prefecture are far from over, so we are grateful toeveryone for your continuing support.

Recuperation Events and the Children’s
Play School

Mr. Kazuo Sato,

Secretary General, Fukushima Association for UNICEF

As of December 2015, 44,000 Fukushima residents live as
evacuees outside of the prefecture and 56,000 have evacuatedtheir homes and live at different locations within Fukushima.
This means that approximately 100,000 Fukushima residents
still live as evacuees to this day. Of that number, as of the endof August 2015, there were more than 8,000 preschool andprimary school-age children who had evacuated to outside of
the prefecture and more than 5,000 who had evacuated to adifferent location within the prefecture. The number of children
forced to switch schools surpasses 17,000. Evacuee numbers
are on the decline; however, the long experience of living asevacuees has taken a toll on many Fukushima residents, withsome residents suffering mental health issues.
Against this backdrop, as of the end of 2015, events under
the Fukushima Child Recuperation Project, which we implement as an effort to extend care to children and their guardians, have been held a total of 1,550 times and participant
numbers total 78,000. Thanks to the generous support frompeople across Japan, we have been able to offer support toa truly great number of children and guardians, and for that I
express my deepest gratitude.
Forseeing that events under this project would eventuallyshift to be held outdoors, we borrowed space in Numajiri Prefectural Forest from the prefectural government and partneredwith local forestry associations, environmental groups and theJapan Adventure Playground
Association to hold a workshop entitled “Children’s Play
School” to teach about playing outdoors. We are also
partnering with the Japan Association for Play Therapy tohold recuperation events formothers in order to ensure Children enjoying playing freely in theparents also receive psycho- woods. The woodworking craft corner
was particularly popular.
logical care and assistance.

From the Affected Areas
Smiling Children

Ms. Ayako Fujiwara,

Secretary General, Iwate Association for UNICEF

As in previous years, thisyear’s summer children’s
movie screening was
widely attended by children, making for a funfilled summer vacation.
Attendees of after-school
Traveling screening at the Otsuchi Afcare centers in Kuji and Kater-School Care Club.
maishi joined by bus, andwere overjoyed to watch an anime film at Miyako Cinemarine.
In Ofunato and Otsuni, a total of 632 children enjoyed travelingscreenings held at various after-school care centers.
There was also the Kirarin Kids group planting at Otsuchipreschools and kindergartens, as well as in Rikuzentakata.
Two-hundred people participated in a board game event heldin seven locations, including Ofunato. Children from Otsuchi
Town’s Agudomame Kids’ Chorus and the Morioka City Kyara
Hall Boys’ and Girls’ Choir told me of their hopes for reconstruction to complete as quickly as possible, and of how happy they
are that joy has replaced the fear of so many in Otsuchi. Moving forward we will partner with many different organizations tocontinue to host these types of exchanges with children.

Steady Reconstruction

Ms. Eiko Igarashi,

Secretary General, Miyagi Association for UNICEF

Five years have now passed since the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, andreconstruction efforts aremaking steady progress.
Urban development has
also progressed in the heavily-damaged coastal areas,
including the relocation ofdisaster-preparedness organizations and the development of emergency public The Minamisanriku Town Disaster-Preparedness Policy Building will be governed
housing. Moreover, the JRby the prefectural government until 2031.
Senseki Line and Ishinoma- The town is completely transformed as
ki Line have both restarted ground-raising work continues.

Japanese UNICEF Staff Dispatched
to Provide Support

Noriko Izumi, Nigeria Office; Naoko Imoto, Haiti Office; Yuko
Osawa, Yemen Office; Mariko Kagoshima, Honduras Office;Masahiro Kato, Afghanistan Office; Osamu Kunii, Somalia Office; Yoko Kobayashi, Sri Lanka Office; Yuji Taketomo,
Afghanistan Office; Maki Noda, Iraq Office (formerly with
the Cambodia Office); Miho Fukuhara, New York Headquarters; Suguru Mizunoya, Kenya Office; and Tadashi Yasuda,
Vietnam Office.
* Refers to activities undertaken within the half-year from March 201115

Five-Year Income and Expenses Report[Income] (March 14, 2011 to December 31, 2015)

(Units: Yen)

IncomeFrom JCU’s domestic operations expenses account*1.	Donations, including those directly contributed by overseas individuals, corporations,organizations, and other bodies.
*2.	UNICEF national committees exist in 36 developed countries and territories around theworld and serve as pipelines for private contributions to UNICEF. Since March 2011, 16of those committees (Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany,
Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, The Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States) have contributed donations to JCU.

100,000,000

Donations received in Japan*1

3,540,741,276

Donations received from overseas*2

1,212,946,130
Total

4,853,687,406[Expenses] (March 14, 2011 to December 31, 2015)

(Units: Yen)

Expenses(to Dec. 2015)

Item / Details

Planned Expenses*9(to Dec. 2016)

Total

A. Emergency Relief and Reconstruction Programme Expenses
1. Emergency Relief Supplies
Report P. 4

2. Health and Nutrition
Report P.14

Supplies Procurement Support

180,300,028

0Technical Support*3

7,009,489

0

7,009,489

Subtotal

187,309,517

0

187,309,517

Restarting Health Checkups andSupplies Procurement Support

53,724,008

0

53,724,008

180,300,028

Nutrition Support Project

26,942,676

0

26,942,676

Mother and Child Health (Breast feeding and pregnancy support,
vaccinations, facility building, etc.)

646,163,123

0

646,163,123

School Feeds and Supplemental Food Support

128,695,355

0

128,695,355

Technical Support*3

93,147,340

093,147,340

Subtotal

948,672,502

0948,672,502
538,129,795

3. Education

Back-to-School

538,129,795

0Back-to-Preschool and Kindergarten

102,329,213

0102,329,213

Reconstruction and Repair for Preschools and Kindergartens

1,866,000,175

60,0001,866,060,175

Junior High and High School Interscholastic Athletic Meets

67,528,498

0

67,528,498

Technical Support*3

41,024,057

0

41,024,057

Report P. 13

Subtotal

2,615,011,738

60,000

UNICEF Children’s Bus Field Trips and Let’s Play! The
Outdoors Playtime and Fukushima Child Recuperation

201,615,947

20,700,000

222,315,947

Report P. 7 UNICEF Children’s Mini Library Project Tegami Project and Prayer Tree Project

43,375,420

043,375,420

Supplies Procurement

5,146,885

0

5,146,885

IEC Materials, etc.*4

2,956,847

02,956,847

Technical Support*3

299,495,186

32,500,000

331,995,186

Subtotal

552,590,285

53,200,000

605,790,285*10

Advocacy*5

5,428,063

0

IEC materials, etc.*4

2,021,302

02,021,302

Technical Support*3

85,634,398

6,800,000

92,434,398
99,883,763

4. Psychosocial Support

5. Child Protection
Report P. 9

6. Child-Friendly Reconstruction Plans
Report P. 10

7. Programme Reports and Communication
Report P. 14

2,615,071,738*10

5,428,063

Subtotal

93,083,763

6,800,000

Advocacy*5

8,890,170

350,000

9,240,170

Child-Friendly Reconstruction(creating play spaces and playgrounds)

70,580,301

37,970,000

108,550,301

Technical Support*3

113,694,771

20,000,000

133,694,771

Subtotal

193,165,242

58,320,000

251,485,242
88,348,216

6

86,248,216

2,100,000

Subtotal

86,248,216

2,100,000

Total

4,676,081,263

120,480,000

4,796,561,263

Local Offices Rental, Communications,
Transportation Expenses, etc.

34,686,422

380,000

35,066,422

Project Staff and Volunteers to Sites*

8

21,890,791

168,930

22,059,721

Subtotal

56,577,213

548,930

Total

4,732,658,476

121,028,930

Reporting and Communication*

88,348,216*10

B. On-Site Operations of Programme*7

*3.

*4.
*5.
*6.

*7.

57,126,143*10
4,853,687,406

emergency relief activities, which was included in On-Site Operations of All Activities on thesix-month report, has been transferred to Emergency Relief Expenses.
*8. Project Staff and Volunteers to Sites expenses include living expenses and volunteer
insurance, but not salaries. Staff are considered employees of UNICEF or JCU.
*9. Planned Expenses are amounts forecast as of January 31, 2016, and could change if there
is a change in future conditions or the programme in the disaster-affected areas.
*10. Allocations were adjusted downward to reflect distributions made until 2015.

Technical Support includes outsourcing expenses for programme or experts arranged
through JCU’s partner organizations (including local public bodies) in the implementation of
its operations. See the list of the partner organizations on page17.
IEC Materials, etc., comprises the production of information materials for the affected
people.
Advocacy consists of collaborating, organizing, and information sharing with JCU’s partnerorganization (including website creation, consultation, holding information meetings)
Reporting and Communication covers expenses for the production of reports andpublications, photo exhibitions, English translation of websites and film costs for videos andphotographs.
On-Site Operations of Programme expenses are covered by the 100 million yen that
was allocated by JCU for this purpose from its domestic operations expenses at thestart of disaster-related activities. Based on auditor direction, transportation expenses for

Note:	This Income and Expenses Report was compiled as an easy-to-understand summaryof JCU’s programme. The report covers a 58-month period from March 2011 (when the
programme started) to December
2015. This is not JCU’s normal accounting period.

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Programme Contributors
However, our programme continues, and will continue,
through partnerships with various specialist organizations, JCU
area associations, local government, and civil society. Pleasecheck our website frequently for progress reports about ourvarious assistance activities. We are grateful for your ongoingunderstanding and support for JCU’s programme in responseto the East Japan Earthquake.

The East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Relief
campaign marked the first time in nearly half a century that
UNICEF extended assistance to Japan, and it would not havebeen possible without the kind cooperation of countless individuals, corporations, and organizations. With a wish to
support children in need, people across Japan and around theworld donated generously to our campaign. JCU also received
material donations, logistical support, as well as advertisingand advocacy support for our programme from numerous corporations, organizations, and specialists. We would like toextend our heartfelt gratitude to all of our generous supporters.
We ended our call for donations for East Japan Earthquake
and Tsunami Emergency Relief at the end of March 2013.

List of Supporters and Partners

WebsiteEast Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Relief
http://www.unicef.or.jp/kinkyu/japan/en/2011.htm(At December 31, 2015)

Organization, Corporations, and Other Bodies Cooperating in the Implementation and Operation of Support Activities
Books for Young People (JBBY), Japan Association for Play Therapy,
Heart Full Heart, Fukushima Society of Certified Clinical Psychologists,
Fukushima Transportation, Fukushima Kotsu Kanko, Fukushima Junior
Chamber, Fukushima Design, Fukushima Child Recuperation Project,
Yamagata Child and Family Support Circleland[Health and Nutrition]
Aomori University of Health and Welfare, Special Committee for
Supporting Mothers and Children Under the Stress of Natural
Disasters, Humanitarian Medical Assistance (HuMA), Genero
Technologies, DENTSU, The Japan Dietetic Association, JapaneseMidwives’ Association, Japan Primary Care Association, Hakuhodo,
HANDS, Japan Liaison Council of Breastfeeding Organizations[Child Protection]

The Japan Overseas Cooperative Association, DENTSU, Tokyo
Council of Social Welfare Child Caregiver of the Committee,
Hakuhodo

Kids’ Door, J-CAPTA, Child Family Support Center Taiyo, Japan
National Council of Social Welfare, Japan National Council of Child
Family Support Center, Child Care Network Niiza, Hakuhodo, Miyagi
After-School Care Center Emergency Assistance Project, MIYAGIChild and Family Support Center[Psychosocial Support][Child-Friendly Reconstruction Plans]

Iwate Kenpoku Kanko, Iwate Kenpoku Bus, National Center of
Neurology and Psychiatry, JTB Business World Tokyo, Japan National
Council of Child Family Support Center, DENTSU, Japanese Board on

Association of Children’s Environment, General Research Instituteof the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Takenaka Corporation,
Japan Adventure Playground Association, Yamagata University[Education]■ Cooperating Corporations and Organizations (In no particular order)
Companies and Groups Contributing ¥10,000,000 or More
AEON MALL Co., Ltd.; AEON RETAIL Co., Ltd.; ITOHAM FOODS INC.; FNS Charity Campaign (Fuji Television Network, Inc. andits 28 affiliated stations including Kansai Telecasting Corporation); MPS17; CROSS COMPANY CO., LTD.; SAGANO REALESTATE
CO., LTD.; Sharp Corporation, Sugarlady Cosmetic Inc.; Sugarlady Inc.; START TODAY CO., LTD.; Sony Corporation; DANONE
S.A.; Danone Japan Co., Ltd.; The 27th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition; Thomas &Agnes Inc.; Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; NIPPONKOA Insurance Company, Limited; Noble Japan K.K.; B-R 31 ICE CREAM
CO., LTD.; Plenus Co., Ltd.; Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Company, Limited; MITSUBOSHI BELTING LTD.; YAOKO CO.,
LTD.; JAPAN POST BANK Co., Ltd.; Words & Music; WABCO Holdings Inc.

Material and Logistical Support
Cooperation was received from a wide range of corporations and organizations. Please refer to the One-Year Report for moredetails. http://www.unicef.or.jp/kinkyu/japan/en/pdf/1year_report_en.pdf

Grants Received for Fundraising
American Express International, Inc.; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Cover Photographs (from top left)

Children attending an after-school
care center in Kesennuma makeornaments for Prayer Trees (page 8).

A p r e p a r a t o r y m e e t i n g b e fo r e“Ishinomaki: A Children’s Town”(page 12). “How about a startingsalar y of 50 Makis?” “Can weuse some sales as the manager’s
bonus?” “More children may want
to become store managers.”

A m o d e l c r e a t e d b y ch i l d r e n
representing the future of Shichigo(page 11). Introduced during “UNICEF
Gallery at Jozenji”, an event put on
at the UN World Conference on
Disaster Risk Reduction (page 14).

*Unless indicated otherwise, all photos in this report are © Japan Committee for UNICEF.

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Kadonowaki Junior High School
students present their ideas at the“Parks by Children” workshop (page12).

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Tokyo 108-8607, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5789-2011
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