Several days ago, JCIE staff made another trip to the disaster zone in Iwate Prefecture to visit with the organizers of innovative recovery projects. While some areas still lag far behind, in many places the efforts to rebuild the physical infrastructure have made extraordinary progress. … Read more
The August 2012 edition of Sotokoto magazine includes a feature article on the Sanaburi Foundation, a recipient of the BTMU Americas Community Recovery Award through JCIE’s Japan NGO Earthquake Relief & Recovery Fund. The article describes the origins of this unique community foundation, its mission of supporting recovery in … Read more
This past week JCIE staff made another trip to Tohoku to visit a few of the JCIE fund’s grantees and other innovative local recovery efforts. On Friday they visited a Kamaishi Kitchen Car for lunch where Ms. Teiko Haga, whose ramen noodle shop was swept away … Read more