JCIE’s Japan NGO Earthquake Relief and Recovery Fund has provided a grant to SakuraNet, a Japanese NPO, to rebuild and operate a senior daycare center, which will double as a community center, in an isolated area outside of Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture. This grant, which is part … Read more
NPO JEN continues its efforts to assist the revival of the fishing industry in and around Ishinomaki. Their latest work focuses on the need to support those fishermen who now have to travel long distances from temporary housing to get to the sea. JEN is … Read more
Immediately after the 3/11 disaster, 340,000 people evacuated their homes in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima, the hardest hit prefectures. About one in five of those people, or more than 70,000 residents, have still not returned to their native prefectures. In a July 2012 survey conducted … Read more
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
A JCIE survey of nearly 1,000 nonprofits, businesses, and philanthropic foundations reveals that, in the 1 ½ years since Japan’s Tohoku region was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, Americans have donated at least $665.8 million (¥53.3 billion) for relief and recovery efforts. This outpouring of … Read more
This January, the people of Tohoku will hold their first New Year’s celebration since the disaster. In Japan, the first New Year’s holiday after a tragedy is never celebrated out of respect for those who have passed, so there were no celebrations at the start … Read more
One of the organizations that JCIE supported during the relief phase of its funding efforts was NICCO, an NGO that continues to be active in the regional recovery efforts as well. In a recent report, NICCO described its psychosocial care program in Miyagi Prefecture. In the … Read more
JCIE staff recently visited with the Miyako City team of JCIE grantee Sankaku Planning Iwate’s “Mederu Car” Project, and spent the day accompanying the group on their delivery rounds and daily activities. The Mederu Car project currently has four teams delivering groceries in the cities of … Read more
World in Asia (WiA) received JCIE funding for its work to support social entrepreneurship. Even prior to the devastating earthquake that struck on 3/11, the Tohoku region was facing serious challenges. The population was graying as younger generations moved away in search of jobs, causing a … Read more
JCIE staff recently attended a gathering of funders who are supporting recovery efforts in Tohoku. The event was organized by the Sanaburi Foundation, a JCIE grantee that has been working hard to support capacity building in the region. There were 11 organizations represented, including grant-making foundations, … Read more