The Association for Aid and Relief (AAR) reports that about 400 children are currently living in 13 temporary housing sites in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture. These children, who have suffered through the trauma of losing friends, relatives, and their homes, have had no … Read more
Springtime in Japan is the time for cherry blossom viewing, and last month the Association for Aid and Relief (AAR) helped to ensure that local residents who are living in temporary housing could celebrate the season and enjoy a sense of normalcy by offering a … Read more
With funding from the BTMU Americas Community Award, JCIE provided a grant to Sankaku Planning in order to help strengthen communities’ ties and serve vulnerable populations, particularly senior citizens and disabled disaster survivors, through a “Delivery Care Project.” This hires unemployed women affected by the March … 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
AAR Japan: Because of the impact of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, children in Fukushima Prefecture seldom have the opportunity to play outside. Furthermore, outdoor play areas for children are limited around the temporary housing complexes. Not being able to play outside … Read more
JEN hosted an exchange between Shingo Kunieda, two-time gold medalist in wheelchair tennis at the Paralympics, and the children of Ishinomaki. Mr. Kunieda asked to see how areas were damaged by the disaster, and so JEN took him to the “Rehabilitation Fureai Marché”—a temporary shopping … Read more