Fund Recipients

Japan Earthquake Relief Fund Recipients as of March 2012

AFS Intercultural Programs Japan AFS Intercultural Programs Japan is a non-profit international exchange organization for students and adults. AFS Japan provides a wide range of programming, including summer camp programs, and school-based exchange and shorter summer programs for high school students. With support from the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund, AFS Japan provides scholarships for students from the Tohoku region for long-term exchange programs to the United States.
http://www.afs.or.jp// (in Japanese)


Archi+ Aid (アーキエイド), an organization of architects dedicated to the recovery of the Tohoku region, works to give local citizens a say in the reconstruction of their devastated towns post- March 11.  With the goals of safety, sustainability, and preserving local culture, Archi+ Aid will use funds from the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund to organize workshops that bring architects, architectural students, urban planners, and disaster prevention professionals together with local industry, cooperatives, and citizens to share their visions for the future of their cities.
http://archiaid.org/ (Japanese)


Ashinaga (あしなが育英会) has provided financial, educational and emotional support to Japanese children who have lost one or both parents for any reason for the past 40 years.  It will use funds from the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund for programs that provide needed emotional support for children from Tohoku.
http://www.ashinaga.org/en/ (English)
http://www.ashinaga.org/ (Japanese)


Association for the Corporate Support for the Arts (企業メセナ協議会) conducts research, surveys and seminars to build partnerships between business and the arts.  Funds from the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund will support the “Hundred Festivals Revival Fund” to revitalize local festivals and folk entertainment in Tohoku, which play a vital role in bringing communities together and preserving local cultural heritage.
http://www.mecenat.or.jp/english/ (English)
http://www.mecenat.or.jp/ (Japanese)


Beyond Tomorrow was founded in response to the events of March 11 to enable the youth of Tohoku to follow their dreams and aspirations while becoming the leaders of tomorrow through scholarships and mentoring programs.  A grant from Japan Earthquake Relief Fund will support youth orphaned or severely affected by the disasters of March 11 through comprehensive leadership development and mentoring programs, and to forge a new generation of leaders. 
http://www.beyond-tomorrow.org/en/ (English)
http://www.beyond-tomorrow.org/ (Japanese)


Care Center Yawaragi (ケア・センターやわらぎ)is a non-profit organization in Tokyo that offers personalized home care services for the elderly, including group homes, short-stay services, day services, and home help services. In response to the March 11 disaster and with support from the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund, the organization provided healthcare kits, including bicycles, ponchos, gloves, masks, and antiseptic, among other essentials necessary for healthcare providers in the region who care for the elderly, ill, disabled or pregnant. The healthcare workers focused on those outside of the shelters who lack mobility or means and require home care.  
http://www.yawaragi.or.jp/ (Japanese only)


ETIC (エティック), a two-time Japan Earthquake Relief Fund recipient, is a leading organization in Japan that trains young social and business entrepreneurs. It used the first grant to tap into its extensive network of a younger generation of business and social entrepreneurs to identify the most vulnerable (the elderly, disabled, those with special medical needs) and to match them with the critical services they need.  The first and second grants also supports ETIC’s efforts to match fellows in their 20s and 30s with specific expertise to small businesses, entrepreneurs and NPOs in an effort to help revitalize local economies.  The demand for this service was larger than originally anticipated and reflects the need for job creation and assistance to local businesses and NPOs.
http://www.etic.or.jp/english/index.html (English)
http://www.etic.or.jp/ (Japanese)


Human Rights Watch Japan (ヒューマン・ライツ・ウォッチ) is a non-profit international organization dedicated to raising human rights awareness through reports and media coverage that focus international attention where human rights are violated.  Focusing on children from Tohoku who lost one or both parents and are in alternative care, Human Rights Watch Japan, working with the government and civic groups, will investigate and report on the current situation of these vulnerable children in an effort to improve alternative care not only in Tohoku, but throughout Japan.
http://www.hrw.org/ (English)
http://www.hrw.org/ja (Japanese)


Japan Civil Network for Disaster Relief in East Japan (JCN) (東日本大震災支援全国ネットワーク ) is a network of 600 organizations that provide support to survivors of the 3.11 earthquake and tsunamis.  With Japan Earthquake Relief Fund support, JCN will shed light on the situation of citizens who have had to evacuate from the Tohoku region, many of whom find themselves isolated and without support.  JCN will play a critical role in information sharing and networking among the approximately 200 organizations helping former Tohoku residents, who are scattered from Hokkaido to Okinawa.
http://www.jpn-civil.net/english/ (English)
http://www.jpn-civil.net/ (Japanese)


Japanese Medical Society of America (JMSA) a two-time Japan Earthquake Relief Fund grant recipient, is a professional medical association of Japanese-speaking doctors in New York.  The first grant allows JMSA, in partnership with the Fukushima Prefectural University Medical Center, to support the Medical Center’s “Kokoro no Care” program, a project to create community-based multidisciplinary mental health clinics.  These clinics provide mental healthcare to patients with symptoms resulting from the March 11 disaster, as well as those with pre-existing conditions.  Through the second grant, JMSA partners with the Otsuchi-cho Mental Health Care Support group (a coalition of the Japan Association for Emergency Psychiatry, Japan Medical Support Network, University of California San Francisco, JAMSnet Tokyo and New York and various local welfare organizations in Iwate Prefecture) to provide mental health services to citizens in Iwate Prefecture and to create a new regional model for mental health care using mobile units and new communication technologies.  The project will also support the training and development of disaster psychiatrists and educate those affected by the disaster on issues of mental health.
http://www.jmsa.org/ (English only)


Japan NPO Center (日本NPOセンター), established after the Kobe earthquake to support the development of NPOs throughout Japan, partners with its sister organization, the Civil Society Initiative Fund (市民社会創造ファンド), to use funds from the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund to identify and support local community-based, grassroots NPOs and volunteer organizations involved in relief and sustainable recovery work throughout the affected region. These grants are mostly small in size, averaging 1,000,000 yen each, and reach smaller community-based organizations with speed and flexibility. In this way, community-based organizations that are not well known, but know their community and its needs, can be supported in their efforts in amounts appropriate to their size.
http://www.jnpoc.ne.jp/?p=985 (English)
http://www.jnpoc.ne.jp/ (Japanese)


Japan Primary Care Association (日本プライマリ・ケア連合学会) is a professional society of medical practitioners, researchers and students that promotes best practices in the medical and health and welfare fields.  In response to the Tohoku earthquake, the Japan Primary Care Association established the Primary Care for All Team (PCAT) to undertake medical relief work in the region. The Japan Earthquake Relief Fund supports PCAT teams—multidisciplinary healthcare teams headed by doctors—who provide medical care to evacuees in shelters and temporary housing, and to those in need in their homes.  The healthcare teams also provide long-term support for local physicians in the region to ensure that patients have access to continued primary care, including a specialized team in obstetrics.
http://www.primary-care.or.jp/ (Japanese)
http://pcforall.primary-care.or.jp/eng/ (English)


JEN (ジェン) a two-time Japan Earthquake Relief Fund recipient, is an international humanitarian relief and development organization with experience in Japan, spending five years in Niigata in response to the 2004 and 2007 earthquakes.  Funds from the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund support JEN’s work in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, a fishing village that is among the hardest hit by the tsunami.  The first grant enabled JEN to provide emergency relief and to help communities clean up debris and sludge. The second grant will assist JEN in its efforts, in collaboration with local fishery associations, to support the work of aqua-farmers and fishermen in four ports on the Oshika peninsula. The overall effort will help members of the community remain in the area and begin the process of revitalizing the local fishing industry.
http://www.jen-npo.org/en/ (English)
http://www.jen-npo.org/ (Japanese


Mirai Kikin (東日本大震災こども未来基金) is a foundation established in direct response to the large number of children who lost one or both parents in the March 11 disaster. Using a grant from the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund, Mirai Kikin provides children who lost one or both parents with financial support for educational expenses. Working with local boards of education and school principals, eligible children, from elementary to high school students, can receive a maximum of five years of financial support.
http://www.mirai-kikin.com/en/index.html (English)
http://www.mirai-kikin.com/ (Japanese)


NPO Jibunmirai Club (ＮＰＯ法人じぶん未来クラブ) partners with Young Americans, an American non-profit group, to bring Japanese and American youth together through the popular musical workshops that instill respect, self-esteem, teamwork and the discovery of one’s potential. With a grant from the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund, and in partnership with local boards of education, workshops in Tohoku will reach over 3,000 students in 20 schools.
http://jibunmirai.com/ya/index.html (Japanese)

Studio for Cultural Exchange (文化交流工房) was founded to promote cultural exchange activities between Japan and the United States.  Voices from Japan: Despair and Hope from Disaster is its first collaborative project and includes tanka written by survivors of the earthquake and tsunamis.  With support from the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund, the experience of the tanka poets from Tohoku can be shared in the U.S and beyond.


Supporting Union for Practical-Use of Educational Resources (教育支援協会), in partnership with Abukuma NS Net, both of which run summer camps for children all over Japan, started the Fukushima Kids Summer Camp (ふくしまキッズ夏季林間学校) for first through ninth graders from Fukushima Prefecture who were not able to enjoy the outdoors during summer of 2011 due to radiation concerns. With support from the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund, an additional 200 students participated in the Fukushima Kids Summer Camp in Hokkaido. The Supporting Union for Practical-Use of Educational Resources provided summer camp opportunities to children after the Hanshin Awaji and the Chuetsu earthquakes.
http://fukushima-kids.org/index.html (Japanese)
http://fukushima-kids.org/18_english.html (English)


The Tokyo Volunteer Network for Disaster Relief (東京災害ボランティアネットワーク) is an experienced disaster preparedness, relief and recovery organization based in Tokyo with experience in region (1998 Fukushima flood).  Funds from the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund support the establishment of a distribution center in the city Tome, Miyagi Prefecture for the food, water, blankets and other goods the Network will collect and distribute.  The network coordinated the efforts of approximately 3,000 volunteers who came to the region in groups of 15-50 for one week at a time to help distribute emergency relief supplies and help with clean-up efforts. 
http://www.tosaibo.net/ (Japanese only)


Tumugiya (つむぎや) is a new organization based in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, that works to provide economic, social and community support in Tohoku.  As part of its work, it is building the “Oshika House” on the Oshika Peninsula, which will serve as a base for community based organizations and enterprises in the village.  Funds from the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund will help Tumugiya build “Oshika House.”
http://www.facebook.com/TUMUGIYA?sk=wall (Japanese)