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I hope you are doing well. I am writing to let you know that we have extended the deadline for individuals from the Asia/Pacific region who are interested in applying for an Atlas Corps Fellowship. The areas below are program areas we are specifically recruiting for but we encourage all who are interested to apply. - Individuals who speak Thai, Japanese, Bahasa, or other Asian languages who have a background in human rights, child rights, or trafficking. - Social entrepreneurs from Japan or South Korea - Individuals with a background in program management I am including the announcement below. Please forward to individuals/networks who might be interested in this opportunity. Thank you in advance for your support. Best, Aparna Kothary U.S. Program Manager Apply for a Paid, Overseas Fellowship with Atlas Corps (U.S.) **Extended Deadline: April 30th Atlas Corps is an international network of nonprofit leaders and organizations that promotes innovation, cooperation, and so...

Below is an out line from a TV PROGRAM i saw on Friday morning (4/8)about the monies raised and later simple info from NHK on the distributions plans decided on Friday April 8. RE: 義援金 Gienkin donations 130,000,000,000yen from a wide array of sources Sports figures businesses and celebrities For example: Softbank’s Mr. Son 100,000,000,000 personal donation + corp. SMAP 4,000,000,000yen Donations boxes are everywhere Karaoke rooms Convenience stores Sports events All types of shops People give as they feel there is nothing else they can do Poll in central Tokyo 93% said they gave some gienkin But where is the money going???? Words for donation in Japanese – not well understood by the public 義援金 Gienkin – money will be given in cash to survivors 支援金 Shienkin – money will be used for support services 寄付金 kifu kin  - general donations カンパ Kampa – general donations, like in a change box Huge amount of money has been given but none given to the people yet April 6 　 total G...

Aired on Sunday April 3 - English outline of the contents Lack of chronic meds AMDA part of govt revolving doctor rotation? Ishinomaki hospital- 1 of 12 Japan Red Cross hospitals in the area People come from throughout the area Flu and stomach illnesses are common About 300 patients a per day 2X the usual number 2.5 times busier than normal – ambulance First they accepted anyone who came now trying to go back to normal – but a sudden influx of patients New problems in patent and outpatient care issues arising Now they can not accept all, must put some people out Concern than upon being let out there is no home to go to – so they must go to evacuation center Recovered must go out to evac centers that lack basic support services New issues are arising Advanced and severe cases are mixed Plus new issues due to clearing out destroyed homes and ruins - cut figures & tetanus Hard to find other places to take the patients Destruction of local med care systems Severe cases - Transf...

  From morning news program on channel 4?  MAFF studies food safety l fish and water safety l over 4 days fish were caught and checked off Japanese east cost – no danger levels of radiation detected

April 7 NPO vol and government meeting nationwide network of NPO supporting earthquake affected areas 7th meeting of representatives of ministries involved in contact with disaster recovery . The official name of the meeting " Disaster Volunteer and NPO regular liaison meetings with other ministries . " Voluntary office of cabinet (Yuasa?) + cooperation with various ministries , the Ministry of Defense , Ministry of Health and others . After a description of whether we support what each of these ministries in the affected areas , NPO put up some questions and requests . The meeting will be held every two weeks . Watch here: http://www.ourplanet-tv.org/?q=node/979

Here is a message on Facebook from the mayor of Rikuzentakata http://www.facebook.com/home. php?sk=group_189243007780487& ap=1#!/vide /video.php?v= 10150206439755931&oid= 115812641830464&comments    We are now arranging a second trip, probably for Saturday April 16. I estimate we need about 120,000 yen (1,410 USD, 990 euros, 860 quid). All help is greatly appreciated. 1. Money 2. Non-perishable foods and condiments (everyone is bored of eating only rice) 3. Hygiene products 4. Portable (keitai) radios 5. New underwear for men and women 6. New socks for men and women 7. Bulk donations of water or food 8. Information on shelters that are in particular need Donors must be willing to send donations to addresses in Tokyo. Best regards, Clive http://clivevfrance.com/   >Work related: http://sarajeanr.wordpress. com/ >Japan Disaster related： https://japanvolunteers. wordpress.com/ >General: http://sarajeans-notes. blogspot.com/ >SKYPE ...

Hope International are packing Personal Hygiene kits and sending a shipment from Tokyo to their Sendai warehouse on Monday for further distribution. If you would like to donate the cost of a kit - 1,500 yen OR create your own and drop it off in Yurakucho. The original goal was for 1,000 kits.. but 10,000 sounds better! Check the Hope International feed for additional info!

The NCC Japan Earthquake Relief Housing Center has a new site there is also a "Providing Housing form"  http://ncc-support.blogspot. com/p/blog-page_23.html  please contact them for more info: NCC 住宅支援担当 < housing@ncc-j.org >

a bit chilling http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=BNYAwcKl-_k

(No, not my comments but from someone who lives there...) I live in Iwate and had chances to observe local efforts while visiting friends on the coast. From what I observed at the official relief center, there are a lot of LOCAL hands (including evacuees). They load and unload trucks, distribute food and supplies, cook meals and support SDF logistics and such. Food and supplies are arriving in mass through Kamaishi and other ports and largely distributed by SDF vehicles or trucks driven by Kuroneko and other local business volunteers. If there is a problem, that would be fuel shortage to make this happen. Availability of fuel might have improved in Kanto but not much here in Iwate, and not at all in affected towns. Anyway, SDF and public workers are working around the clock distributing and researching the needs in addition to their rescue work organized under local governments. They are now requesting shelters autonomous bodies to share the food and supplies with ot...

JHELP we need 5 volunteers here in Sendai , we are looking for people that can help us sending relief and doing takidashi and coordinating with different NGO's groups etc.. A.S.A.P our office is located at ground floor Sendai City Hall. You can call or email them just visit jhelp.com

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Watch this site for further updates to come .... www.recoveryplatform.org The International Recovery Platform offers services to fill gaps in knowledge and practice of recovery, with an emphasis on "Build back better". 1. Guidance Notes on Recovery 2. Capacity Building Program on Recovery focussed on training of government officials 3. PDNA Workspace 4. Recovery Status Reports 5. Dissemination of national experiences through events including the Recovery Forum, side events and the newsletter Preliminary assessment: North East Japan 2011 http://www.recoveryplatform.org/assets/Japan/20113.11%20Earthquake&Tsunami%20in%20Japan.pdf

OGA for Aid https://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150142639405949 OGA for Aid OGA for Aid was born from the spontaneous desire of our personal family to take action and contribute to help those affected by the recent Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. In response to the Earthquake and Tsunami crisis, we at OGA for Aid have organized and set up a donation center in Aomori, Japan to accepted donated goods which we are distributing to those in need. Great Eastern Japan Earthquake Tsunami Relief Aid　 東日本大震災救援ボランティア OGA International School is a non religiously affiliated school that has organized and set up a donation center at our school site. We are asking anyone and everyone to help us help these desperate people and to dedicate our energy in making a difference where we can. Address: OGA International School 1-10-7 Yasukata Aomori City 017 776 0911 Email: ogaforaid@gmail.com Things You Can Help With: Latest Needs List: Latest requests stra...

Read about the personal experiences of those who are working with disaster relief efforts in Japan’s earthquake and tsunami affected areas. We will keep you constantly updated with a variety of Voices From the Ground. ピースボート・東北関東大震災緊急災害支援 / Peace Boat Tohoku Kanto Earthquake Emergency Relief… Please pass this on Quick link: http://wp.me/1sOT6 Full link: http://peaceboatvoices.wordpress.com/ Voices from the ground A report from volunteer Akira Uchimura, originally published on the Nikkei Youth Network. http://nikkeiyouth.com/2011/03 /26/day-0-and-day-1-in-ishinom aki/

Ugh! I look terrible and need an editor (to edit my thoughts as well as mouth)  but... here I am talking about my work now on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9nzb36HaMg&feature=related

現地の被災地活動支援をしているＮＧＯ募金先一覧 ●難民を助ける会 http://www.aarjapan.gr.jp 【ゆうちょ銀行振替口座】 口座名義:難民を助ける会 口座番号:00100-9-600 ※通信欄に「東北地方太平洋沖地震」明記 ●AMDA http://www.amda.or.jp/ 【ゆうちょ銀行振替口座】 口座名義:AMDA 口座番号:01250-2-40709 ※通信欄に「東北地方太平洋沖地震」明記 ●ピース ウィンズ・ジャパン http://www.peace-winds.org/ 【ゆうちょ銀行振替口座】 口座番号：00160-3-179641　　 口座名義：特定非営利活動法人ピースウィンズ・ジャパン ※通信欄に「東北地方太平洋沖地震」と明記 ●社団法人　セーブ・ザ・チルドレン・ジャパン http://www.savechildren.or.jp/ 【ゆうちょ銀行振替口座】 口座名義:セーブ・ザ・チルドレン緊急援助基金 口座番号:00980-7-57019　 ※通信欄に「東北地方太平洋沖地震」と明記 ●ワールド・ビジョン・ジャパン http://www.worldvision.jp/ 【ゆうちょ銀行振替口座】 口座名義:特定非営利活動法人ワールド・ビジョン・ジャパン 口座番号:00140-4-900664 ※通信欄に「東北地方太平洋沖地震」明記 ●（社）日本国際民間協力会 http://www.kyoto-nicco.org/ 【ゆうちょ銀行振替口座】 口座名義:社団法人　日本国際民間協力会（NICCO） 口座番号:01070-5-60791 ※通信欄に「東北地方太平洋沖地震」明記 ●アジア協会アジア友の会 http://www.jafs.or.jp 【ゆうちょ銀行振替口座】 口座名義:アジア協会アジア友の会 口座番号:00960-6-10835 ※通信欄に「東北地方太平洋沖地震」明記 ●NPO法人　アドラ・ジャパン（ADRA Japan） http://www.adrajpn.org 【ゆうちょ銀行振替口座】 口座番号：　 00290-2-34169 加入者名：　 （特活）ADRA Japan 通信欄：　 ※「東北地方太平洋沖地震」と明記 ●...

http://www.hyogo-ip.or.jp/en/modtreepage01_1374/ Hyogo International Association Information and Advisory Service Center TEL: 078-382-2052 URL: http://www.hyogo-ip.or.jp/info/support/modtreepage01_6121/ Skype -> HIA Information Now providing live support via webcam! You must install Skype to use this service. http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home Languages supported: Japanese, English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00 ********** The following organizations are also offering advice. NGO Network for Foreigners' Assistance Kobe TEL　078-232-1290 URL　 http://www12.ocn.ne.jp/~gqnet/ Languages supported: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog Hours: Every Friday 13:00-20:00 International Center for Understanding in Sasayama TEL　079-590-8125 　 URL　 http://www.hnpo.comsapo.net/weblog/RedirectServlet?npoURL=npo-icu Languages supported: morning - Chinese, Tagalog. Afternoon - English, Portuguese. Hours: Every Wednesday 9:00-12:00, 13:00-16:0...

Have a look at this pdf file on the japan platform website: Japan Platform (JPF) is taking action for emergency assistance for the victims of North-East Japan earthquake and tsunami that occurred on 3/11/2011 2:46PM. JPF is an international emergency humanitarian aid organization made up of a consortium of 32 Japanese NGOs, the business community, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. (20110325) North-East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami.pdf http://www.japanplatform.org/E/index.html

There will be translation for this event - see below. ◆◇◆◇ 『放射能って何？』さぽうと２１ 緊急講演会のお知らせ ◆◇◆◇ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ━━━━━ ━『放射能って何？さぽうと２１在住外国人向け講演会』━━━━ ━━━━━ ━ "Nuclear crisis in Japan: What we need to know"  ━━━━━━━━━━ ■ DATE April 2, 6:00-8:00 ■ VENUE：TKP Shibuya conference center　Hall 3A http://www.shibuya- kaigishitsu.net/access.shtml ■ Speaker: Okamoto Tomohiro（おかもと ともひろ）氏 ■ in Japanese with translation: Burmese, Vietnamese, Arabic, Chinese Spanish, Persian, English, French (as of March 30 maybe other languages too if you cna help with translation please let them know!) ★ Please send your name and contact infromation to SP21 by email or fax:  FAX 03-5449- 1332 E-mail： info@support21.or.jp ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ━━━━━━ 〒141-0021 東京都品川区上大崎2-12-2ミズホビル5階 TEL　03-5449-1331　FAX　03-5449-1332 Email: info@support21.or.jp HP: www.support21.or.jp