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some resources ... links and articles PTSD Japan Earthquake http://tokyocounselingservices.blogspot.com/2011/09/ptsd-japan-earthquake.html The Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disasters Red Cross Work http://www.linkedin.com/share?viewLink=&sid=s583383518&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftokyocounseling.com%2Fenglish%2Fmedia%2Fredcross.html&urlhash=nH0n&pk=member-home&pp=1&poster=7882396&uid=5519494278356672512&trk=NUS_UNIU_SHARE-title Volunteer Dos and Don’ts (Japanese and English) http://www.telljp.com/index.php?/en/news_article/volunteer_dos_and_donts/

NPO法人ETIC.開催『「右腕」マッチングフェア』にRCFも参加します（10月1日） 10月1日（土）にNPO法人ETIC.が開催する 「右腕」マッチングフェア in Autumn ～『共に歩み、共に創る』、復興に挑むリーダーの「右腕」を募集～ にRCFも参加します。 復興支援を行うプロジェクトリーダーの右腕となる人材募集を目的としたイベントです。 彼らのプロジェクトにかける想いや、具体的な事業内容を直接聞ける絶好の機会となります。 年内では最後の開催となるため、より深く復興支援に関わりたい方はぜひご参加ください。 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 「右腕」マッチングフェア in Autumn ～『共に歩み、共に創る』、復興に挑むリーダーの「右腕」を募集～ 産業復興・医療再生・教育改革・・・etc 復興に向けて力強く動き出した10名のリーダーが右腕を募集中！ get more information about the event, the projects and the types of opportunities available to those of you who want to bring business back to Tohoku while also supporting the local people. http://www.etic.or.jp/recoveryleaders/matchingevent4th/ ——————————————————————– 2011年10月1日（土）10：00-17：00 ＠ 日本財団ビル NPO法人ETIC. 震災復興リーダー支援プロジェクト ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Helping victims of natural disasters DATE: 2011.09.30 - 2011.10.01 Location: Tokyo ORGANIZER: Tokiwa University, UNU-ISP and JEMRI The Tokiwa International Victimology Institute (TIVI; Tokiwa University, Mito, Japan) will hold a two-day symposium under the theme "Helping Victims of Natural Disasters: From Grassroots to Governance” in collaboration with the United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP) and the Japan-US Evidence-based Mental Health Response Initiative (JEMRI; Charleston, South Carolina, USA). Professionals working for disaster victims in management, medical services, social welfare, and education, and anyone interested in helping disaster victims, as well as victims and surviving families of natural disasters, are welcome to attend. The registration deadline is 28 September. For more information, or to regis...

Peace Winds America and U.S. Embassy The U.S .-Japan Civil-Military Initiative “Disaster Preparedness Workshop” September 27-29, 2011 U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, Japan http://peacewindsamerica.org/readiness/civil-military-initiative/ Asia Pacific Relief Summit Thursday Sept 29 09:30 - 17:00 @ The United Nations University U Thant International conference Hall （ Dinner party: UN 　 Cafe ） , Omotesando station Organizer: Civic Force 　 (Support organization ： Sasakawa foundation http://www.civic-force.org/english/conference/ Japan Civil Net, All org meeting Friday Sept 30, 4:00-8:30, @ Asian YMCA Center Tokyo http://www.jpn-civil.net/news/jcn/2011/09/jcn_3.html Sustainability of project assistance in the affected areas: The way of international cooperation NGO cooperation Friday Sept 30, 7:00-9:00, @Sendai Shimin support center Organizer: Janic Sendai, Support from JOCS, RSY, Plan Intl JEN http://www.janic.org/earthquake/news/post_307.php

JCN will have a meeting of all groups and supporter for Tohoku Relief and Recovery Friday Sept 30 4:00-8:30 information session and a networking event. You can apply on line: http://kouikinet.jp/ej_meeting/

JCN now has a listing with contact info for Administrative office and   support system for rented housing - available in both PDF and word formats  http://www.jpn-civil.net/news/jcn/2011/09/post_36.html

I am now editing a revised list of orgs involved in long-term recovery work in NE/Tohoku Japan.   When the list is done i will share it with you all.  - please add others by using the comment function if you can this weekend! please send the names of the orgs in English and Japanese and the links. ADRA Japan NPO 法人　アドラ・ジャパン（ ADRA Japan ） http://www.adrajpn.org NPO Aichi-net 愛知ネット Association for Aid and Relief, Japan 難民を助ける会 URL: http://www.aarjapan.gr.jp/ AMDA - formerly Association of Medical Doctors of Asia 特定非営利活動法人　 AMDA ( 元アジア医師連絡協議会 ) URL: http://www.amdainternational.com/ Care International Japan 公益財団法人　ケア・インターナショナル　ジャパン http://www.careintjp.org CRASH volunteers   http://www.crashjapan.com/ FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS JAPAN Good Neighbors Japan グッドネーバーズジャパン URL:  http://www.gnjp.org/campaign/emgcy_2011tohoku.html Hope International Development Agency Hope World Wide The Japan Asian Association and Asian Friendship Society アジア協会アジア友の会 http://www.j...

equest of a Country Visit to Japan by UN Special Rapporteurs Since crisis situations have been still ongoing in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and the Fukushima First Nuclear Plants accidents, HRN has decided, through consultations with OHCHR human rights officers and other NGOs below, to make an urgent request to the UN Special Rapporteurs for a country visit to Japan in order to conduct fact-finding missions on such situations.  ********************************************************************************* Dear  Ms. Raquel Rolnik Special Rapporteur on the right to housing Dear Mr. Anand Grover Special Rapporteur on the right to health Dear Mr. Calin Georgescu Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights Cc Mr. Ajith Sunghay (Human Rights Officer, OHCHR...