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East-Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund

April 26, 2011

Shigeru Shimada, General Secretary

Yoshihiro Nakagawa, President

The National Council of YMCAs of Japan

YMCAs of Japan continue supportive activities for the affected, especially those who are to be weak; children and youths, elderly, disabled people and foreign citizens by applying Relief Fund and donations from both inside and outside Japan. Also we, as a community-based organization, operate activities that "cultivate the human and lives" to make youths develop holistically as doers of relief and recovery activities.

Target of Fundraising Campaign

TOTAL of the 1st term 　300,000,000 yen (300 million yen)

Expenses for Activities of Phase 1: 　50,000,000 yen ( 50 million yen)

Expenses for Activities of Phase 2:　150,000,000 yen (150 million yen)

Expenses for Activities of Phase 3:　100,000,000 yen (100 million yen)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Almost USD 3,750,000

YMCA Disaster Relief and Recovery Plan: Overview
First year after the disaster	Phase 1: Emergency At evacuation centers	Establishment, operation/ management and support of Disaster Volunteer Centers
		*Overcoming lack of infrastructure or lifeline: asking their needs, offering evacuation centers, distribution of food supplies and daily necessities
		*Support at evacuation centers: distribution of supplies, stress-reduction and physical exercise programs
		*Assist to clean private houses: carrying broken furniture, tidying and cleaning up inside the houses
		*Help the weak: support nurseries and after-schools, recreation, mental counseling, nursing care for the elderly
		*Distribution of picture books, stationeries, toys and sporting goods for children
		*Request of Coordinators of Japan YMCA Disaster Volunteers
	Phase 2: After Emergency Moving into temporary housings	Support for normal livelihood (Planning and operating projects)
For a half year to two years		*Camp and after-school programs for children: grief retreat camps, trauma-reduction camps, etc.
		*Supportive activities for classes, recreation and "field day" at schools
		*Short or long stay for the elderly: offering YMCA campsites and training centers
		*Programs and activities at YMCA centers: wellness (aquatic and gymnastic) programs, learning/ studying support
		*Support affected students and youths: vocational training and scholarships
		*Training for students as disaster recovery volunteers
	Phase 3: Restart normal livelihood No evacuation centers	Training of Trainers who promote recovery (Building citizen-participated communities)
		*Training youth leading trainers for recovery
		*Support students' lives: scholarships, dormitories, and high schools with correspondence courses, vocational trainings, etc.
For one to five years		*Childcare: nurseries and after-schools
		*Long-term mental counseling
		*Establishment of Recovery Support Centers