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Relief and Revitalization of Japan Post 3/11

Relief and Revitalization of Japan Post 3/11. November 2011. Tragedy of Municipal Workers at Minami Sanriku. 20 of 30 town officials were swept to their death from the rooftop of the Crisis Management Department building. May Visit: Broken Childhood Dreams.

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Relief and Revitalization of Japan Post 3/11

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  1. Relief and Revitalization of Japan Post 3/11 November 2011

  2. Tragedy of Municipal Workers at Minami Sanriku 20 of 30 town officials were swept to their death from the rooftop of the Crisis Management Department building.

  3. May Visit:Broken Childhood Dreams

  4. May Visit: Attack on Olfactory Nerve (Not to Mention Lungs)

  5. May Visit:Outpouring of International Support

  6. May Visit: Amid the Rubble, Piecing Together Lives

  7. May Visit: Sendai IkueiGakuen Going to school wearing a hard hat….

  8. September Visit:Resilience of Human Spirit Strange feeling of being fed a copious lunch by victims, just because I had traveled from the U.S. twice in four months to learn more about their hardship.

  9. Harbinger of Better Days?Tremendous Physical Progress in 6 months Source: AP/Kyodo

  10. But, Where is the Rebuilding?No Jobs without Business Creation Source: AP/Kyodo

  11. Fundraising Activity at SchoolHard Work but Fun! Raised funds for Sendai Ikuei Gakuen in Tohoku Japan

  12. Fundraising Activity: Cooking for Japan Cooking for Japan raised fundswhile sharing Japanese culture and cuisine.

  13. Fundraising Activity (Stamford CT): Hard Work but Fun! SOS JAPAN Organized a major summer event for victims in Japan with the help of celebrities who gave time and effort for a worthy cause.

  14. Funded NPOs/NGOs • Children related • Sendai Ikuei • JSK (organization geared toward boosting children’s morale) • Women, especially mothers • JOICFP (Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning) • Debris clean-up • Peace Boat

  15. NPOs/NGOs to Fund • Job creation and fostering entrepreneurship • ETIC (Entrepreneurial Training for Innovative Communities) • All Hands (Massachusetts based NPO) • “Leverage” of investment is critical to engender an asymmetrically positive outcome

  16. Lessons Learned • Global Village • Strength from recognizing support from distant land and culture • Relief is easier than revitalization • Whole saga does not fit neatly in a news cycle • Economic invigoration, not hand-outs • Bad news: devastating natural disasters are a recurring theme in human history • Good news: human spirit is irrepressible • TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND GET INVOLVED

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