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Japan: Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami Response Program

Term
Phase Ⅰ (Emergency assistance) : March 2011-September 2011 (for six months)
Phase Ⅱ (Middle-term recovery) : September 2011-Jun 2012 (for nine months)
Phase Ⅲ (Long-term recovery): July 2012-June 2013 (for one year)
Area
The coastal area of Iwate prefecture
(Begun relief activities from Yamada town and expanded the range of activities to Otsuchi town and other area along the shore)
Beneficiaries
About 18,500 affected people in the area
* In addition to those who stayed at the evacuation center, we assisted the affected people who stayed at their houses and makeshift houses surrounding the shore.
Donors
CARE supporting organizations (We have six organizations in Japan),
PT. Karang Mas Sejahtera, Cosmos Initia Co., Ltd.,
Nikko Asset management Co.,Ltd., Marubeni Corporation, and private donors, etc.
Scale
A total of three phases
(150 million yen in the Phase Ⅰ, 270 million yen in the Phase Ⅱ and to be determined in the Phase Ⅲ.)

Background

東日本大震災被災者支援事業

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The 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck whole north east region of Japan mainly around the seas off Sanriku coast of the Tohoku region at 14:46 JST(UTC+09:00) on Friday, March 11, 2011. This was the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan. After the quake, the tsunami attacked in less than one hour without giving the residents a little more time for evacuating. They had experienced many earthquake and tsunami in the past, but never imagined the high level of wave. It caused serious damage. CARE had worked all over the world as an NGO that assists in the disaster and fights against poverty in developing countries or conflict areas since 1945. The disasters in advanced nations were not intended for our support program before. This is because they had sufficient ability of the government and the aid agency, etc to respond the disaster. However, Japan suffered from triple handicaps of an earthquake, tsunami, and atomic power. CARE determined for the first time to launch emergency assistance in advanced nation.

Purpose

In addition to fulfill urgent needs of the affected people, we set as our goal to rebuild the life of the affected people life and the economy and the solidarity in the affected area, through medium to long-term recovery support.

Main Activities

Food Security: Distribution of hot meals in the evacuation center, provision of the required equipment for the restaurant resumption in the disaster affected area and provision foods and cookware for the affected people to stay at their home, etc.

Community Relief and Development: Distribution of necessaries of life, etc. for the people in the evacuation center, makeshift houses, and their houses. Distribution of the teaching materials and necessary goods to schools and welfare facilities, etc.

Psychosocial Support: Setting of an interchange forum for elderly people to relief from their mental suffering for the disaster. Resumption of the festival and the event in the area, etc.

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