Monday, June 4, 2012

Volunteer Resources (for Professor Heuser's class)

Most of these resources are in Japanese. Edit: HOWEVER, you can click through to English versions on some of these sites, so do not lose hope, English speakers!!
They are almost all resources for tsunami relief.


Tasukeai Japan
You must look at Tasukeai Japan!
Go look at it right now!
You can look at each city or prefecture, see if the volunteer centers are still running, the plans to rebuild the city, and much more.















Also, information about volunteering, including the best volunteering search websites: Yahoo! Japan 復興支援
Skillstock (try searching for opportunities in Tokyo or opportunities in Saitama)

JCN
See JCN's website for even more general information.

Foreign Volunteers Japan
Foreign Volunteers Japan is a Facebook group for foreign volunteers that can answer your questions (in English). Check out the wall for recent news.

Tohoku-Involved NPOS Taking Volunteers in Tokyo
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ARK (animal shelter based in Kansai) needs help in Tokyo taking foster animals, including animals “ made homeless from the TOHOKU-PACIFIC earthquake and tsunami”

SALA (Save Animals Love Animals) also involved in animal rescue from Tohoku


Peace Boat (volunteering at Tokyo office)

Second Harvest Japan
sometimes asks for volunteers to make food packages for Tohoku.

Volunteering: List of Volunteer Centers
県外からのボランティアを受け入れているボランティアセンター

NPOS Taking Volunteers in Tohoku (only the ones I know)
It's Not Just Mud in Ishinomaki, Miyagi
Magokoro Net in Iwate
Save Iwate in Iwate
Peace Boat in Ishinomaki, Miyagi
Farm Arcadia in Fukushima (animal shelter)
Kawai Camp in Iwate
Habitat for Humanity Japan in Ishinomaki, Miyagi and Ofunato, Iwate
HANDS in Iwate (We go on weekends, and can help you register with volunteer center on weekdays. Go to link or contact me at thomasanna85@gmail.com for more details)

Other ResourcesTasukeai Japan's list of antenna shops and places to shop online
Remember: the businesses that especially need your help are not inland, they're on the coast. Please buy from the coast.

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