NEWS
Japanese CSOs started offering emergency relief in the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis
The Typhoon Hagibis which has ravaged the main island of Japan on 12th-13th October 2019 has caused immense damage throughout the eastern part of the country.
Japanese CSOs have started to offer emergency support to those affected by the disaster*.
Please see below the list of organizations giving aids in the affected areas or asking for donations. At the very bottom, you can also find the Sphere handbook, a handbook for delivery of quality humanitarian response and information provided for non-Japanese speakers.
(Photo provided by Peace Winds Japan)
*1 information as of 16:00 25th October 2019
●JANIC Members Associate Members Other CSOs
●Handbook ●Information for non-native Japanese speakers
JANIC members
●International Children’s Action Network（ICAN） (Japanese only)
●ADRA Japan (Japanese only)
●Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan)
●Good Neighbors Japan (Japanese only)
●Foundation for International Development Relief（FIDA） (Japanese only)
●Humanitarian Medican Assistance（HuMA）
●Japan Emergency NGO（JEN） (Japanese only)
●Shapla Neer = Citizens’ Committee in Japan for Overseas Support (Japanse only)
●Japan Heart (Japanese only)
●Shanti Volunteer Association (Japanese only)
●Save the Children Japan (Japanese only)
●Child Fund Japan (Japanese only)
●Plan International Japan (Japanese only)
●EDF-JAPAN (Japanese only)
●World Vision Japan (Japanese only)
Associate Members
●The Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management Japan (A-PAD JAPAN)
●Caritas Japan (Japanse only)
●Médecins Sans Frontières=MSF (Japanese only)
●Shinnyo (Japanese only)
●Japan Overseas Cooperative Association (Japanese only)
●Japan International Support Program（JISP） (Japanese only)
●Japan Demining and Reconstruction Assistance Center（JDRAC） (Japanese only)
●Japanese Trade Union Confederation（JTUC） (Japanese only)
●International Volunteer University Student Association（ivusa） (Japanese only)
●Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union（JCCU） (Japanese only)
●YMCA Japan (Japanese only)
Other CSOs
Japan Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster（JVOAD） (Japanese only)
Handbook
The Sphere Handbook 2018
| Content | “The Sphere Handbook is the oldest initiative in the field of humanitarian standards.” |
| URL | https://www.spherestandards.org/handbook-2018/ |
Information for non-native Japanese speakers
| Multilingual Information | |
|---|---|
| Multilingual Information on Disaster mitigation by Japan Meteorological Agency https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/kokusai/m_multi.html |
| Multilingual Disaster Support Center | |
|---|---|
| Tochigi Prefecture (13-19 October） http://tia21.or.jp/parts/files/saigaicenter.pdf |
| Interpretation | |
|---|---|
| Emergency Multilingual Call center service for free by Language One https://www.languageone.qac.jp/20191012news/ |
| Guideline | |
|---|---|
| “For those whose Homes Sustained Water Damage (in 11 languages by NPO Tabumane) https://bit.ly/2q7rj25 |