How you can help

How to learn “what’s going on?”

Independent Web Journal 

Freelance journalists broadcasting real voices beyond government power.

http://iwj.co.jp/

Green Action  

http://www.greenaction-japan.org/modules/jptop1/   

Radiation Information:

http://nanohana.me/?page_id=800

http://radiation.yahoo.co.jp/

Donation/ Buying goods

Tsunagari Nukumori 

http://tsunagari-nukumori.jp/english  

Akahama Chirorin Mura Community Center project 

Building a sustainable place for people to exchange relief information and buy essentials such as toilet papers and seasonings in this fishing / fishing boat manufacturing town. http://www.finsf.co.jp/chirorin/index.html   

Ex-Container project

A temporary housing project led by an architect utilizing shipping containers.

http://exc.ysmr.com/top_e/  

Fukkou Noroshi Poster Poroject

Beautiful posters of people in effected areas to promote and communicate to the world what's happening there.

http://fukkou-noroshi.jp/posters/index.shtml#rikuzentakada

Kizuna World 

http://kizunaworld.org/english/project/002/fundraising.html　

Musubu 

http://www.musubu.me/  

NAGAGUTSU Project 

http://nagagutsu.org/

SAVE IWATE 

http://sviwate.wordpress.com/ 

Guinomi

Help sake factories by buying Guinomi (sake cup).

http://guinomi300.com/ 

CIVIC FORCE

http://www.civic-force.org/ 

Sanriku ni shigoto wo Project 

http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/sanriku-shigoto/index.html 

TOMODACHI Design 

Creating jobs and support capitol to design related occupation people who lost their place to work by the disaster.

http://www.tomodachi-design.com/ 

Inshokugenki 

Introducing restaurants promoting Tohoku food & drinks, or actively hiring Tohoku people. 

http://inshokugenki.in-shoku.info/article/192315694.html?1300963828 

APBank

http://www.apbank.jp/ 

Peaceby piece 

http://japanesepeacebypiece.wordpress.com/ 

Mori wa Umi no Koibito 

Environmental education and preservation. Focuses on children to learn and enjoy how to co-habit with nature.  After the disasters, they’ve been helping out the oyster farmers and also cleaning up farm lands in small scale. They also lost their office and tools and boats during the disasters. 

http://www.mori-umi.org/base14.html 
i4Japan
Is a project that connects donors to high-impact projects in Japan, allows you to give quickly and easily, and receive direct feedback about the impact of your donations. Get started and support the next generation of change in Japan!
http://i4japan.jolkona.org/

Music Related Sites
Take Piano to Hisaichi 

http://www.piano-donation.org/ 

KOKORONE Project

Supports Music industry which affected by Disaster 

http://www.jasrac.or.jp/kokorone/outline.html 

Children /Education

Tokyo Satogaeri

Support mothers and mother-to-be by providing meals, appropriate care by midwives, or home stay opportunities. 

http://www.satogaeri.org/english/ 

Watanoha

Children creating art pieces with debris washed to their school yard. 

http://www.watanohasmile.jp/index.html 

Ashinaga Rainbow House Project

http://www.ashinaga.org/en/news/press/entry-319.html  

Save Child

http://savechild.net/　

KODOMO Support

http://minnade-ganbaro.jp/ 

Katariba 

http://www.katariba.net/

Re:BirthJAPAN Project

http://www.shinentai.net/ 

Sakura Line Project 

Sending line of sakura to Iwate coast

http://ameblo.jp/stshena/entry-11163602456.html 

WorldVision 

Helping local fishing industry. 

http://www.worldvision.jp/news/news_0727.html 

Tumugiya

Help people of Oshika area in Ishinomaki by promoting their accessory “occica” utilizing localmaterial, and a construction of their community center, “Occica house”. 

http://www.facebook.com/TUMUGIYA 

http://tohoku.buildbackbetter.org/proposals/oshika_hous 

Booksfor Japan

By donating books, you can choose to send books or money raised by this group purchasing your books - the money goes to the different NPO groups they recommend.  

http://www.booksforjapan.jp/concept/

How to help for Free (Click Donation)

Fiat

Italian Car company's click donation site. Free for you! 

http://clickdonation.fiat-auto.co.jp/ 

GANBAROU TOHOKU

You can download nicely calligraphed slogans.

http://www.g-kawada.com/sp/touhoku_kantou.html 

Architecture 

Shizugawa Fishermen’s Banya and Oyster Bar project

Rebuilding a work place for fishermen in Minami-Sanriku, who lost their place and boats by Tsunami.

http://architectureforhumanity.org/node/2266 

Life311 

Help rebuilding temporary housing and pellet stoves to Sumida-machi, next to Rukuzen-takata.  The parent group “More trees”, project led byRyuichi Sakamoto. 

http://life311.more-trees.org/#border_3  

Archi + Aid 

Consulting by architects to rebuilt stronger community by learning from the town before the earthquake. 

http://archiaid.org/ 

http://archiaid.org/reports/1701 

Ganbare! Higashi Nihon 

Construction help including a new temporary housing, repair of damaged houses and infrastructure in Ishinomaki.  

http://hnds.jp/  

Medical Related Site

Kibou to Kizuna project 

Organized by doctors to care people’sphysical and mental concerns at homes and shelters, and educate people aboutmedicines, correct care and risks including radiation. 

http://kiboutokizuna.jp/about.html 

Link to many other Fabulous Community Sites

Wawa project 

http://wawa.or.jp/project/ 

Chernobyl KAKEHASHI Project

This one is blog and information about Nuclear power plant and Radiation

http://www.kakehashi.or.jp/ 

Umi no nakama tachi  

Help ocean related businesses after the disasters (such as donating folk lift to Kesennuma Fish Market). Also to educate children about ocean life style and environmental issues through workshop and camping. 

http://blog.canpan.info/uminonakama/category_2/ 

私も何か役に立ちたい　有権者の方

AVAAZ 

Petition to protect mothers and children from Radiation

http://www.avaaz.org/jp/save_the_fukushima_children_1/ 

Japan Civil Network 

Protect Ourselves from Radiation Summit

http://www.jpn-civil.net/event/2012/02/post_59.html