Japan Center
for International Exchange/USA. New York, NY
Facilitating US-Japan Civil Society
Collaboration for Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake (Year 1)
Project Director: Atsuko Geiger
$96,457
This project will seek to develop new programs to
support the growth of the Japanese NGO/NPO sector by: 1) launching an
innovative feedback loop program that converts stories from beneficiaries into
data; 2) deepening relationships with Japanese NPOs and NGOs for activation in
disasters outside of Japan; and 3) carrying out open workshops and distributing
materials and tools for organizational development, including in particular
fundraising capacity building for any interested Japanese NPOs or NGOs.
This project will also support more donors to
engage philanthropically in Japan by developing programs for existing GlobalGiving partners and providing new tools for
Japan-based corporations to engage in global philanthropy.
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Cambridge, MA
MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative
Project Director: Dr. Richard Samuels
$69,804
MIT and a consortium of Japanese universities
will create a community center in Minami Sanriku, a
village that was nearly destroyed during the events of March 2011. The center
will serve as a focal point for the village and serve as a space for community
gatherings, eldercare, public events, informal meetings, relief agency
facilities, and more.
CGP will support the international symposium,
the development of the disaster-resilient planning and reconstruction
curriculum, and global dissemination of the findings and lessons learned as a
result of the development of the center.