Saturday, April 16, 2011
Donations for Our Disaster Relief
From March 11 through April 11, many corporations, individuals, and groups donated money to Second Harvest Japan for its disaster relief activities. The number of donations is 1,818 as of April 11. The total amount of all the donations is 50,661,588 yen.
We are very grateful to all of those who trusted and donated money to us. Thank you very much.
The expenditure of the past 30 days was 1,721,823 yen (this does not include some of gasoline payments that are deferred). In July, we will publish the information about the income and the expenditure for the three months after March 11.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Second Harvest Japan will establish the food lifeline and food safetynet in Japan
Second Harvest Japan will strengthen our food supply infrastructure. We will make it easier for food suppliers and food recipient agencies to use food banks. Especially building primary supply chain infrastructure with cooperation from food companies and logistics companies would be our top priority. Local food banks and their partner companies will be in charge of building regional supply chain infrastructures in their own areas and Second Harvest Japan will be focused on the national primary supply chain infrastructure.
Second Harvest Japan will establish a safety net for those left without enough help and struggling to secure food by expanding our food pantry program. Through the pantry program, we will distribute food resources to those living below the poverty line in Japan, the majority of which are single-mother households and senior households.
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Second Harvest Japan’s Disaster Relief Plan: Phase II
Phase II Plan
Over the next two years we will work with local agencies and relief organizations to establish a food lifeline and food safety-net in the region. Our work will always be linked to long-term recovery and economic development. We have begun the process of identifying these organizations and determining their immediate needs and ability to carry out these goals. We believe that as many as five locations will be needed to cover the area from Iwaki-shi in the south to Miyako in the north. While it is too early to provide precise estimates on funding needs, we believe this project could cost upwards ¥80 million over the next two years.
We want to thank all of our donors. We have raised more than ¥50 million for this project. As we move ahead we will be reaching out to businesses and foundations who have expressed a desire to support our efforts in the region.
Your ongoing support will make it possible for us to not only reach those in need in Tohoku, but anywhere in Japan. We thank you for helping us to make a better tomorrow.
From now on, further donations will be used both for disaster relief and to support our normal operations. We thank you for your understanding.
This is the list of needed items by local disaster victims:
http://www.2hj.org/index.php/news/send_us_food_and_supplies/
Contact us:
Phone: 03-3838-3827
Email: info@2hj.org
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Send Us Food and Supplies
We have updated our list of items we need. Incoming individual donations will be used both in the disaster zone and outside the zone to reach those in need. Please see below for the list of what we need now. Thank you very much for your generous support!
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Amount of supplies sent from all over the world
As of April 9, we have received:
1,900 packages (33 tons in total) from individual donors,
And more than 100 tons from corporate donors.
Thank you very much for your generous support!
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DO NOT send food that has expired or that has been opened.
DO NOT send clothing or toys.
Please pay for shipping. We cannot pay the shipping fee by cash on delivery, COD.
Please attach a list of what you send us. It will save us a lot of sorting time
For those who live outside Japan:
Please note that there is considerable expense involved in delivering the donated food and supplies to the disaster area. Your monetary donations are most welcome.You can donate money here:http://www.2hj.org/index.php/get_involved/donate_money
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UPDATED: May 9th, 2011
Items We Need:
* Food & Beverage (MUST be unexpired): rice, canned items and retort-pouch food
* Packing gum tape (to seal the boxes for shipping out)
Donated food and supplies will be used both in the disaster zone and outside the zone to reach those in need.
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Send to:
Second Harvest Japan Disaster Relief Food Drive
Mizuta bldg 1F Asakusabashi 4-5-1, Taito-ku, Tokyo
111-0053
Phone: 03-3838-3827
Open hours:
Monday-Friday
10:00-18:00
Regarding Donations of Overseas Produced Food Items for Tohoku - Pacific Ocean Earthquake Disaster Relief
We have been unable to check food allergy information on package labels of some overseas food items, as they are written in foreign languages. Unfortunately, we cannot ship them to the affected areas in consideration of babies and people with sensitivities and allergies.
Also shipping food items to Japan in bulk could cause the delay of the arrival of your donations, as it generally requires more rigorous investigations at the Customs.
We would like to receive your donations in a swifter manner and very much appreciate if those living in overseas could make financial contributions or send non-food items (daily necessities) to support our disaster relief efforts.
Listed here are several ways to make a donation to us.
http://vad.aidmatrix.org/vadxml.cfm?driveid=5050
http://www.2hj.org/index.php/get_involved_j/donate_money_j
Thank you for your understanding and support.
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Appreciation to Our Donors and Sponsors
Since we started our disaster relief operations, we have received a great number of support from many individuals, corporations, and groups. Thank you very much for your generous support! Second Harvest Japan will deliver your generosity to those in most need now.
We would like to acknowledge all donations and grants from all those people on this page. But here due to the limitation of space, we list at least major donations on this page for now. We do our best to list all the people who should be here but if you do not see those who should be on the list please let us know. Thank you for your understanding and help!
Monetary Donations
Cargil: Cargill adds to Japan relief efforts with $250,000 donation to Second Harvest Japan
Online Bake Sale for Japan: they held an online bake sale on Mar 30 and raised $8,269!
Chado-En: 100 percent of the proceeds from their Sakura Karigane tea will go to Second Harvest Japan.
Cisco Systems: Cisco Systems will match up their employees contributions to Second Harvest Japan.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch: The company matches up their employees contributions to Second Harvest Japan.
Nikko Asset Management: the company decided to give a grant of 1,000,000 yen to Second Harvest Japan.
Charity Concert in Stuttgart: the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Stuttgart State Orchestra, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR together held a charity concert in Stuttgart and raised € 66292.25 for Second Harvest Japan.
Food and Supply Donations
Bank of America Merrill Lynch: The company has given us 1500 Costco gift certificates valued at ¥5000 each for a total value of ¥7,500,000.
We deeply appreciate their continued support of those in need in the disaster area
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