Results
Need 2022 numbers
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Our cost per serving
Avg. cost per 400g meal using FY2022 data
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Total number of equivalent meals
Thanks to the support of companies and individuals, we were able to deliver the equivalent of 2,929,863 servings. More than 2.9 million reasons to say arigatou.
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Retail value of food delivered
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Volunteer hours
It is incredible how many hours were donated to us in just one year. We are deeply grateful to our volunteers.
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Volunteer drivers
Drivers are our first ambassadors. They donated time equivalent to four full-time staff. These volunteers play a key role in making sure donated food gets to the welfare agencies, nonprofits, and faith-based groups.
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Number of companies
that signed MOUs with usIn 2007 only 15 companies had signed a donor MOU. By the end of December 2022 this number exeeded 2,400. All through building trust one company at a time.
Disaster Response
We have responded to natural disasters throughout the country.
As a food bank, we can provide food immediately to those in need.
As an NPO we have the flexibility to go where others may choose to not go.
Examples
Our responses have ranged from the triple disasters that struck Japan’s Tohoku region in 2011
to the flooding in Western Japan in 2018.
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Tohoku Earthquake (2011)
The earthquake caused unprecedented damage. We made over 170 trips to the region in addition to supporting other organizations providing relief. Our main base of operations was out of Ishinomaki. But we provided relief from Kamaishi in the north to Mito in the south. We also responded quickly to the needs in Minamisoma, which is located near the affected reactor. Our operations lasted into 2014.
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Kumamoto Earthquake(2016)
In collaboration with the WFP, we established a temporary warehouse to distribute food assistance to those in need and other NPOs and local governments supporting those in need.
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Western Japan Flooding(2018)
Upon receiving a call from a supporter on the ground in Hiroshima Prefecture we dispatched our 4-ton truck with supplies of water and food. We made several trips to the region.
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Typhoon Hayan(2013)
As a member of the Association of Asian Foodbanks, our CEO went to the disaster area and made a needs assessment. We subsequently dispatched several container loads of aid for distribution from December 2013 through February 2014.
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Niigata Earthquake(2004)
This was our first disaster response. We rented a 2-ton truck to transport the aid to the region. By chance a new donor, Hikari Miso, had warehouses in the region. We were able to use those warehouses to stage food supplies and transport food to key locations.
Aid We Provide
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Food assistance to individuals and groups on the ground
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Food to local governments operating shelters
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Logistical support and interpretation services
We are open to collaborating with others
in preparation
for the next disaster.