Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) Update 04.28.11
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The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) has been an excellent source of updates via the earthquake section of its website as well as its Facebook page. The kind of info you’re likely not getting from CNN or network news. Notably, JET alum James Gannon (Ehime-ken, 1992-94) is the Executive Director of JCIE/USA’s New York office. Here’s the latest update:
4/28 Update: http://www.jcie.org/earthquakeupdate.html
* Peace Winds Japan helps chambers of commerce to get up and running as an important recovery step.
* Another PWJ initiative, the free “Compassion Bus”, takes evacuees to supermarkets in Ofunato and others.
* Association for Aid and Relief also offers transportation services to those on the Oshika Peninsula, which sustained enormous damage to its roads.
4/26-27 Update: http://www.jcie.org/earthquakeupdate.html
* The Japan Association for Refugees (JAR) began offering legal consultations; evacuees have many concerns from lost family, businesses and even the mortgages on homes that were swept away.
* NICCO experts find that functioning batteries from cars that were destroyed can be used to power LED lights, which can then be hooked up to solar panels for all day use.
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