Hands on Tokyo Noto Peninsula Earthquake School Kit Donation
Hands on Tokyo is announcing a collaboration with Peace Boat Disaster Relief Center (PBV) http://pbv.or.jp/en/, a Japan based NGO that has had on-the-ground presence since the immediate aftermath of the earthquake. For their first project, they will be giving away stationary kits to all 650 children of the elementary to junior high schools in Suzu city, for support of their new academic year starting in April. Hands on Tokyo is looking for donations and volunteer effort to support the assembly and delivery of these kits.
Please reach out to info@handsontokyo.org to participate.
Donation amount to support the project:
100 kits: ¥500,000
200 kits: ¥900,000
Contents of the kit:
Timeline
Friday, March 8: Confirmation of participation deadline
Tuesday, March 19: Hands on Tokyo will deliver the contents of the stationary to your company
Friday, March 29: Deadline to send out assembled kits directly to Suzu City by express delivery
Participants will be provided shipping address details. Currently, Tokyo to Suzu City deliveries take 1-2 days via Yamato Transport and Sagawa Express. These sets will be distributed to each school through the Suzu City Board of Education.
Situation in Suzu City, as of March 3:
Number of people evacuated to shelters: 1375 people in 45 locations (13,635 across Ishikawa Prefecture)
Housing damage: 3289 completely destroyed, 1973 partially destroyed, 2581 partially destroyed
Water supply is cut off for approximately 4800 households
Approximately 530 households are experiencing power outages
About Hands on Tokyo: Hands on Tokyo provides bilingual volunteer support to foster volunteerism and develop leaders in service of community. Hands on Tokyo was founded in December 2006, and has been a recognized non-profit since 2009, and was certified by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government as an “Approved Specified Non-Profit Corporation” in 2017.
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