Office Locations:
- Iwate Prefecture: Matsuzaki, Tono City
- Fukushima Prefecture: Matsuyama, Fukushima
- Miyagi Prefecture: Aoba-ku, Sendai
- Tokyo Prefecture: Nishiwaseda, Tokyo
Website: www.janic.org/en/
Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) established in 1987 by a group of NGO leaders who recognized the need for better coordination among Japanese NGOs. JANIC operates with no political, religious, or ideological affiliation.
JANIC focuses on promotion of dialogue and partnerships among NGOs, strengthened capacity and social responsibility, policy advocacy, promotion of citizen support, and collaboration among different sectors of society. In the past, JANIC has responded to disasters in Sri Lanka (2011), Pakistan (2010), Chile (2010), and Haiti (2010).
Direct Relief has supported JANIC since March 2011 with over $328,000 in cash grants to fund earthquake and tsunami relief and recovery efforts in Japan. JANIC supports over 40 Japanese nonprofit organizations representing 200 sites in areas most severely affected by the earthquake and tsunami: Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefectures. Several of these partner organizations (bolded in the section below) are also supported by Direct Relief’s Japan Recovery and Relief Fund.
Read about grants to JANIC
Member Organizations:
- The Japan Asian Association & Asian Friendship Society
- Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
- The Association of Medical Doctors of Asia (AMDA)
- The Institute of Cultural Affiars: Japan (ICA)
- Intercomminucation Center for Asia and Nippon
- WE21 Japan; Action against Child Exploitation (ACE)
- OISCA International
- Caring for Young Refugees
- Oxfam Japan
- Good Neighbors Japan
- Care International Japan
- Foundation for International Development/Relief
- International Volunteer Center of Yamagata (IVY)
- Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
- Kokkyou Naki Kodomotachi
- Services for the Health in Asian & African Regions (SHARE)
- Japan Team of Young Human Power (JHP)
- JEN
- Shapla Neer
- Shanti Volunteer Association (SVA)
- Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning
- Live with Friends on the Earth
- Save the Children Japan
- Child Fund Japan
- Japan Association for Refugees
- Association for Aid and Relief (AAR JAPAN)
- Japan Overseas Christian Medical Cooperative Service (JOCS)
- Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC)
- Habitat for Humanity Japan
- Campaign for the Children of Palestine
- Peace Winds Japan
- Plan Japan
- Bridge Asia Japan
- Medicins du Monde Japon
- World Vision Japan
- RESULTS JAPAN
- Hope Worldwide Japan
- Peace Boat
- Terra People Association
- Caring for the Future Foundation Japan
- The Kamonohashi Project
- Japan Iraq Medical Network