Locations:
- Miyagi Prefecture: Kesennuma
Website: http://share.or.jp/english/
NGO Service for the Health in Asian & African Regions (SHARE) is a non-governmental organization established in 1983 that develops human resources and assists people and their communities in protecting their health. SHARE works in Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, East Timor, and South Africa. SHARE has responded to a number of international disasters, including the 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake and the 2005 Kobe Earthquake in Japan.
Direct Relief has supported SHARE since March 2011 with over $250,000 in cash grants to fund their Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami relief and recovery efforts in Japan.
SHARE began relief activities one week after the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in March 2011. Funding from Direct Relief was used by SHARE to provide medical care to disaster victims. As a result of needs assessments, SHARE decided to focus their support on vulnerable populations in Kesennuma, including elderly people, handicapped people, expectant mothers, and infants. Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture was one of the areas hit hardest by the earthquake and resulting tsunami and fires.
Read about grants to SHARE