Category Archives: Relief Fund
Some thoughts to share…
Jim Gannon (Ehime-ken, 1992-94) has served as the Executive Director of the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) in New York since 2002, the US affiliate of one of the leading nongovernmental institutions in the field of international affairs in Japan. … Continue reading
Why the JETAA USA Fund is important.
It’s been over a week now. The damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake stretches, almost inconceivably, across the entire Tohoku region. Over the past week, JETs and JET Alumni from around the world have watched the images beamed … Continue reading
How the recipient of the JETAA USA Relief Fund will be chosen
There has been a lot of concern over how we will use the JETAA USA Relief Fund, which seems to be the main hesitation for support among all chapters. So to assuage those fears, yesterday we sent a timeline to all … Continue reading
Official National JETAA USA Fund Established
I know that many of you have been awaiting next steps on a national JETAA USA fund. We’ve been in correspondence with JETAANY and JETAANC to work on a way to run a national fund through one of our 501c3’s … Continue reading
National fundraising campaign
The CRs have been working behind the scenes to dot every “i” and cross every “t” before the official announcement of a national fund. In the time being, we are taking a quick survey on potential national funding campaigns. A … Continue reading
From One JET Office
At the Consulate level as well as CLAIR, the main focus since this all started has been accounting for all in-country JETs. This has been a challenge as we battled against quasi-functional and non-functional communication lines. Tokyo was simply not … Continue reading
Sometimes more time translates into a better plan
As the days go by, it’s becoming more apparent that this is going to be a marathon, not a race. I know that there has been an outpour of support from the JETAA community, which has been extremely encouraging, but … Continue reading
What can JETAA USA do?
I know some people were a little bit disappointed in the amount of time it took us to come up with a plan of action. During these types of situations, I think we need to take a step back and … Continue reading
The dust has settled – kind of…
I know everyone was awestruck by the images, video and written accounts of the multiple earthquakes in Japan. I was surprised when I returned home from work at 6 p.m. PT and saw that the live coverage was no different … Continue reading
Google Person Finder
If you have any information on anyone in Japan, please use Google Person Finder as the central place to find and update information about friends and family. It’s available both in English and Japanese. width=400 height=300 frameborder=0<br /> style=”border: dashed … Continue reading
