TOMODACHI
After the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, the Japanese NGO community quickly mobilized to bring relief and recovery to the Tohoku region. Building on this experience, the TOMODCAHI NGO Leadership program will empower the next generation of Japanese NGO leaders by enhancing their capacity to respond to future disasters in Japan and abroad and by connecting them to key resources in the U.S. NGO community. This TOMODACHI Initiative program is a partnership between Japan Platform - a leading aid network of Japanese Humanitarian NGOs - and Mercy Corps. With the generous support of J.P. Morgan, the program will impact the lives of many NGO professionals over the course of three years.
Programs
Past Events in the Year of 2015 & 2016
| Feb 29 - Mar 4, 2016 | Training of Trainers on the INEE Minimum Standards for Education |
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| Nov 30 - Dec 4, 2015 | Humanitarian Response Workshop in U.S.A |
| Jun 3 - 5 & 8 - 10, 2015 | HEAT Security Training |
| Jun 21 - 28, 2015 | InterAction Forum Study Tour 2015 |
- Nov 30 - Dec 4, 2015
Humanitarian Response Workshop in U.S.A
- Jun 21 - 28, 2015
InterAction Forum Study Tour 2015
- Jun 3 - 5 & 8 - 10, 2015
HEAT Security Training - Feb 26, 2015
Security Concepts Workshop (Basic) - Jan 21, 2015
Reducing Risk and Building Resilience to Disasters & Climate Change Workshop - Oct 26 - 31, 2014
Humanitarian Response Workshop in Japan - Oct 3 - 5, 2014
US-Japan Council Annual Conference in Hawaii - Sep 25 - 26, 2014
Leadership Workshop -Developing & Sustaining High Performing Teams- - Jun 8 - 15, 2014
InterAction Forum Study Tour 2014 - Apr 23, Jul 1 & 3, 2014
Developing Effective Advocacy Workshop - Sep 22 - 30, 2013
Humanitarian Response Workshop in U.S.A - Apr 28 - May 5, 2013
InterAction Forum Study Tour 2013
Publications
- March 2015
The Good Enough Guide (Japanese version) - May 2014
NGO Baseline Survey Report 2013 - April 2014
Effective Advocacy Strategies
Voice from the Field
Knowledge and skills that we acquired were put to good use after the Kumamoto Earthquake.
Knowledge and skills that we acquired during the Humanitarian Response Workshop 2015 in Portland (Oregon, United States) were put to good use when we implemented aid activities in Kumamoto after the earthquake happened in April 2016.
-"Good Enough Guide"(*1) for Impact Measurement and Accountability in Emergencies: For the first time in the history of HuMA's aid activities, we conducted a survey to collect the voices of our beneficiaries in emergency shelters. We referred to the Good Enough Guide and were successful in conducting this survey without adding further strain to the beneficiaries themselves and to those who manage the emergency shelters.
- Do No Harm: Our mission was to support local public health nurses working at public health centers. As our intention was to do good, we tried to prevent inadvertent infliction of harm on the local people, such as adding more work to the overstretched local public health nurses. One such measure was to align our own days off with those of the nurses.
- Coordination Mechanism for International Humanitarian Aid (The Cluster System): Since there was no inter-center coordination framework for the local public health centers, we launched a health cluster meeting to avoid overlap in aid activities. This proved to be a good opportunity for the local public health nurses to deepen their understanding on the importance of coordination.
