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東日本大震災 生活・産業基盤復興再生募金 ヤマト福祉財団

Yamato Welfare Foundation


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About the donation for
restoration of the areas
affected by the Great East
Japan Earthquake


Message and report from
   the Yamato Group

Every package we deliver also carries hope.

An administrator has been selected to distribute funds collected by the Yamato Group.

It has been three months since the Yamato Group began its program to donate ¥10 for every parcel we deliver to help rebuild the fishing and agriculture industries, and restore infrastructure in the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. As of June 30, the number of parcels handled reached 318,283,873 (113,421,507 in the single month of June) and the amount collected for donation rose to ¥3,182,838,730 (US$ need amount). For all of you who have contributed to this total, please accept our sincere appreciation.

To date our effort has focused on collecting funds and we regret that it took longer than anticipated to determine the most effective means of distributing funds to the places they are needed most. Now we are pleased to report that the Yamato Welfare Foundation has been selected to administrate and distribute funds collected through the Yamato Group donation program. To be clear, the Yamato Group does not operate the Yamato Welfare Foundation. It is an independent, incorporated public interest foundation established in 1993 by the late Masao Ogura, who developed Japan's home delivery system. He started the fund with personal assets for the purpose of helping mentally and physically challenged individuals become independent, productive members of the community.

In the wake of the March earthquake and tsunami, the Yamato Welfare Foundation established the “East Japan Great Earthquake Life, Industry Infrastructure Recovery, and Rebuilding Relief Fund,” whose expressed purpose is to help rebuild the industry and infrastructure of the affected areas. On June 24, the fund was designated an incorporated public interest fund by Japan's Ministry of Finance, which allows donations to be treated as tax-exempt and used in their entirety in the affected areas for the purposes to which we are committed. The fund’s focus on rebuilding the affected areas is the primary reason why this organization was selected to administer the funds collected by the Yamato Group.

The Yamato Welfare Foundation will also raise relief funds through sources other than our donations. It has also formed a “Rebuilding Support Selection Committee” comprised of independent, third party specialists whose job it will be to ensure the validity and objectivity of how donations are used. The Yamato Welfare Foundation will evaluate requests and proposals from the affected local communities and provide funds for recovery and rebuilding projects on an ongoing basis. The first recipient of funds will be determined in September. Specific uses for the funds will be detailed on this home page based on reports from the Yamato Welfare Foundation. Last but not least, we are deeply grateful to all of you who have supported our strong desire to repay the kindness given us by the fishery and agriculture industries in the affected areas.

YAMATO GROUP