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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.

Project Status Report: April 2012 We’re gratified to report that due to your help and support, the total amount of relief funds collected over the past one-year period is ￥14,236,081,360 (US$178.3 million). Our program to donate ten yen for every parcel we deliver concluded on March 31. However, the Yamato Welfare Foundation—an independent, incorporated public interest foundation—continues its important mission to put all the relief funds to effective use in tangible ways to support the affected areas. How and where are the funds used? What are the specific results? To answer these and other questions, we will continue to provide you with a monthly report as our commitment to “provide visible, speedy and highly effective support” continues to unfold. On April 26, Yamato Welfare Foundation announced its decision to donate ￥368 million to seven new projects, bringing the number of fund recipients to 31 and the total amount donated to ￥14,266,000,000. The seven new projects include:

•　A project to clean the sea bottom in Miyagi Prefecture will use relief funds to 　　purchase additional equipment specifically designed to collect and clear debris 　　accumulated on the seabed. Funds were approved for this debris retrieval 　　 equipment because of the proven effectiveness of 38 similar retrieval systems 　 　already in use by four fishery cooperatives. 　•　Kesennuma Marine Product Processing Cooperative Association in Miyagi 　　 Prefecture will use relief funds to construct marine product processing facilities 　　 and purchase equipment necessary to resume operation in the temporary marine 　　 products processing park in Kisennuma City. 　•　Funds provided to the Sanriku Fishery Cooperative in Iwate will be used as part 　　of the Iwate Sanriku Ideal Fishery Industry Model Creation Project. 　　 Equipment will be purchased that will allow the cooperative to catch market 　　 quality fish, engage in fish cultivation and, with processing and sales teams 　　 working together, provide a stable supply of products.

•　In Fukushima Prefecture, funds will help restore the damaged older wing of the 　　Ono-Cho General Hospital, the only public hospital in the area that provides 　　 medical care to the people in Ono-Cho, Tamura-City, Hirata-Mura, 　　Kawauchi-Mura, and Iwaki City. 　•　Relief funds will be used to construct “Koju-En,” a new long-term care facility 　 　 attached to Kashima Labor Welfare Hospital in Minami-Soma City, Fukushima 　 　Prefecture. This will help restore healthcare and welfare function for the 　　elderly, which was substantially affected by the earthquake/tsunami. 　•　Funds will be used to build a temporary school building in evacuated Iwaki City, 　 　Fukushima Prefecture. It will be used for two years by two elementary schools 　 　and one middle school, which are temporarily closed. 　•　Funds will be used to build an elevated embankment and plant trees that possess 　 　 the regional characteristics needed to reforest the shelterbelt destroyed by the 　 　tsunami along the coast of Matsukawaura, Fukushima Prefecture.

Here are updates on recovery/restoration projects to which relief funds were previously donated: 　•　A project to restore ice making and storage facilities in Iwate Prefecture was 　　 among the third group of recipients. Funds of up to ￥233,330,000 were 　　 pledged to this project. On March 24, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in 　　 Kuji City to pray for safety during the construction of the long-awaited facilities. 　　 The ice-making capacity of the previous facility was 20 tons a day. The new 　　 facility will increase that to 50 tons a day and also offer substantially enhanced 　　 ice storage capacity. When completed at the end of September, the facilities 　　 will enhance the ability to control the freshness of marine products landed by 　　 local fishing boats and also create opportunities to attract boats from other areas. 　　 The groundbreaking was conducted amid great expectations for the complete 　　 restoration of the fishing industry and fish market of Kuji City.

•　Noda Mura Hoikukai, a social welfare organization that was among the second 　　 group of fund recipients, held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 11 for the 　　 Noda Mura Childcare Center, scheduled for completion in November. The 　　 Noda Mura center lost its facilities to the earthquake and was temporarily 　　 providing children’s daycare at an old facility that had been closed. 　　 Unfortunately, this facility was too small and the building was dilapidated and 　　 could pose a danger to the children. So there was an urgent need to secure a 　　 new location where children could be safely cared for while their parents are 　　 focused on disaster recovery. The new facility was to be built on safe, higher 　　 ground so as not to endanger children’s safety—but there was no subsidy to 　　 support construction from the government. Therefore, last October the 　　 Foundation donated \280 million for a new day-care center in the hope it will 　　 facilitate the ability of parents to return to work.

•　Kamaishi City Fishery Cooperative Association, among the second group of 　　 fund recipients, marked the installation of its first mobile ice crusher and a 　　 refrigerated, sanitary seawater system with a ceremony on April 23. Kamaishi 　　 Harbor resumed operation of its temporarily restored second fish market in the 　　 Niihama-cho area on August 4 last year. As a result, there was an urgent need 　　 to ensure that fish market operations are sanitary and able to handle catch more 　　 efficiently. The introduction of the mobile ice crusher allows the cooperative 　　 to deliver ice to fishing boats quickly and efficiently. Ice is indispensable to 　　 landing catch as well as to fish market operations. Sanitary, refrigerated 　　 seawater causes less damage to fish than keeping them on ice and allows for 　　 more manageable temperature control, which helps maintain freshness. By 　　 ensuring sanitary conditions for marine products and enhancing their value, the 　　 Kamaishi Cooperative is working toward a rapid recovery of the Kamaishi 　　 brand. May 1st, 2012

YAMATO GROUP