Latest News
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Welcome to Second Harvest Japan!
What is foodbank ?
In Japan, 5 to 9 million tons of safe food are thrown away every year. On the other hand, hundreds of thousands of people live below the poverty line in the same country. Foodbanking is an activity to collect the food resources that would otherwise go to waste and redistribute them to those in need.
Thanks to your support, Second Harvest Japan delivered about 560 tons of food to those in need such as orphanages and women’s shelters in 2009. But, in Japan, there are still many people in need of our help while a lot of safe and edible food are thrown away for various reasons. We want to deliver more food to those in need. In order to make this happen, we need your help. Thank you very much for your support!
Particularly in summer, since children don’t have school lunches, many single mothers worry about meals for their children. Your donation will deliver food to people like those single mothers and children. Please join our efforts to feed those in need! Thank you!
We need your support!
・Volunteer
・Make a donation
Now online donation is available!
The year 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of foodbanking in Japan
To show our appreciation of tremendous supports for us so far, we are planning two celebrations. We look forward to seeing you at each event.
Please read the report on the tenth anniversary party here.
Voice from our clients
Please read the stories of 2HJ’s clients!
No.1: Asian People’s Friendship Society
Data on the Poverty in Japan
Here are links to data about the poverty in Japan
Important announcements
Announcement of the executive director’s relocation to the U.S.
Now 2HJ has the new office manager!
Volunteer interview No.5: Ryoma Kobayashi
New volunteer leader: Sachiko Ashman
Food for Thought—A Look at Food Banks in the U.S.A.
Office Manager Masahiro Otake’s U.S. Food Bank Travelogue Vol. 1
Part 2: “Stamp Out Hunger”—The Largest Single-Day Food Drive in the U.S.
Part 3: John van Hengel : The Founder of the First Food Bank
2HJ in the Media
Here are media coverage information about 2HJ.
2HJ is now on Twitter! Follow us in English or in Japanese.
Latest Event
Friday, July 09, 2010
Event Announcements
Food Issue Seminars: What We Need to Do to Establish Food Safety-Net in Japan (July 27)
Thank you very much for everybody who attended the seminar! We had a lot of participants at the event.
2HJ Executive Director Charles McJilton and COO Masahiro Otake
Food Issue Seminars marks the World Food Day month, which is October 1, 2010 to Octber 20, 2010. Eight nonprofits will discuss how Japan is related to the hunger issue in the world and try to seek a solution to the hunger issues one billion people in the world are facing.
For details, see here.