Summary
This project is to give hope for about 6,000 people in a small tsunami-stricken Tohoku community to be economically reactivated, instead of losing community-based economic activities due to inadequate governmental support to such small communities. People in Isatomae established their shops in a large-sized tent, but it still requires donations to maintain the operation of the community shops. It is just the beginning of rebuilding their community economic activities, and still requires support.
What is the issue, problem, or challenge?
Isatomae, a small tsunami-stricken community in Tohoku, is in a critical moment whether people can rebuild their own community-based economic activities or become totally dependent on other remote communities, since financial aid to such a small community from the Central Government is too small to rebuild their own economic activities.
How will this project solve this problem?
People in Isatomae are trying to generate a circulation of money inside their own community, as it used to before, by building a large-sized tent in which shops can be restarted. The tent will become the first place for local people to drop money in their own community as well as to create employment for local people. Now, it is becoming the center of gathering for local people, and started encouraging themselves to rebuild its own local economy.
Potential Long Term Impact
This tent will give hope for people to restart their economic activities, keep the Isatomae community economically active and generate a base of rebuilding the community itself. Otherwise, it will simply lose one of key functions of a community by losing people to places where employment is available.
Project Message
People in many disaster-stricken small communities are now in a critical point whether they will commit to rebuilding their economic base of communities. A small initial aid will give them hope
- Mr. Yamauchi, The head of the Isatomae Chamber of Commerce
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,105
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $17,895
Total Funding Goal: $20,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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