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Assembled by God You might be wondering, “How did CRASH staff come into being?” The answer is: CRASH Japan staff was assembled by God. They converged from all corners of the earth ‒ Germans, Filipinos, Americans, Singaporeans, Canadians, Taiwanese, South Africans, Japanese, Swiss, Koreans, Australians, Hong Kongese. . . and volunteers from many more countries. In fact, almost half of the world’s nations (83 and counting) have come through CRASH Japan ‒ to provide hope and healing for the people of Tohoku. Listed are countries helping Japan (donors and volunteers). www.crashjapan.com Malawi Malaysia Mali Mexico Mongolia Morocco Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Syria Tahiti (French Polynesia) Tanzania Thailand Tunisia Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Venezuela Vietnam Western Samoa Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Finland France Germany Greece Guatemala Hungary India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon 3.11 First Anniversary Donor Report Your Contributions Are Impacting Lives 1-2-36 Daimon-machi, Higashikurume-shi, Tokyo-to 203-0011 JAPAN +81.50.1213.1388 (Japan) +1.213.457.3154 (USA) www.crashjapan.com

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Assembled by GodYou might be wondering, “How did CRASH staff come into being?” The answer is: CRASH Japan staff was assembled by God. They converged from all corners of the earth ‒ Germans, Filipinos, Americans, Singaporeans, Canadians, Taiwanese, South Africans, Japanese, Swiss, Koreans, Australians, Hong Kongese. . .and volunteers from many more countries. In fact, almost half of the world’s nations (83 and counting) have come through CRASH Japan ‒ to provide hope and healing for the people of Tohoku.

Listed are countries helping Japan (donors and volunteers).

www.crashjapan.com

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As we approach springtime in Japan, the return of warm weather and the beautiful cherry blossoms, CRASH Japan is once again entering another distinct phase of the Tohoku disaster relief response. Six months ago, the situation was

very different. We had made it through the initial crisis, but beyond this, there were still many challenges and concerns facing survivors. The fall and winter months saw a decrease in receiving volunteers. Relocating evacuees from evacuation shelters to temporary housing generated additional needs. Isolation and (mental/emotional) depression were now the biggest threat to survivors’ lives. Our focus shifted from delivering supplies to bringing hope in order to mitigate the greater potential of people committing suicide.

That was then, but today the scene looks much brighter. With the help of volunteers from all over the world and an increasing number of Japanese volunteering multiple times, we have been able to keep a continual presence of Christian workers throughout the disaster area. Survivors who struggle with thoughts of suicide testify that the continuous stream of volunteers has given them hope to live from week to week. Surprisingly, a Japanese government report revealed that the suicide rate in 2011 did not increase as feared, but actually decreased —the lowest in 14 years. I can only imagine how different the suicide statistics would be without the presence of Christian volunteers in the Tohoku region.

As a pastor I have occasionally sat with people contemplating suicide. There was little I could do to provide answers to their overwhelming needs. I could not pay their bills, bring back their loved one nor undo the consequences

of their mistakes. All I could really do was be there for them. In much the same way that is what we have been doing on a massive scale with every disaster-hit community along the coast of Japan. We have brought in supplies and helped clear debris. . .but mostly we have simply been there.

Hope is a unique commodity, a very different kind of relief supply. We cannot put it in a box and load it in a truck. Hope comes in a different package; a heart possessing eternality. Each Christian volunteer who has served and will serve in Tohoku is THE PACKAGE. Not only have volunteers provided physical work and delivered supplies but also brought hope, introducing Japan to the real source of never-ending hope, Jesus Christ!

Hope in a PackageJonathan Wilson, President/Founder

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September 2011• CRASH Japan initiates the Recovery Phase with a survivor care emphasis• Shipments of bottled water for kindergarten-aged children in Fukushima arrive from Malaysia• Volunteers serving through CRASH bases hits the 1,672 mark

March 2011• CRASH Japan establishes temporary headquarters in Tokyo three days after disasters strike• Relief Phase is initiated with an emphasis on meeting immediate needs• Assessment teams are sent out to gather information in affected areas• Tono, Hitachi and Sendai bases are operational• 170 volunteers serve through CRASH bases

May 2011• CRASH HQ moves from Matsukawa Place to more permanent offices in Higashikurume• CRASH Japan warehouse in Nasu opens• Tono Base moves to new location

April 2011• New Life Starter Kits program begins in Koriyama, Fukushima• Japanese government starts construction of temporary housing units• CRASH Survivor Care teams begin going north• Nasu Base camp is established• Shipment of bicycles from China and rice cookers from Indiana arrive

October 2011• Quilts and quilting kits arrive from Canada• Ichinoseki Base moves to Senmaya• Brian Stiller, Global Ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance visits stricken area with pastors from the Japan Evangelical Alliance

November 2011• Sendai Base moves to Seaside Chapel• Member organizations of the Japan Evangelical Mission Society (JEMA), the Disaster Relief Christian Network (DRC.net) and the Japan Evangelical Association (JEA) meet in Sendai for strategic consultations

July 2011• CRASH Japan establishes its Ichinoseki Base• Operation SAFE training seminar held in Nasu Base, and OperationSAFE camp held at Hitachi Base

June 2011• Shipment of blankets arrives from Texas• Hallelujah Gospel Family designates Spring concert offering to CRASH Japan• Retreats in Sendai and Morioka for Tohoku pastors and their families• Volunteers serving through CRASH bases hit the 870 mark

August 2011• 30 or more outreach programs are approved to receive funding and volunteers from CRASH• EM (Effective Microorganisms) project launches• CRASH Japan receives official nonprofit status from the Japanese government• Evacuation centers in Tohoku close on last day of August

December 2011• 3.11 Ninth-Month Remembrance ceremony in Miharu, Fukushima• Volunteers serving through CRASH bases hit the 2,172 mark• Miktam Music program is established

February 2012• Jonathan Wilson embarks on a 3.11 First Anniversary Remembrance tour of Canada and the United States, raising awareness of Japan’s needs• Pastors’ retreat in Sendai• Volunteers at five CRASH bases for one year total 2,404

January 2012• CRASH Japan team visits Medical Teams International headquarters in Portland, Oregon

March 20121,200 people gather at a church in Tokyo to mark the 3.11 first anniversary with Phillip Yancey and Pastor Akira Sato speaking.

Response Timeline

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Budounoki Church of Christ

Christ Hope Church

Elim Fellowship

Grace City Church

International Baptist Church Tokyo

Japan Foursquare Gospel Church

Japan Holiness Kyodan Church

Japan Lutheran Church

JCL Nago Chapel

Jesus Life House, Tokyo

Kamizoku Church

Kitakyushu Bible Church

Kurume Bible Fellowship

Life Church

Misawa Air Base Chapel

Mito Church of Christ

Miyazaki Int. Christian Fellowship

Musashino Chapel Center

Nagoya English Fellowship

New Hope Chiba

New Hope International Fellowship Yokoha

New Hope Tokyo

Nirayama Christ Church

Omika Church of Christ

Reformed Presbyterian Church of Japan

Rifu Oasis Chapel

Sendai Evangelical Christian Church

Sendai Zion Church

Shimosuwa christ Church

Taga Church of Christ

Takanezawa Christ Church

Tokyo Baptist Church

Tokyo Deaf Baptist Church

Tokyo Horizon Chapel

Tokyo Manna Church

Tsugaru Gospel Church

United Church of Christ in Japan (UCCJ)

Wakaba Bible Baptist Church

Yokohama Grace Bible Church

Yokohama Joy Baptist Church

Agape Sanda Christ Church

Jesus Christ Mominoki Church

Word of Life

Immanuel General Mission

International Chapel Ministries, Kansai

Immanuel Ueda Christ Church

Immanuel Kyoto Fushimi Church

Immanuel Nagoya Higashi Dendojo

Immanuel Toyama Christ Church

Immanuel Hiroshima Christ Church

Immanuel Hirakata Christ Church

Immanuel Fukagawa Christ Church

Immanuel Shizuoka Church

Wesleyan Holiness Denomination

Canaan Praise Church

Christian Life Center Niiza Church

Grace Christian Fellowship

Koza Baptist Church

Gospel House Shizuoka

Sanda Grace Chapel

Zion Christ Church

Tama Plaza Christ Church

New Life Church Omochanomachi

Hibarigaoka Grace Church

Full Gospel Nagoya Church

Bethel Christ Church

Bethel Shimizu Church

Hope chapel Tokorozawa

Hosana Christ Church

Litehouse Chapel

Miki Agape Chapel

Kamifuku Church

Uenoshiba Christ Church

Shimonoseki Christ Seisho Church

Setagaya Nakahara Church

Nakayama Christ Church

Marushima Kaiun

Kurume Christ Church

Kuon Christ Church

Kamioka Megumi Chapel

Kyoto Shion Church

Kyoto Central Chapel

Kyoto Seito Church

Imari Inochinokotoba Christ Church

Ina Shalom Chapel Christ Church

Fushimi Hitomugi Church

Saga Church of God

Japan Baptist Fellowship

Hokei Christ Church

Hikari Gospel International Church

Komei Christ Church

Iriso Christ Church

Yachimata Gospel Church

Rifu Christ Church

Kitamoto Gospel Christ

North Suzuran-dai Dendojo

Jikkanzaka Church

Minami Nagareyama Life Church

Taiwan Christian Presbyterian East Church

Wago Christ Church

International Shalom Christ Church

The Korean Christian Church in Japan Kyoto Church

North American Baptist Conference

Sakado Christ Church

Okurayama Christ Gospel Church

Yamato Calvary Chapel

Oiso Christ Church

Osaka International Church

Nara International Christian Church

The Church of the Epiphany, Himeji

Gakkentoshi Christ Church

Shukyouhoujin Sekai Seinen SenChurch

Tokyo Kokusai Christ Church

Miyazaki Hope Church

Ojiya Gospel Christ Church

Yamanomachi Christ Church

Yamagata First Biblie Baptist Church

Kishiwada Bible Church

Kawaguchi Christ Church

Japan Evangelical Covenant Church

Japan Christian Missionary Alliance Mission

Fuse Christ Assembly

Hirosaki Gospel Christ Church

Okachimachi Christ Church

Fukkatsu no Christ Oushouji Church

Shinobugaoka Christ Church

Kesisen Christ Church Yonezawa Chapel

Tokorozawa Gospel Christ Church

Niigata Bible School

Hatanodai Christ Church

Hiyoshidai Christ Church

Tsuyama Shion Church

Japan Campus Crusade for Christ

Japan Christ Presbyterian Covenant Church

The United Church of Christ in Japan Matsudo Church

The United Church of Christ in Japan Fujisawa Church

Japan Bible Home Maranatha Christ Church

Resurrection of Christ Oushanji Church

Japan Holiness Church Higashiyamato Shalom Church

Japan Holiness Tsujido Christ Church

Nihon Ruteru Kokuhaku Church

Nihon Domei Christ Kyoudan

Nihon Seikei Christ Kyoudan

Akeno Christ Church

Tokyo Indonesian Gospel Church

Tokyo Covenant Church

Tokyo Free Methodist Church

Ome Christ Church

Tokyo Horizon Chapel

Tokyo Central Church

Tokyo Christian University

Tokyo New Birth Church

Tokyo Musashino Evangelical Free (Church)

Higashi Murayama Church

Touei Gospel Christ Church

Matsumoto Christ Church

Matsue Gospel Church

Yokohama Christ Team

Yokohama Christ Gospel Church

Yokohama International Baptist (Church)

Yokohama Hakusando Church

Yokohama Ryokuen Christ Church

Mukonoso Reformed Presbyterian Church of Japan

Musashidai Christ Gospel Church

Mizuhashi Bible Church

Ikebukuro Taiwan Church

Okinawa Baptist

Okinawa Revival Church

Okinawa Roba No Ko Project

Hamatsu Nakazawa Church

Hamadayama Christ Church

Shimizu Church

Shonan Life Town Christ Church

Shonan Church

Tamagawa Church of God

Denen Grace Church

Yugi Christ Church

Machida Christian Center

Hatasawa Gospel Christ Church

Shirakawadai Christ Church

Chita Zion Christ Church

Ishibashi Christ Church

Kobe Christ Glory Church

Fukuoka Full Gospel Church

Akiyoshi Christ Church

Tsukuba Christ Church

Ayase Church

St. Paul Peter Mission

Sei Sanitsu Community Church

Bible Christ Church

Seisho Mission

Seiseki, Megumi Christ Church

Koshigoe Independent Church

Koudo Christ Church

Ashiya Megumi Christ Assembly

Hohrai Christ Church

Nishi-Ochiai Christ Church

Toyohashi Nozomi Christ Church

Toyota Hope Chapel

Japan Bible Society

Kongo Christ Church

Kaneyama Christ Church

Kanazawa Independent Church

Nagaoka Seikei Christ Church

Nagano Seisho Church

Shizuoka Sonoeda Christ Church

Christ Church Rengo

Takamatsu Community Church

Takahagi Christ Gospel Church

Hatoyama Nozomi Church

Naruo Christ Gospel Church

“A big hug and a warm greeting—so rare coming from a Japanese.”

“We need the CRASH team back here on Saturdays!”

“One elderly woman was so excited at the Cafe’s return that she completely forgot to put her false teeth in!”

In the past 12 months, CRASH Japan’s disaster response has implemented the relief phase (meeting physical needs) and the Recovery Phase (meeting emotional needs). The Partnership Phase will commence on April 1st lasting until September 30th. Our mission continues to be serving

the local church by mobilizing Christians to bring help and hope to the survivors of the disaster. During the first twelve months (relief and recovery phases) we embarked on an ambitious plan to mobilize thousands of Christians throughout the entire disaster area through five regional bases. Over 2,388 Christian volunteers (some are repeaters) have now been deployed through those bases.

Over 30 outreach programs have started in towns and villages along the coast and cities in Tohoku. The time is ripe to hand off these programs to local churches and ministries for long term engagement and impact.

CRASH Japan has applied a classic training model to see sustainable ministries flourish in Tohoku. Our partnership with the local church began in the Relief Phase where we were charged with mobilizing volunteers to the affected areas. In the Recovery Phase, as the crisis abated, we encouraged local churches to take on a greater role in operating outreach programs. This has resulted in local churches enthusiastically taking ownership of these programs.

During the Partnership Phase, CRASH Japan, will take on a secondary role, directing the flow of volunteers to churches who need them. Churches in turn will be responsible to provide housing, meals and transportation for the volunteers they will field. The idea is that local churches continue the work even after CRASH Japan’s disaster response has concluded.

The task ahead is great. Your support in prayer and finances will ensure that the good work began right after March 11, 2011 will continue through local churches in Tohoku.

The Partnership PhaseJonathan Wilson, President/Founder

Japanese Partner Churches and Agencies

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Beauty in the Midst of Darkness

Karen Nohara, Volunteer from Singapore

“Look! There are ladies waiting inside,” exclaimed Gerd Strauss (Ichinoseki Base staff). I (Karen) have prayed for the Japanese to come to know Jesus, and He gave me the privilege of serving these women through sewing.

Traveling to a temporary housing community, I had wondered if anyone would show up to my sewing class. Gerd made an extra effort to advertise and he seemed concerned about the attendance. Our fears were unfounded as 13 women took part on the first day. Now, what to do with only 7 kits prepared? IMPROVISE! The quilting project shifted to designing shopping bags. With this innovation all 13 women had a project to complete.

At the end of our classes, we excitedly posed with the bags for the photo-op. Several exclaimed the project had helped them rediscover creativity and community. My heart rejoiced that they had found the beauty of life in the midst of dark days.

CRASH Style WorksTomomi Onaya, Volunteer from Gunma, Japan

CRASH Japan’s Tono Base has a unique way of providing help and hope to survivors. Staff members go where very few go – to hard-to-reach temporary housing communities located deep in the mountainous regions of Iwate.

Talking to a leader of a temporary housing I discovered that some residents of his community were wary of Christian groups because of a previous bad experience. However, the leader said he has always welcomed CRASH volunteers.

I have been impressed with the Tono Base staff who focuses on building relationships. They welcome everyone to the mobile café announcing, “We are here to help.” Base staff can even call survivors by name!

The CRASH style of helping survivors works. Volunteers who serve through the Tono base are making a difference in survivors’ lives by showing loving acts of kindness. My biggest desire is for survivors to know the love of Jesus.

“We prayed with a mom who had nothing to remember her missing son by. The very next day she found her son’s photo album at a welfare center. She was overjoyed and exclaimed that this was a direct answer to our prayers.”

God Is Our RefugeGreg Thompson, Volunteer from Georgia, USA

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.

Psalm 46: 1–3

God brought this verse to mind when we first learned of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku on March 11, 2011. At first we were stunned and shocked, like everyone else, and then we began doing everything we could do to find out the fate of our friends in Japan.

While the disaster received wall-to-wall coverage on television, it was Facebook that provided us with the most up-to-date information about how our friends and ministry partners were faring. Of course, we felt helpless and called to pray for Japan. Then, as others were leaving the country, we felt God calling us to go.

We knew about CRASH from some of our ministry partners who had already joined the CRASH effort. CRASH seemed to be answering the call better than anyone else in those first two chaotic weeks after the disaster. So my wife, Mary Belle, and I lugged our suitcases and sleeping bags to Higashi-Kurume near Tokyo and joined the effort. Mary Belle worked in the teeming CRASH temporary headquarters at Christian Academy of Japan while I went north with a CRASH team to Sendai and Ishinomaki. Then she and I went to Iwaki with another CRASH team to help a church there.

CRASH moved quickly and decisively into the breach, demonstrating the love of Jesus Christ in tangible ways. The situation was so overwhelming, it was easy to give up and tell ourselves that we could not make a difference. But through CRASH, God taught us about the “ministry of presence.” Sometimes, we learned, we were just supposed to be there to help, hug and encourage.

Mary Belle and I returned again a few months later and today, continue to support CRASH.

The Early Days at CRASHRebekah Suzuki, CRASH Staff from Tokyo, Japan

I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. I started with CRASH Japan after answering a Facebook invitation to volunteer as a bilingual speaker. The makeshift command center was jammed with so many volunteers. I thought I was going to translate but was thrust into organizing communications to field multiple phone calls and respond to a flood of emails.

Those who couldn’t provide office help offered their homes as housing for volunteers. Not only was there a need for coordinating volunteers, but also supplies and relief goods which were coming from all over Japan and the world. I would go home each day, thinking about the emails that still needed answering. Just like most at CRASH in those earliest days, I got very little sleep.

Running from the Tsunami

Cassie Vawter, Volunteer from Indiana, USA

While volunteering in Ofunato, a hard-hit coastal city in Iwate prefecture, I worked with a CRASH group that washed feet and gave hand massages at an evacuee shelter. We would sit and listen to women share their stories.

One woman spoke about running from the tsunami. Her voice quivered as she recalled the events. She said that Japan is an orderly society and that from early childhood all are taught to act as a group and wait for instructions. The one exception is the tsunami warning. When you hear the warning blasts, drop everything and run! Don’t wait for the others. Don’t line up. Instructions are not needed. Just run to the highest reachable ground. This woman did just that. She ran up as far upwards as she could; only a few others had run as high as she. Most—her friends, family, and neighbors—stopped at the “safe center” halfway up the mountain. She heard the ocean rumble and felt the winds become much stronger. She looked back to see the “great hand” of the tsunami pull the “safe center” down into the waves.

As we gathered our supplies and prepared to leave, the women started bowing. To me, this seemed too formal for the occasion. I felt the Holy Spirit nudge me into action, and took her in my arms and hugged her! She resisted for only a fraction of a second. Before I knew it, the whole room—all of us—were hugging, laughing and crying. Centuries of cultural rules were thrown out the window! According to other volunteers, this was the first emotional breakthrough they had witnessed.

“I was contemplating suicide but you keep coming back.”

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Financial Information

PartnerPrograms Admin

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Marketing and Donor Relations

Base Operations

December 2011–February 2012Financial Overview

The fiscal year 2011-2012 ends in March, and a year has passed since the triple disasters hit Japan. Understandably, media coverage of the disaster had significantly waned a few months after the catastrophic events; thus, donations gradually dwindled through the summer and fall months. In spite of this, donations received during this period (Dec. 2011-Feb. 2012)still amounted to US$537,500 (JP¥43,000,000).

The task ahead continues to be challenging. After a year of revitalization, media outlets praise the Japanese for the speed by which debris has been cleared. There is however the unseen clutter of confusion, deep wounds and crippling uncertainty that prevail in the hearts of those who have been affected by the tsunami and radiation exposure. CRASH Japan hopes to receive a steady stream of donations for the partnership phase so that local churches assisted by CRASH volunteers can continue to provide hope-giving care.

Donation DesignationsCRASH Japan’s Partnership Phase will focus on relaying already existing programs to local churches and ministries. Your continued financial support will allow these 30 or more programs to continue even after CRASH Japan’s involvement in Tohoku has concluded. You can designate donations to the care funds as designated on the right.

Undesignated funds will be directed to the Tohoku General Fund. CRASH Japan encourages donors to give to the general fund which gives CRASH flexibility to apply funds where they are most needed.

CRASH Japan ensures that all donations are used for the purposes for which they were raised. The Board of Directors has mandated that all contributions designated for specific programs shall be applied to those programs; however, CRASH may assess up to 10 percent of the designated gift to be used for its administration. Occasionally, CRASH may receive more contributions for a given program than can be wisely applied to that program. When this happens, CRASH will use these funds to meet a similar pressing need.

Out of the Void . . . Renewalby Emy Brubacherfrom Ontario, Canada, Volunteer at Ichinoseki Base

The earth shuddersIn angry revolt at being disturbedSending treasures crashing to the floor in its ireSpreading panic in the streetsThen stillness, a sigh of relief

Disturbed from rest,A silent beast arises from the depths

Moving stealthily towards the shoreGaining strength and momentum

As it feeds along the way

Ready to deal devastationThe torrential wave rolls towards land

Washing away existence as it is knownLeaving scattered debris

A barren void of previous life

Yet while black water erases assetsIt also washes away the scraggy tree, withered with age

Layers of ancient soil sucked of all nourishmentThe garbage piled in corners

Remnants of secreted pains and pasts

Cleared of clutter, confusion and chaosA blank canvas stands, washed of the past

Ready for renewal, in the smiles of the stoicThe survivors who bravely look ahead

Rather than ruminating the past

Out of the void, new life sprouts wings,From the strength of these people,

Lifting united voices and spiritsHope soars from the prospect of potential

Bringing promise of renewal

Pastoral Care FundProviding member care for pastors and church workers

Child Trauma FundHelping children gain emotional balance

Community Care FundRevitalizing communities through mobile cafés and detoxifying soil

Arts and Sports FundInnovating outreach through music, visual arts, drama, dance and sports

Media Care FundCommunicating hope through print, radio and internet media

Evacuee Care FundMeeting survivors’ physical needs

Special thanks to Stephen Benedict, Matt Burns, Ai Hatano, Kazuyoshi Kurihara, Paul Nethercott, Keiko Otomo, Diane Velasco, Levi Velasco (editor-in-chief).

Photo Credits: George Miyamoto, Katsu Shiraishi, Gerd Strauss, Greg Thompson, Diane Velasco, Levi Velasco

GiveStatement of Activities(Mar. 2011– Feb. 2012)

CRASH financial information reflects the most current accurate information. For more complete detailed information please contact [email protected]

IncomeContribution Income - GeneralOther Donations via JEMACash and Other DonationsDonations via PaypalIndivid. Business ContributionInvestment IncomeOther Type of IncomeVolunteer Contribution1

Contribution for programs 2

Uncategorized Income

Total Income1Volunteer stay fees + donations2Programs are accounted independently

¥283,393,259

38,059,16838,376,76829,830,641

7,139,07722,34210,000

9,744,57622,532,400

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429,114,231

ExpensesProgram ExpensesCore Program ExpensesNew Life Starter KitsOther projectsReconstruction/RenovationsRelief SuppliesShipping (Relief Supplies)TransportationFacilities - Main BasesRental Contract Adm.Base/Team Support - Food, Misc.Tools & EquipmentBase/HQ Staff ExpensesOther expensesHQ Office maintenancePublicity/Donor Relation expenses

Total Expenses

¥7,050,6411,849,137

30,351,794533,506827,592

30,131,0256,439,274

31,920,45246,449,174

68,85716,081,897

943,616102,264,133

49,32016,182,745

7,799,084

298,942,247