Volunteers: Sorting 21
2 boxes each for 0-3 year olds and 4-5 year olds (total 250 books) delivered to town of Yamada-cho
Volunteers: Unpacking boxes 11 volunteers; sorting books 23 volunteers; total 34
Boxes unpacked 3,233; total 113,591 books
Volunteers: Unpacking boxes 14; sorting books 16; total 30
Boxes unpacked 3,163; total 110,487 books;
600 books donated to Takada Day Care Center; 300 books donated to Hirota Elementary School Emergency Shelter
Volunteers: Unpacking boxes 14; book sorting 19; total 33
Boxes unpacked 3,163; total 104,463 books
Volunteers: Unpacking boxes 10; book sorting 17; total 27
Boxes unpacked 2,954; total 99,605 books
Volunteers: Unpacking boxes 12; book sorting 23; total 35
Boxes unpacked 2,859; total 96,263 books
Volunteers: Unpacking boxes 16; sorting books 22: total 38
Boxes unpacked: 1,930: total 65,928 books
Volunteers: Unpacking boxes 17; sorting books 22: total 39
Boxes unpacked: 1,747: total 57,374 books
Volunteers: Unpacking boxes 18; sorting books 15: total 33
Boxes unpacked: 1,621: total 53,038 books
As on 4.9, eight students from Shitakoji Junior High School came again to help out.
Volunteers: Unpacking boxes 20; sorting books 17, Total 37
Boxes opened: 1,482: total 49,059 books
Funds donated for the project: ¥918,630
The 3.11 Books for Children Project thanks everyone for their generous donations of books and funds. The photos below show how the books you have sent are being organized and sorted.
Volunteers: Unpacking books 16; sorting books 16: total 32
Boxes unpacked: 1,302: total 42,864 books
Books were delivered to the following shelters: Tsunagi Hot Springs: Aishinkan Hotel Oushuku Hot Springs: Kagasuke Hotel, Choeikan Hotel, Hotel Mori no Kaze Shizukuishi Prince Hotel
Volunteers: Unpacking books 16; sorting books 21: total 37
Boxes unpacked: 1,151: total 37,703 books
Volunteers: Unpacking books 18, sorting books 22: total 40
Boxes unpacked: 932: total 29,380 books
On April 3 (Sunday), books were delivered by volunteers to the following shelter: Ofunato City-Ryori City Community Center, 1 box
Began delivering books from this date
Books distributed: 26 boxes (sets; about 1,200 books) to four locations in the city of Miyako and one location in Yamadamachi.
07:45
Depart Central Civic Center in 3 vehicles: 8 staff (with media staff from IBC and Asahi shinbun)
10:10
Arrived at Akamae Day Care Center (interview by IBC and Asahi Shinbun reporters)
Iwabuchi Tadanori [ck], chief of Social Education, Miyako Office of Education introduced the members of the “Zosan no Mimi” [Elephant Ears] Miyako city group providing books readings [storytelling] for children.
10:15
Storytelling
11:05
Picture books delivered
5 sets donated to Akamae Day Care Center
4 sets to Shigemori Children’s Center
11:10
Explanation of local situation by Ozeki Ken’ichi, head of Akamae Day Care Center
11:45
Arrive Akamae Elementary School
3 sets donated to Akamae Elementary School
12:10
Storytelling (9 elementary school students; 1 junior high school students)
13:30
Visit to Yamadamachi Daiichi Day Care Center led by Ikoma Toshiharu of the Fisheries Co-op of the Commerce and Industry Society of Yamadamachi.
10 sets donated to Yamadamachi Daiichi Day Care Center
15:00
Visit to Miyako City Joanji Day Care Center
4 sets donated to Joanji Day Care Center
We learned that the day care center has been looking after the children of the Miyako Day Care Center, which was washed away in the tsunami, since April 4.
Among the donations are many brand new books that donors purchased via Amazon and sent saying “because I didn’t have any books at hand.”
The 3-11 Picture Book Project sends its sincere gratitude for all these donations.
Volunteers: Unpacking boxes 15; sorting books 11: total 26
Boxes unpacked: 736; total 24,616 books.
Along with the books, we received many picture letters (e-tegami) from children expressing their concern about the children of the disaster area. We are grateful for all your gifts. Thank you very much. Photos of the donated books, unpacking and sorting.
Volunteers: Unpacking boxes 11; sorting books 14
Boxes unpacked: 512 boxes; 17,099 books
Only 59 of all the boxes delivered so far have been unpacked. Those delivered today have not been counted. Work to continue tomorrow. Donations of funds have also started to come in. Today, two of Suemori's friends in Kobe each sent us donations of ¥100,000. We have opened bank and postal accounts using that money. Cash donations have also been arriving by registered post. These donations will be used for mailing out thank-you letters, paying for gasoline to drive to the disaster area sites, and purchasing the containers for the books. We look forward to your further donations of funds.