Annual Report2017

From Our PresidentIwanttosincerelythankallofyouwhocontinuetoprovideyourheartfeltsupport

forCaritasJapan.IamenclosingtheCaritasJapanAnnualReportsothatyoumightknowthevariousactivitiesyourgenerositymakespossible.

Inresponseto thecallofPopeFrancisforaworldinwhichnooneisexcluded,CaritasInternationalisisdevelopingaworldwidecampaigntosupportrefugeesandmi-grants.Eachpersonwhomustleavehisorherhomelandhasauniquebackgroundandstory.Bylisteningtothestoriesthateachonehasinsteadofsimplycategorizingthemas“refugees”or“migrants,”wewillsupport theirdignityas individualsbelovedbyGod.Thisinternationalcampaigncallingustonurturea“cultureofencounter”wherenooneisexcludediscalled“SharetheJourney”inEnglish.InJapan,wearepromotingitasthe“ZeroExclusionCampaign”(haijozerocampaign).

ReconstructionofthevariousplacesthatsufferedfromtheGreatEastJapanEarth-quakeofMarch11,2011,remainsCaritasJapan’spriority.Butwealsoremaincom-mittedtocontinuingoursupportactivitiesinnaturaldisastersandtheseeminglynever-endingregionalconflicts invariouspartsof theworld.Manypeoplemust journeythroughplacesofdisaster,conflictandreconstruction.

TheactivitiesofCaritasJapanarenotmerelylimitedtoprovidingeconomicsupporttopeoplefacingsuchdifficulties.CaritasJapanwillcontinueencouragingencountersbothinJapanandabroadsothatmanypeoplecanmeetandsupportoneanotherandcreateaworldwithoutexclusion.

IbelievethatGod,thegiveroflife,desiresaworldwhereallpeoplerespectandsupporteachother.

Let’scontinuetojourneytogethersothatwecanbuildtheworldthatGodwants,aworldinwhichnoneofuswillbeexcluded.

Archbishop Isao KikuchiPresident, Caritas Japan

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Eachyear thePopeissuesaLentenmessagetodeepenChristians’understandingof thespiritoftheseasonandtoencouragethemtoconversionworksoflove.Inanswertothiscall,theCatholicChurchinJapancallsforCatholicstorespondtothe“AinoBokin”(lovecollection)infellowshipwiththosewhofaceoppression,discriminationandabandonmentaswellasthosewhoselivesareincrisis.(CatholicInformationHandbook2018)

■MessageofPopeFrancisforLent2017　“TheWordisagift.Otherpersonsareagift”■LentenBooklet2017 Circulation:58,000　Contents:PopeFrances,Lentenmessage,donationsandassistances■Collectionboxforchildren Circulation:25,000■Contributionenvelopes Circulation:63,000

Lenten Campaign

Our Funds

Amount of total donation 2017 ¥357,282,521 LentenCollection ¥61,102,411 ForDomesticAssistance ¥9,741,086 ForOverseasAssistance ¥32,267,052 ForDomesticEmergencies ¥24,793,924 ForOverseasEmergencies ¥8,488,453 ChristmasDonation ¥26,196,399 SupportforCaritasJapan ¥6,917,500 Donationfrommonthlysupporters ¥794,466 FortheGreatEastJapanEarthquake ¥186,981,230 Domesticdonation ¥15,793,288

Donationfromabroad ¥171,187,942

CaritasJapandependssolelyondonationsfromindividualdonorsinJapananddoesnotre-ceiveanypublicfundsorgovernmentsubsidies. Thesedonationsaremadeeitherbydirectcontributionfromindividualdonorsorthroughspecialcollectionsorganizedbydioceses,par-ishesandotherinstitutions.

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Aid Activities

IncollaborationwithCaritasthroughouttheworld,CaritasJapansupportstheindependenceofpeoplewhomustfaceharshconditions invariousplaces.Prioritysupport isgiven topeoplerecoveringfromdisasterorwar,andtosupportforhumanrights,education,healthcareandtheeradicationofpoverty,especiallywheretheneedismosturgent.

■FundingforEmergencyAppeals(EA)byCaritasInternationalis-41projects■HumandevelopmentprojectswithCaritasMemberorganizations-31projects■Supportforgrass-rootsactivitiesinJapan(incl.Kumamotoearthquake)-16projects

ASSISTANCES (January to December 2017) JPY 369,085,562

JPY by the thousandThe Great East Japan Earthquake 147,074

Within Japan (incl. Kumamoto earthquake) 45,912 20.7%Asia/Oceania 98,886 44.5%Asia Partnership 5,287Bangladesh 16,921Cambodia 4,545India 6,701

Kyrgyzstan 1,779Mongolia 8,171Myanmar 6,872Nepal 36,522

Pakistan 7,367Philippines 1,302Sri Lanka 3,419

Africa 39,634 17.9%Africa Partnership 5,266Burundi 1,169Central Africa 1,302DR Congo 2,238Kenya 3,286Madagascar 1,202

Malawi 1,153Niger 1,232Nigeria 1,220Rwanda 1,781Senegal 1,318Sierra Leone 1,337

Somalia 1,209South Sudan 1,209Sudan 3,393Uganda 11,319

Latin America/Caribbean 12,460 5.6%Antilles 1,122Chile 1,113Colombia 1,128

Dominican Republic 1,138Haiti 2,306Mexico 2,256

Peru 1,113Venezuela 2,284

Middle East 16,362 7.4%Iraq 3,396Jordan 4,556

Lebanon 1,117Palestine 2,280

Syria 5,013

Europe 8,739 3.9%CI Partnership 4,907Greece 1,290

Serbia 1,213Ukraine 1,329

Total Fund (Except the Great East Japan Earthquake) 221,993 100%

Caritas Internationalis Emergency Appeal 55%

Migrant workers and refugees 10%Caritas Internationalis Emergency Appeal 55%

Development projects45％

Education 11%Overseas assistance by sector

Community empowerment 8%Caritas capacity building 5%Health 3%Peace-building 2%Disaster risk management 2%Others 4%

Development projects45％

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Aid ActivitiesDevelopment assistanceSafe migration and anti-human trafficking program in the Greater Mekong sab-region Caritas

EspeciallyintheAsianregion,thehumanrightsofmigrantworkersarenotprotectedand theproblemof trafficking in persons is gettingworse.Todealwiththisproblem,theCaritasor-ganizationsoftheMekongRiverbasincountriesarecooperating,andinboththesendingandre-ceivingcountriestheysupportaprogramtoco-operateoncaseworkandmakeuseofitinpro-vidingpolicyadviceineachcountry.

Caritas Internationalis Emergency AppealAssistance to herder households and effective reduction of risks in the areas affected by Dzud

Nomads inMongoliaare losingmuchof theirlivestock to increasinglyseverewintercondi-tionslinkedtoglobalclimatechange.CaritasJa-panhassupportedemergencyassistancesuchasthedistributionoffoodanddailynecessitiesandcapacitybuildingimplementedbyCaritasMon-goliatorespondtoemergencies.

Domestic assistanceSupport for refugee status certification appli-cants

The refugee recognition rate inJapan isverylow,and thosewhohaveescaped toJapan insearchofasylumareinavulnerablepositioninsociety.CaritasJapansupportedorganizationsthatprovidelivingsupporttorefugeeapplicants.

Study SessionsJuly3(Mon.)SacredHeartSchool(Tokyo)10thgradeTheme:Knowingyourself,knowingtheworld

November9(Thur.)SeibiGakuen(Tokyo)12thgradeTheme:Currentsituationofwomenindeveloping

countriesandCaritaswomen’ssupportac-tivities

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Social Awareness

Intheworldtoday,peoplefacethreatstohumanrightsandlifeitself.Inordertopromoteawarenessofthesesituations,CaritasJapansponsorstrainingsessionsandseminarsaswellaspublishingbookletsthatdeepenunderstandingofthesechal-lenges.

Activity Theme(2017-2019):AimingforadiversesocietywithoutexclusionInthedecadesince2007,wehavefocusedonhow

thechurchcanrespondtotheproblemsofself-deathand isolation.Themeswehaveexploredare“TheTragedy of Isolation Ending in Self-Death andSuicide,”“Society’sRoleinIsolation,Self-DeathandSuicide,”“HowMight theChurchRespond to thisSocialReality?”

Basedon thateffort,wehaveset the themeforeducationcommitteeactivitiesfrom2017as“Aimingfor adiverse societywithout exclusion.”Wewillconsideropportunities fordiversity in the faceofintolerance,andhowindividuals,churchesandlocalcommunities can build a society that accepts allwithoutexclusion.

Seminar(September-November2017)Film,lectureanddiscussionSeptember16(Sat.):SacraFamigliaCatholicCenter(Osaka)October21(Sat.):FujiWomen’sUniversity(Sapporo)November11(Sat.):YMCAYouthCenter(Tokyo)

Fifth Korea-Japan Catholic Suicide Prevention Symposium(Seoul)Date:November3,2017(Friday)Place:ArchdioceseofSeoulMyeongCathedralCosteHallParticipants:About200peopleJapaneselecturers:HirokiKamatsu(FormerlyoftheCatholicBishops’ConferenceofJapan)RyogoTakemoto(JōdoshūHonganji-haResearchInstitute)

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CaritasInternationalishasconducteda“SharetheJourney”migrationcampaignwithafocusonmigrantsandrefugeessinceSeptember27,2017.Thiscampaignaimstofostera“cultureofencounter”withmigrantsandrefugees inall thecommunities related to them(countriesoforigin,transitcountries,hostcountries).The165CaritasorganizationsthataremembersofCaritasInternationalisaretakingpart inthiseffort inwaysthatsuit their localcircumstances.

InJapan,wearepromoting theZEROExclusionCampaign:Meetingpeoplebeyondnationality, acollaborationofCaritas Japanand theCatholicCommissionof Japan forMigrants,RefugeesandPeopleontheMove(J-CaRM).

■Activitiesin2017:Oct.15 CampaignintroductionatKichijojiChurchbazaar(Tokyo)Oct.22 CampaignintroductionatIchikawaChurch(Chiba)afterinternationalMassNov.23 J-CaRMNationalWorkshop2017(OsakaSacraFamiglia)Nov.26 CampaignintroductionatAzabuChurchbazaar(Tokyo)Dec.17 CampaignintroductionatAshikagaChurch(Tochigi)

■Campaigngoods ･ “Encounter”roll-sheetballpointpen.Unrollingthesheetprovidesspacetowriteprayersandmessages. ･ Prayer card inChinese,English,French,Korean,Portuguese,Spanish,Tagalog,

VietnameseandJapanese.

Share the Journey Campaign

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Catholic Bishops’ Conference of JapanCARITAS JAPAN

Japan Catholic Center 10-10 Shiomi 2-Chomoe Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8585Phone: 81-3-5632-4439 Fax: 81-3-5632-4464E-mail: secretariat@caritas.jp

http://www.caritas.jp

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Photo: Community based primary school in Chittagong, Bangladesh2018.5