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Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Emergency Relief
21 December 2012
(178th report)
Presenting the Future of Shichigo - Our Town in Eight Years
20 December 2012
(177th report)
UNICEF Prayer Tree Project Ornament making with 100 UNICEF Santas
17 December 2012
(176th report)
Expanding assistance for fathers! Single-Father Household and Fathering Assistance Project
10 December 2012
(175th report)
Psychosocial assistance: Supporting the construction of Kesennuma Child Psychosocial
7 December 2012
(174th report)
Praying for the happiness of Tohoku children: 11 Prayer Trees
16 November 2012
(173rd report)
Child protection: Training for creating community networks for abuse prevention
16 November 2012
(172nd report)
Child protection: Training on detection and response to household risk
20 November 2012
(171st report)
Natori City Mayor presents JCU with plaque of appreciation
14 November 2012
(170th report)
"Future Classroom" workshop held at Otsuchi Town primary schools
4 November 2012
(169th report)
Report: Presentations by the Furusato Soma Children's Reconstruction Council
13 November 2012
(168th report)
Seeking 110 volunteers for the UNICEF Prayer Tree Project!
7 November 2012
(167th report)
Tegami project Children' wishes travel across the oceans
2 November 2012
(166th report)
This year the Big Prayer Trees are back! Ginza, Yurakucho, and 11 locations throughout Tohoku!
25 October 2012
(165th report)
Ishinomaki City: Experience-based urban development to teach children about society
20 October 2012
Kesennuma's new "Greeting Wall": Assistance for the construction of Ashinome School's Child Support Centre
19 October 2012
(164th report)
CAP specialist training seminar wraps up in Fukushima City
3 October 2012
(163rd report)
Continued funding in 2012 for 160,000 influenza vaccinations
12 September 2012
(162nd report)
One and a half years after the disaster-Opening ceremony for Kesennuma City Mother's Home and Makisawa Kibo Nursery Centre
27 August 2012
Asahi Kindergarten starts its new school term
24 August 2012
Opening ceremony for Fuji Kindergarten in Yamamoto Town
24 August 2012
JCU Ambassador Agnes Chan sings and reads stories to children at the opening ceremony of Iuchi Preschool
30 July 2012
(161th report)
Opening ceremony for Asahi Kindergarten's new school building in Minamisanriku
6 July 2012
(160th report)
Afghani and Fukushima high school students reunite at Tanabata
25 June 2012
(159th report)
Makoto Hasebe makes another visit to disaster areas, holds third donation ceremony
1 June 2012
(158th report)
Onsite support
25 May 2012
(157th report)
Ceremony marks the completion of Asahi Kindergartens new building structure
3 May 2012
(156th report)
New play area opened for children in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture
25 April 2012
(155th report)
Tegami Project Letters from children in Korean reach Fukushima children
9 April 2012
(154th report)
Assistance for school lunches in Ishinomaki
4 April 2012
(153rd report)
Preschool entrance ceremony held at new school building
31 March 2012
(152nd report)
Yamada Town Family Cooking Café
24 March 2012
(151st report)
Kirikiri Preschool graduates class of 10
22 March 2012
(150th report)
One year later: An energetic student performance
22 March 2012
(149th report)
JCU partners with JOCA to help children and their families
19 March 2012
(148th report)
Emotional support for children: JCU publishes a manual for assisting preschool-age children affected by the disaster
15 March 2012
(147th report)
UNICEF Photo Exhibition of Great East Japan Earthquake travels to Iwate, Okayama, Kumamoto, Hiroshima and New York Headquarters
7 March 2012
(146th report)
Event: One-year Report on Earthquake & Tsunami Emergency Relief
2 March 2012
(145th report)
Messages of encouragement from around the world
28 February 2012
(144th report)
Photo exhibition held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York
23 February 2012
Letters from children in Ukraine and Hungary delivered to children in Fukushima
17 February 2012
(143rd report)
Call for Participants for 6 March Activity Briefing
7 February 2012
(142nd report)
Nursery staff from across Japan supporting the affected areas
3 February 2012
(141st report)
Letters from Chinese university students delivered to Iwate Prefectural University
30 January 2012
(140th report)
Official opening of temporary kindergarten facility in Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture
25 January 2012
(139th report)
Subsidizing influenza vaccination costs in all three affected prefectures
10 January 2012
(138th report)
Completion of Natori City's Donguri Children's Library
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Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Emergency Relief (163rd report)
Continued funding in 2012 for 160,000 influenza vaccinations

[3 October 2012]

© Japan Committee for UNICEF
Vaccinations being provided in Rikuzentakata City in June 2011 thanks to generous donor support.

The Japan Committee for UNICEF (JCU) has decided to build on its efforts from 2011 by continuing to subsidize influenza vaccinations for children in 29 municipalities in the coastal areas of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures—all areas devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Accordingly, JCU is working through the municipal health authorities to subsidize 2,000 yen of the cost of each vaccination. This will effectively aid the delivery of vaccinations to approximately 160,000 children between the ages of six-months to junior high school in the municipalities listed below. Subsidy procedures differ by municipality, but generally residents requesting vaccinations are able to pay their physician the difference in cost after the JCU subsidy.

Municipalities eligible for the subsidy:

IwateMiyako, Kamaishi, Rikuzentakata, Ofunato, Sumida, Otsuchi, Yamada, Iwazumi, Tanohata
MiyagiKesennuma, Ishinomaki, Higashi-Matsushima, Minamisanriku, Onagawa, Yamamoto, Watari
FukushimaSoma, Minamisoma, Iwaki, Tomioka, Okuma, Namie, Iitate, Shinchi, Futaba, Hirono, Naraha, Sendai, Katsurao

(Municipalities presented in random order)

Handwashing as basic defense

In addition to vaccinations, handwashing and gargling are two very easy and effective ways to prevent influenza and various infectious diseases. As a matter of fact, it is said that by simply washing the hands properly with soap, nearly one million children in developing countries who would otherwise be expected to die before the age of five due to poor sanitation and hygienic practices can be saved.

Global Handwashing Day is 15 October. Take this opportunity to learn the six rules of proper handwashing.

The movie below is of the Global Handwashing Dance, a dance used as a fun way to teach children the correct way to wash their hands. Try it yourself!

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