We thankfully had a huge support from over 70 countries when the Great
Hanshin Awaji Earthquake hit Kobe in 17th January
1995. 'KOBE', which means all of the affected areas by the Earthquake,
would like to share the experience to the next affected areas in the
world with this keyword, 'to help one another when s/he is at the
difficult time'.
CODE (Citizens towards Overseas Disaster Emergency ) was launched in
17th January 2002 as a Non-Profit Organization to be a place for
citizens including companies, public administration, interntional
organizations, research groups and NGOs with a lot of knowledge and
skills.
We had 54 projects including the time we were the Great Hanshin Awaji
Earthquake Locan NGO Rescue Liaison Conference which was the
predecessor of CODE. We always stand by the principle 'til the last
one', to reconstruct people through standing by them and associating
with them.
Help the Recovery
in the Long Term |
| Through the experience from
KOBE , we cooperate with citizens and help rebuild
their lives and their recovery in the affected areas.
Recovery may take a long time. We stand by them in a
medium and long term perspectives. |
Respect Endogenous
Aspect in Local Areas |
| It is crucial to respect and
grow local endogenous in order for the affected people
to make their lives back by themselves. We believe that
the affected people themselves should draw and make
plans for future reflecting their own local cultures
and customs. |
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Our Spirits |
KOBE to the World
Making a Chain of Learning and Supporting
Each Other
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Help the Socially
Vulnerable People |
| We share the pain that we had
at the Earthquake in Kobe. We try to eliminate the
situations which keeps the socially vulnerables have
disadvantages. We focus on helping minority groups such
as children, women, disabilities, elderies, people from
overseas. |
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Til the Last One |
| In the relief projects, it is
inevitable to restore the last one's human rights in
direct/indirect ways. We respect one by one not
categorizing them as 'the affected people'. We
listen to various voices from various people. We stop
helping listening the last one's voice. |
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Our Goals |
| Improving
the Power of Global Citizen by KIZUNA (Bondings) |
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The Society with
Sustainability and Healing |
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You can bond with people even if our countries are not bonding
with each other. As the connections between the affected areas
in the world cannot be faded, we can always find the language
about natural disaster to communicate by recognizing different
culture and customs. We CODE believe that these connections
could help improving the power of global citizens and making
peace. |
It is nesseccary to think about community, live and natural
environment when you tackle the issues of disaster prevention
and decreasing disaster. We try to think 'new society' not
being hidbound the traditional valuess, which means that we
focuse upon sustainable community living with nature.
Preparation for disaster is required us to think. |
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