Japan emergency project: Give lights to the tsunami victims in Japan - Phase 3 (緊急津波被害者支援プロジェクト第3弾）

Japan

d.light S10

(被災地に早く物資が届くように、ランタンの数を1000個から600個に減らしました。これにより、予算も当初の10,502ドルより、6,301ドルに減りました）

3月11日の東北関東大地震により、多くの被災者が出ております。被災地によっては、今後6か月、電気の供給が見込まれない地域もあります。緊急津波被害者支援プロジェクト第3弾の今回は、東日本大震災聴覚障害者救援宮城本部の要請を受け、主に聴覚障害を持った被害者の方々を対象に、ウインローダー様のご協力でソーラーランタンを1000個配給します。このプロジェクトは、日本元気塾・グローバル・アジェンダ・ゼミナールの有志メンバーが賛同し、力をあわせて寄付を集めます。

On 11 March 2011, Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami. The death toll continues to rise and tens of thousands of people remain homeless without access to energy and lighting. This emergency project is providing much needed lights via solar powered lanterns to people in the most severely affected areas, especially for the hearing impaired. These lanterns are a simple and efficient solution that will greatly address both the lighting needs and the security of the devastated communities.

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東日本大震災聴覚障害者救援宮城本部 (Secretariat for the support of the hearing impaired in the earthquake affected area)

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Description:
600 solar lights have reached the hearing impaired tsunami victims in Senday, Miyagi prefecture.

Please briefly describe the problems that your organization wanted to address using the technology:
The hearing impaired have faced difficulties in pursuing their day to day activities, due to the lack of electricity and lights in the tsunami affected area.

Anecdotal evidence. Please share anecdotal evidence that exemplifies impact that the technology has had:
‘Flashlights can only light up a small area, but with this S10, an entire room can become bright. We used to point the flashlights to the hands when we speak, but because the solar lights can be hung, they free up our hands, and so we can communicate with sign language easily' ‘The user instruction on the box was very illustrative, thus easy to understand how to use it properly’.

Describe how the technology was distributed, at what price?:
They were distributed for free, as part of the emergency humanitarian response.

Describe the challenges and lessons in distribution and technology adoption:
N/A

Describe the training/awareness raising activities conducted to facilitate the technology adoption:
Basic instructions on how to use the lanterns is on the box of each solar light, that was used to explain to the users.

Overall improvement in people’s lives. Please describe what kind of impact the technology has had, on how many people:
1800 people (assuming 1 lights can benefit 3 people). They can communicate with less efforts due to the bright light that the solar lamps provide at night.

Please describe how often the technology is used by the beneficiaries? Every day? How many hours per day:
Every night, especially when communicating, using the sign language.

Overall feedback:
Very effective.

Project report: Japan tsunami project consolidated report JPN.pdf, Tohoku report English.pdf


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