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$800 raised to support public affairs students in Japan

NASPAA’s Tohoku University Relief campaign to support graduate students in public affairs in Sendai, Japan raised almost $800!  Messages of support were received from across the country, as well as from Nicaragua and Namibia.  We thank everyone in the NASPAA community who donated--students, faculty, staff, and friends--, sent a message of support, or forwarded the information to their students.

 

The scope and scale of Japan’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami are almost incomprehensible. Weeks later, hundreds of miles away, even Tokyo is struggling with maintaining electricity and potable water.  Most of us can hardly imagine what life must be like for those affected.

But even inside the worst-hit city, Sendai, at the epicenter of the earthquake, there is one familiar place: the School of Public Policy* at Tohoku University.  Until very recently, its students and faculty spent their days in classes and research. Now, many have suffered tremendous personal losses, though fortunately all have been confirmed safe. 
[* site run through Google Translator. The full site is available in Japanese]

In the months ahead, we hope to create opportunities for students to exchange ideas and experience, about emergency management, environmental contamination, public health issues, community recovery and planning, and other critical issues Japan's students and faculty face.