Summary Report - Webinar Series: Lessons from Inclusive Recoveries in Post-disaster Japan for Ukrainian Recovery

It is also noteworthy that, since the invasion in Ukraine, the Nippon Foundation, the sister organization of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), supported the evacuation and provision of essential medicines and other assistance to the displaced persons with disabilities as well as the support of over 100 Japanese students to help people who have evacuated to neighboring countries by the assistanc. [...] Despite the ongoing misery, Ukraine and the global society should begin preparing for the postwar period prior to the end of the conflict. [...] As part of the first program held in collaboration between the SPF and the NAPD, I would like to discuss the theme of the Great East Japan Earthquake and persons with disabilities. [...] The contents of support activities changed over time: from the turmoil in the aftermath of the earthquake to the recovery phase after the initial confusion had passed and the reconstruction phase, which took perseverance. [...] This led to the establishment of the Society of Disaster Nursing in Japan in 1998 and the World Society of Disaster Nursing in 2010.