IDRO Japan's Projects
IDRO Japan has sponsored over 15 relief trips from Kyoto. During these trips IDRO Japan:
- Distributed initial post disaster relief supplies.
- Distributed carpentry tools and power equipment.
- Distributed electrical appliances, refrigerators, microwaves, electric fans and washing machines.
- Demolished and repaired damaged buildings and homes.
- Distributed and or installed 50 propane water heaters.
- Assisted in preparing the town of Kitsunezaki for winter with heaters, household furnishings and bedding.
- Remodeled and made operable several factories.
- Built a bathhouse in Funakoshi.
- Built one small building to house the Nagatsura Fishing Cooperative.
- Organized thousands of hours of volunteer labor.
- Tore down dangerous buildings in several communities.
- Cut down and disposed of trees killed by salt poisoning.
- Cleared kilometers of coastline of debris.
- Repaired and rebuilt the shrine gates in Onosaki.
- Restored stone monuments.
- Shored and sandbagged riversides and drainage areas.
- Assisted in the moving of homes and businesses.
- Assisted in the preservation of factory equipment.
- Repaired water-damaged furniture for private homes.
- Repaired doors and windows, replacing glass and screen in several communities.
- Removed and rebuilt floors in dozens of homes.
- Removed countless tons of mud and debris from various locations.
- Assisted in the restoration of Koganeyama Shrine on Kinkazan Island.
- Distributed mosquito nets, mosquito coils, insect repellant, over-the-counter medicines, water and a multitude of other daily necessities.
