Community Service Spotlight
July Community Service Feature: Japan Association for Refugees (JAR)
Numerous crises around the globe have forced men, women, and children to seek safety and asylum as refugees in foreign lands. Refugees are individuals who…
June Community Services Feature: Baamboo
In April of this year, eleven women of various backgrounds met at the Mercer Cafe in Roppongi to discuss volunteerism in Japan. Over coffee and…
May Community Services Feature: APRICOT
Happy Golden Week! Among the many holidays clustered into this late spring holiday, Children’s Day (May 5th) will continue to honor the happiness and health…
April Community Services Feature: TELL Japan
As hanami season comes to a close, many of us are preparing for the new work or school year. While some welcomed March’s spring weather…
March Community Services Feature: Five Tokyo-Based Organizations That Fight For or Empower Women
In honor of March’s International Women’s Day, we’d like to present to our FEW community a list of five organizations that have established themselves as…
February Community Services Feature: Disaster Relief with Peace Boat & PBV
What is Peace Boat? In October of last year, FEW Japan had the pleasure of welcoming three panelists to discuss multiculturalism in Japan. Among them,…
January Community Services Feature with Human Rights Now
By Tia Haygood, Community Services Director Happy New Year to the FEW community! This month we are featuring another phenomenal NGO in the Tokyo area,…
December Community Services Feature with Angela Ortiz, Founder of A Place To Grow
By Tia Haygood, Community Services Director “When you experience a disaster, when you lose everything that was important, your world falls apart. You lose hope.…
November Community Services Feature with Charles McJilton of Second Harvest
By Tia Haygood, Community Services Director With Winter and the holiday season around the corner, many of us are mapping out our plans for the…
October Community Services Feature: Tokyo Run for the Cure
By Tia Haygood, Community Services Director The Run for the Cure Foundation is a Tokyo based non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating breast cancer in Japan…