Among the many dioceses that have sent their Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps (DRHC) to areas affected by the March 11 disaster, the Taiwan DRHC, the only formally organized corps overseas, was mobilized on May 28. This marked the first time the Taiwan DRHC was dispatched to participate in disaster relief…
On May 26, the Post-Disaster Recovery Committee was established. This committee was established to further pursue the recovery of affected areas with a wider range of efforts. Tenrikyo Church Headquarters established Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Headquarters after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. In the ten weeks since,…
Responding to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan, Tenrikyo Church Headquarters immediately established Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Headquarters (headed by Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs Yoshitaro Ueda) to organize and coordinate Tenrikyo’s relief activities effectively. In view of the staggering number of people who were missing in the…
On April 19, Tenrikyo Women’s Association held its 93rd annual convention. Due to the rain that started falling in the morning, the main venue was changed from the Inner Courtyard of the Church Headquarters to the North, East, and West Worship Halls of the Main Sanctuary. Committed to take a…
On March 20, worldwide news coverage of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan highlighted the rescue of an 80-year-old woman and her teenage grandson, who had miraculously survived nine days while trapped under the wreckage of their collapsed home in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. The woman, Mrs. Sumi…
Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps embarks on full-scale recovery efforts in Miyagi Prefecture On April 2, the base of operations for Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps’s relief activities in Miyagi Prefecture was relocated from the Miyagi Diocese Office in Sendai City to the coastal city of Higashimatsushima, which was devastated…