The Overseas Department’s International Network for Mutual Help made a monetary donation to aid victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the central Philippines on November 8. On the 20th, the network donated 3 million yen through Tenrikyo Mission Center in the Philippines to a local foundation affiliated with the ABS-CBN,…
Tenri University, in conjunction with Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, organized “Tohoku Japan Earthquake Relief Project.” Eleven followers from the United States as well as 27 students from Tenri University visited Miyagi, Japan, from August 1 through 4. The participants had a get-together with people in Nanagahama-cho and cleaned…
Beginning on May 29, the Tohoku and Hokkaido bloc of Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps (TDRHC) assisted in the recovery effort in Miyagi Prefecture in place of conducting its regular training camp. Over 10 days, 1,783 corps members worked in the cities of Kesennuma and Higashimatsushima to respond to requests…
As reported in April, CNN—a U.S.-based international broadcasting company—posted on its “Belief” blog an article covering relief activities conducted by Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps (TDRHC) as well as the teaching of hinokishin, which informs its relief activities. This article was contributed by Dr. Barbara Ambros, associate professor of Religions…
Tenrikyo Mission Headquarters in Taiwan, located in Taipei and led by Bishop Yoshiaki Mihama, mobilized its Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps―the only one of the kind organized overseas―in response to deadly Typhoon Morakot, which caused devastating floods and mudslides especially in southern Taiwan. A total of 92 members worked on August…
Aichi Diocese’s Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps worked from September 1 through 7 in the city of Okazaki, the area worst affected by the torrential rain that was caused by an active front associated with a low-pressure system between August 28 and 29. In the Tokai region, where 500,000 households had…