Phase 1: Emergency   
At evacuation centers - First year after the disaster

Establishment, operation/ management and support of Disaster Volunteer Centers:

*Overcoming lack of infrastructure or lifeline: asking their needs, offering 
  evacuation centers, distribution of food supplies and daily necessities

*Support at evacuation centers: distribution of supplies, stress-reduction and
  physical exercise programs

*Assist to clean private houses: carrying broken furniture, tidying and cleaning 
  up inside the houses

*Help the weak: support nurseries and after-schools, recreation, mental
  counseling, nursing care for the elderly

*Distribution of picture books, stationeries, toys and sporting goods for children
 
*Request of Coordinators of Japan YMCA Disaster Volunteers

Phase 2: After Emergency 
Moving into temporary housings - For a half year to two years

Support for normal livelihood (Planning and operating projects)

*Camp and after-school programs for children: grief retreat camps, trauma-
  reduction camps, etc.

*Supportive activities for classes, recreation and “field day” at schools

*Short or long stay for the elderly: offering YMCA campsites and training centers

*Programs and activities at YMCA centers: wellness (aquatic and gymnastic)
  programs, learning/ studying support

*Support affected students and youths: vocational training and scholarships

*Training for students as disaster recovery volunteers

Phase 3: Restart normal livelihood  
No evacuation centers - For one to five years   

Training of Trainers who promote recovery (Building citizen-participated communities)

* Training youth leading trainers for recovery

* Support students’ lives: scholarships, dormitories, and high schools with
   correspondence courses, vocational trainings, etc.

* Childcare: nurseries and after-schools

* Long-term mental counseling

* Establishment of Recovery Support Centers