Lessons Learned after Japan Tsunami

1. LESSONS LEARNED FROM TOHOKU

2. WHEN DISASTERS STRIKE,
IT’S NATURE’S FAULT

3. WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS,
IT’S OUR RESPONSIBILITY

4. SOME PEOPLE ARE GIVEN A BURDEN,
OTHERS, WE, ARE GIVEN A GIFT

5. USE YOUR GIFT
TO LIFT THE BURDEN OF OTHERS

6. Everyone can help.

7. BUT
Is helping any help?
Not really…
At least not in the way
we are doing it…

8. Often when we help…
We make life decisions for
those we are helping.

9. Often when we help…
We fail to see the whole
picture and feel content
to help.
We search the approach
most efficient to us not to
those we are trying to help.

10. we destroy the very same environment
we are trying to help.
we displace local capacity.

11. we measure our success by the
delivery of help or completion of
actions not actual impact.

13. NEVER HELP:
ENGAGE, ENABLE, EMPOWER AND
CONNECT

14. COORDINATION THROUGH
COMMUNICATION, NOT
CENTRALIZATION

15. EVERYONE CAN JOIN
AND ADD VALUE

16. THE BEST TEAM IS NOT THE ONE WITH
THE BEST MEMBERS, BUT THE TEAM
THAT MAKES ITS MEMBERS BETTER
AND ENABLES THEM TO DO MORE.

17. Ms Aikawa
I SEE AMAZING PEOPLE WALKING
AROUND LIKE REGULAR PEOPLE

18. I SEE AMAZING PEOPLE WALKING
AROUND LIKE REGULAR PEOPLE

19. Dr Suda
I SEE AMAZING PEOPLE WALKING
AROUND LIKE REGULAR PEOPLE

20. I SEE AMAZING PEOPLE WALKING
AROUND LIKE REGULAR PEOPLE

21. DISASTERS DON’T CREATE
REFUGEES, THEY CREATE

22. IT IS THE CONVENTIONAL RELIEF
SYSTEM THAT TURNS SURVIVORS
INTO REFUGEES.

23. WHO ARE THE DISASTER
SURVIVORS?

24. DISASTERS DESTROY THE PHYSICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THE SOCIAL
STRUCTURE REMAINS

25. THE CURSE OF
EXCLUSION AND DISPLACEMENT

26. CHAOS FOUND?
NOT AMONG THE SURVIVORS THOUGH

27. MOST EFFECTIVE HELP
COMES WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS EMPOWERED
TO MAKE DECISIONS AFFECTING THEM

28. RELIEF B2B

29. FAIR PAY FOR VOLUNTEERS

30. MARKETS OF HOPE:
ENABLING ENTREPRENEURS
VS. CREATING REFUGEES

31. A GLOBAL MARKETPLACE OF PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES FROM DISASTER AREAS
AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES

32. DISASTER RECOVERY WITH
DIGNITY, INCLUSION, GENERATION OF
WEALTH AND OPPORTUNITIES

33. FROM DONATIONS TO PURCHASES,
FROM BEGGARS TO MERCHANTS,
FROM ONE TIME TO SUSTAINABILITY

34. LOCAL INNOVATION AND
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Your very own competitive advantage

35. WHAT MAKES US
DIFFERENT, MAKES US BETTER

36. FIND YOUR SUPER POWER, JOIN A
LEAGUE OF HEROES AND EXERCISE IT

37. TO SUPPORT THE SURVIVORS,
VISIT THE REBUILT DISASTER AREAS
TO SUPPORT LOCAL ECONOMY

38. JOIN US TO IMPACT PEOPLE’S LIVES AND
TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THE
WORLD

39. Robin Low
robin@doing.gd
www.relief20.com