Help The Dougy Center Help Japan
The Dougy Center has been asked by the Japanese Clinical Psychologist Association for resources to help children affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami.
With your help, our goal is to print and distribute 1,000 each of two Dougy Center books translated to Japanese: 35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child and Helping the Grieving Student.
If you would like to contribute, please donate here.
Read a recent Japan Times article about The Dougy Center
The Dougy Center has helped in the aftermath of many catastrophic events including 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombing. Immediately following the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan, we went to Kobe and assisted in establishing Rainbow House, a program based on The Dougy Center model. Since then, we have provided training throughout Japan, and in March a dozen Japanese health care workers traveled to The Dougy Center for training.
The need in Japan is great, and our friends have asked us for help. In a recent email, a professor at Shizuoka University writes:
“This earthquake occurred in the school hour and many children saw their family’s lives lost in the tsunami from their classrooms, built mainly on higher and safe places. It is too painful to think their minds suffered by the disaster. It is critical to help those grieving children now. Unfortunately, we have no good guideline and appropriate handbooks to help them in Japan. I have read your guidebook. It is a marvelous one, and I think it is useful for teachers working to help the suffered children.”