Peace Boat Disaster Relief (PBV)

Peace Boat has carried out emergency relief operations for the past 20 years, delivering emergency assistance and raising funds, as well as coordinating the dispatch of experienced logisticians, interpreters and volunteer teams to disaster-affected areas all over the world.

Following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami 2011, NGO Peace Boat established Peace Boat Disaster Relief (PBV) (formerly the Peace Boat Disaster Relief Volunteer Center), a specialist organization to focus on the relief and recovery of communities affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami; domestic and international disaster relief; and disaster risk reduction, such as the training, dispatch and coordination of volunteers.

Peace Boat and PBV believe that, above all else, people are the key to reducing disaster risk, building resilience and minimizing impacts of disasters.

Peace Boat Disaster Relief (PBV)

News

Supporting Ukraine from the Ship: Ukraine Peace Action and the Charity Auction

Bon Voyage, 117! Setting sail with 3 Hibakusha and 7 Ukraine Youth Ambassadors

Earthquakes in Taiwan: PBV Emergency Relief Fund Launched

International Solidarity in Times of Disaster: 16 Latin American and Caribbean Ambassadors in Japan Visit the Disaster-Affected Noto Peninsula

Ishikawa Noto Earthquake English Info Session with Focus on Volunteer Activities

2024 Ishikawa Noto Peninsula Earthquake Emergency Relief: English language Information session, Jan 14

Call for Donations: Emergency Relief for Communities Affected by Wildfires in Maui County, Hawai’i.

Coming home to Ishinomaki, learning the lessons of the 311 disaster

Peace Boat sails again with the 114th Voyage appealing for peace in Ukraine

'One Year After the Invasion: The Need for Just Peace in Ukraine' Forum

Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria 2023: PBV Emergency Relief Fund Launched

Urgent Humanitarian Aid for Ukraine: Report from Peace Boat Disaster Relief 3/29

Relief supplies sent to flood impacted communities in Venezuela

Learning from the Water Refill App, "mymizu": Engaging People in Social Issues in Ways that are Fun

Looking Back: Peace Boat Disaster Relief (PBV)

After the bushfires in Australia: PBV’s support to First Nations communities

Youth dialogue leads to solidarity in the face of COVID-19

PBV on board the 103rd Oceania Voyage

PBV Message: [9 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami]

9 years since March 11, 2011: Peace Boat Reflects