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.
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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
Peace Boat Disaster Relief (PBV) - change of name
Study Tours in Ishinomaki
Peace Boat visits Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture
Emergency Relief Fund for Cyclone Idai, Mozambique
Flood Relief Efforts in Western Japan
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