Soka Gakkai in Japan Makes Donations in Support of Ukrainians Forced to Flee
Japan
2022
WFP Japan Relations Office Director Naoe Yakiya (center right) with Soka Gakkai Vice President Hirotsugu Terasaki (center left) at the donation ceremony [© Seikyo Shimbun]
On March 24, the Soka Gakkai in Japan made a donation of five million yen (US$40,987) to the World Food Programme (WFP), and on March 28, the organization donated five million yen (US$40,987) and two million yen (US$16,395) respectively to the Japan Committee for UNICEF and the NGO Japan Platform. On March 30, it donated one million yen (US$8,197) to the NGO Association for Aid and Relief, Japan. These organizations were chosen as they are directly engaged in providing assistance on the ground.