Media

British national falls in love with tsunami-hit town, starts volunteer work for improvements
(Japan Daily Press, 30 April 2013)
Caroline Pover, a British writer and publisher who has lived in Japan since 1996, has been so taken by the idyllic, seaside landscape of Ohara, Miyagi Prefecture that she is now spending a big slice of her time raising awareness and funds to help the disaster-stricken town. Ohara, a remote town devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, had a bus stop which was heavily damaged by the disaster – a town fixture now completely improved and renovated through Pover’s efforts, and she doesn’t plan on stopping there. READ MORE

Briton’s bus stop makeover in tsunami-hit area just a start
(The Japan Times, 30 April 2013)
A bus stop bench, in a rather forlorn state, is situated against the backdrop of an idyllic, seaside landscape in Ohara, Miyagi Prefecture, a remote area devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. READ MORE

Money raised by Gloucestershire pupils pays for new playground at Japanese school
(Gloucestershire Echo, 25 April 2013)
In a small part of tsunami stricken Japan, money raised by schoolchildren in the Cotswolds is changing the face of a community. READ MORE

Mission to heal wounds of the Japanese tsunami
(Plymouth Herald, 23 January 2013)
A PLYMSTOCK woman is heading to tsunami-hit Japan to offer help and support to people whose lives have been left in turmoil. READ MORE

Japanese children to get playground after tsunami washed all away
(Gloucestershire Echo, 28 December 2012)
JAPANESE children from a district devastated by the 2011 tsunami will soon get a new playground – thanks to a Cotswolds writer. READ MORE

One woman’s campaign to help Japan’s recovery after the quake
(Plympton Plymstock & Ivybridge News, 26 October 2012)
Members of Plympton Rotary Club have enjoyed a talk on Japan’s recovery from the earthquake and tsunami. READ MORE (go to page 2)

Ex-pupil gives tsunami talk
(Plymouth Herald, 24 October 2012)
A FORMER Goosewell and Plymstock School student who moved to Japan 15 years ago returned to her home town to give a talk on the tsunami that devastated the country 18 months ago. READ MORE

Braunton students respond to tsunami appeal
(North Devon Gazette, 13 October 2011)
BRAUNTON School geography students have heard first hand from a North Devon born fund raiser who has been working tirelessly to help homeless victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. READ MORE

Alumna on schools tour for Japanese awareness
(University of Exeter News, 13 September 2011)
An Exeter alumna who now lives in Japan is spending six months back in the UK to raise awareness and funds following the devastating earthquake and tsunami there. READ MORE

Celebrating Japan with Caroline Pover
(BBC Radio Devon, 3 August 2011)
Judi meets Caroline Pover, a Plymouth girl who made it big in Japan. LISTEN HERE

Tokyo resident revisits pupils at a Fairford school
(Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, 28 June 2011)
PUPILS at Farmor’s School had the chance to learn exactly what happened to items they collected for Japan to help in the aftermath of the devastating tsunami. READ MORE

Japan aid worker tells Leamington schoolchildren there is still much to do
(Warwick Courier, 11 June 2011)
A BRITISH businesswoman who gave up work to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan has been sharing her experiences with people in and around Leamington. READ MORE

Japan fundraiser seeks support in Leamington
(Warwick Courier, 6 June 2011)
A BRITISH entrepreneur who has given up work to help victims of the tsunami in Japan is visiting schools and organisations in and around Leamington this week. READ MORE

‘You’re the best’: To Japan, with love, from around the world
(CNNGo, 18 April 2011)
Tokyo expats who either chose or were told to leave the Kanto region in the wake of the March 11 disaster in the northeast of Japan have been catching a lot of flak. Their departure became a media event and the Twittersphere even coined the derogatory term flyjin, a subject we’ve already discussed at length. But why all the vitriol? As CNNGo discovered, many of those who left are using their time, skills and connections to pitch in from afar. READ MORE

Community responds to Japanese earthquake appeal
(North Devon Gazette, 15 April 2011)
PUPILS at Southmead School in Braunton have produced a great effort to help victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. READ MORE

Plymouth College community ‘Help Japan’
(Plymouth College News, 13 April 2011)
Food, toiletries, cling film, books and toys are just some of the many items that the Plymouth College community donated to aid initiative, ‘Help Japan’, in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami.   Pupils, staff,  parents and friends from both the senior and prep schools filled two van-loads of essential items to be shipped back to those in need in Japan. READ MORE

Pupils respond to plea on behalf of Japanese
(Plymouth Evening Herald, 5 April 2011)
A FORMER Plymouth head girl has visited the city after launching a mission to help disaster-hit Japan. READ MORE

Getting behind the wheel for Japan
(The Telegraph, 4 April 2011)
A class of Berkshire primary school children are staring enthusiastically into the camera, some waving Japanese flags and all chanting in unison the new words they just learnt: “Gambatte. Makenaide!” – you can do it, don’t give up. READ MORE

Japan Earthquake Support UK Mission
(Being A Broad, 1 April 2011)
BAB founder Caroline Pover was in Saipan when the earthquake hit and, driven to do something to help her adopted country, she went immediately to the UK, where she spent several weeks driving around the country collecting donations and messages of support. READ MORE

Van Donated to Japanese Aid Worker
(RK Insurance, 31 March 2011)
After the terrible events in Japan, many individuals around the world are taking steps to provide as much aid and as many supplies as possible.  As a means to help efforts, Hitachi Capital Commercial Vehicle Services have allowed Caroline Pover, a local businesswoman, to utilise one of their Vauxhall Combo vehicles with its van insurance as she collects supplies to send to the Japanese people. READ MORE

Hitachi Capital donates van to support tsunami relief worker
(Hitachi Capital news, 29 March 2011)
Trowbridge-based Hitachi Capital Commercial Vehicle Services has donated the use of a Vauxahall Combo van, including covering associated insurance costs, to Caroline Pover, a UK business woman collecting supplies for the relief effort around the Japanese Tsunami. READ MORE

Farmor’s School collects for earthquake mission
(Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, 28 March 2011)
ENGLISH woman Caroline Pover, who has lived in Tokyo for the last 15 years, is visiting Farmor’s School in Fairford on Thursday as part of her ‘Earthquake Mission’ across the UK. She will talk to sixth form pupils about Japan and try to raise awareness about how students can help. READ MORE

Japan Earthquake Support UK Mission
(Japanory, 26 March 2011)
The death toll from the disaster at the last count is 10,418 with 17,072 people still unaccounted for. Obviously this shockingly high death toll will rise. Sadly, many of the deaths may occur in the evacuation shelters. Food is short. Relief workers in Japan’s earthquake-stricken region are struggling to provide many residents with just two meals a day. Transport links to the affected areas are difficult. The weather is bitterly cold and conditions in the shelters – usually enormous halls – are bleak. READ MORE

Aid for Japan
(Newbury Today, 23 March 2011)
A WOMAN living in Japan is urging people in West Berkshire to support her in collecting items to give to those whose longings were lost or destroyed in the country’s recent massive earthquake and tsunami. READ MORE