Thank you for supporting our activities. Owing to your generous support we were able to continue widening the scope of our activities focused on the disaster-hit areas in our second year after our establishment. If you are active in the Tohoku region, you would have noticed a marked decline in the number of NPOs and other organisations since about one-and-a-half years after the disaster struck. There are more than a few cases where activities and funds from these organisations have ended, despite being needed by local people. We have frequently faced the fact that nothing can be done with just willpower and passion, and it is said that the next two years will be very important for the children’s mental health . This will be the crucial test. We will be operating with a greater determination, so we ask for your continued support. September 2013 Miho Takahira, Representative Director