NPO Recovery Support for Foreign Residents after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: A Case Study of Takatori Community Center in Kobe

Abstract

This is an ongoing study investigating how the NPO Takatori Community Center has been supporting foreign residents in the community since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. The authors have, so far, interviewed its three directors and one staff member. Some of the findings are: the importance of community oriented activities, joint ventures of the plural leaders, and multicultural mediating power.