Name of the Organisation
Moyai Support Centre for Independent Living
Office Address
2F Midori Building, 362 Yamabuki-Cho, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 162-0801 Japan
Telephone Number
+81-(0)3-6265-0137
Open: Tuesday 12 noon – 6:00 pm, Friday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Closed on national holidays
Fax Number
+81-(0)3-6265-0307
Managing Director
| Chairperson | Ren OHNISHI |
Board of Trustees
| Chairperson | Ren OHNISHI |
| Vice-Chair | Tsuyoshi IKEZA |
| Aki MATSUYAMA | |
| Trustee | Azusa KUROIWA |
| Auditor | Tetsuo IWATA |
| Hiroaki ISHII | |
| Secretary General | Ayumi KATO |
*as of April 2020
Founded
May 17, 2001
Incorporated as a Specified Non-Profit Organisation
April 1, 2003
(Certified by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on March 25, 2003)
Incorporated as a Certified Non-Profit Organisation
September 1, 2014
Notification Number: 26 Sei-To-Chi No. 800
(Registration valid from September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2019)
Renewed on November 29th, 2019
Notification Number: 31 Sei-To-Kan No.1181
(Registration valid from September 1st, 2019 to August 31st, 2024)
History
| 2001 | May | Founded as a private sector organisation Moyai, and started the peer support group “Moyai Musubi no Kai” |
| 2001 | November | Issued the first newsletter “Moyai News” (the present quarterly “Omoyai Tsu-shin [Omoyai Journal]”) |
| 2003 | April | Obtained the Specified Non-Profit Organisation status as Moyai Support Centre for Independent Living |
| 2004 | April | Moved and opened the new office “Komorebi” in Shinjuku, Tokyo |
| 2004 | June | Opened the community café “Salon de Café Komorebi” |
| 2006 | September | Opened the women’s space “Green Necklace” |
| 2006 | December | Published the Moyai 5th Anniversary Booklet “Nichi-nichi Kore Koujitsu [Every Day is a Good Day]” |
| 2007 | January | Launched the social business of fair trade, home-roasted “Komorebi Coffee” |
| 2007 | September | Opened the youth activity space “Drop-in Komorebi” |
| 2012 | March | Published “Hinkon Matta-nashi! Tocchirakari no 10-nenkan [No Time Out! Ten Years of Moyai Fighting Poverty]” (Publisher: Iwanami Shoten) |
| 2014 | March | Closed “Drop-in Komorebi” |
| 2014 | April | Opened the youth activity space “Lantern Bearer Komorebi” |
| 2014 | September | Incorporated as a Certified Non-Profit Organisation, registered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government |
| 2015 | February | Launched “Basic Seminar on Poverty” (annual seminar) |
| 2015 | March | Published “Lecture Manual on Poverty” |
| 2016~2019 | Seminar on ‘Learning and Teaching’ Poverty | |
| 2016 | May | Exhibition of ‘Homeless Bed’ in G7 Summit in Iseshima |
| 2017 | February | Published “Lecture Book for Teaching Poverty” |
| 2017 | March | Moved to ‘Midori Building’ (Shinjuku) |
| 2018 | February | Published “A New Horizon of Poverty Problems” |
| 2018 | February | Report Conference |
| 2018 | April | Launched “Sumai-Musubi Programme” (real estate brokeage) |
Awards Received
| 2008 | November | The Tomo-Iki Award, in the Second Tomo-Iki Chiiki Bunka Taishou [Living-Together and Regional Culture Award] (from Jodo Shu) |
| 2010 | November | The Honorary Award (from the Gifu Rally of National Coalition for Fair Consumer Credit) |
| 2014 | December | Nominated for “Excellent NPO Award” |
| 2015 | May | Received “Nikkei Social Initiative Award” |
Grants from Private Funds
| 2004 – 2006 | Community Grant (Phillip Morris Japan) | |
| 2007 | May | FIT for Charity Run 2007 (FIT for Charity) |
| 2009 | June | Charity Bank (Lush Japan) |
| 2011 | April | The Tohoku Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund (Japan Foundation) |
| 2011 | September | The Red Feather Support Fund for Disaster Relief Volunteers and NPO (The Community Chest of Japan) |
| 2013 | September | Rengo Ai no Kanpa Chuo Josei [Rengo Goodwill Central Donation] (The Japan Trade Union Confederation) |
| 2014 | January | Social Welfare Fund: NPO Kiban Kyouka Shikin Josei [NPO Foundation Strengthening Grant] (Sompo Japan Foundation) |
| 2015 | “Oracle’s Charitable Trust | |
| 2015 | “Nihon-Zaitaku” (Japan Trust Property Inc.) | |
| 2016 | Social Venture Partners Tokyo (SVP Tokyo) | |
| 2016-2018 | Johnson & Johnson (JJCC) | |
Coalitions / Membership
■National Homeless Support Network (Member)
■Burakku Kigyou Taisaku Project (Member)
■Japan Civil Network for Disaster Relief in East Japan (Member)
■Tokyo Council of Social Welfare (Member)
■Coalition for Legislation to Support Citisens’ Organizations: Certified NPO Shinko-Kai (Member)