“Even if it is a little helping” Support begins on October 15 at 21:05
"I want to help even a little"
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“To make everyday life come back as soon as possible”
Support has started for important hometowns and communities where friends and caregivers live.
The desire to provide early support for those affected by Typhoon No.19 is gathered in “Hometown Tax Payment”. (Network Press Dept. Aya Noda, Ken Meida)
More than 27 million donations without return items
Typhoon No. 19 has been damaged extensively.
There is a need for information dissemination and the creation of a system for understanding the full extent of the damage and what kind of support is needed.
Under such circumstances, the hometown and tax payments to the affected local government are the fastest gathering of worry and support.
You can donate directly to the local government you want to support, and the donation will be used for recovery activities as required by the local government.
For example, in Minamiboso City, Chiba Prefecture, which was damaged by Typhoon No. 15, it was decided that the collected donations would be used to repair facilities such as nursery schools, kindergartens, elementary and junior high schools, and roadside stations that were damaged.
On the 13th, just after Typhoon No. 19 approached and landed, “Furusato Choice”, one of the hometown tax payment intermediary websites, launched a disaster area support page and started accepting donations without fees.
Hometown tax payments that attracted attention as a returnable item. As of 5 pm on the 15th, donations worth over 27 million yen have been collected in 42 local governments for the purpose of supporting the disaster areas.
In addition, more than 16 million yen is gathered in 21 local governments on the mediation site "Satofuru".
Please let me support you. If you are calm, go sightseeing!
A lot of support messages have arrived at the brokerage site along with donations. “We support you to get out of your inconvenient life quickly.”
“On the day of the typhoon, I wasn't worried about the safety of everyone in the local community. I hope everyone can live in peace with their favorite hometown.”
Some people know the damage of the land they visited during their travels and delivered support.
“I go to Ueda every year to touch the kindness of many people. I hope everyone can help.”
“I ’m a fan of Sanadamaru. I ’ll support you as little as possible every day.”
“Please let me cheer you up and I will go sightseeing when you are calm!”
Thank you, but trouble
This is a valuable donation for local governments that are recovering from disasters.
However, it is extremely difficult to carry out administrative procedures while dealing with disasters.
Therefore, a system called “proxy donation” was adopted in which local governments that were not damaged received donations on behalf of local governments in the affected areas.
Sakaimachi, Ibaraki Prefecture was the first local government to accept a donation on the “Hometown Choice” site.
The trigger was the heavy rain in Kanto and Tohoku in September 2015, four years ago. While about 20 million yen donated to Sakai-cho, which is working to recover from damage, by collecting home tax, the administrative procedure of issuing a tax payment certificate plagued the staff while responding to a disaster.
Should I act for you?
“Wouldn't it be possible for another local government to accept the agency?”
Sakaimachi thought this from the experience of their suffering.
In the Kumamoto earthquake three years ago, we were the first to accept local donations to Kumamoto Prefecture for local governments nationwide.
All donations received will be sent to the affected local government, and administrative expenses will be borne by the acting town.
Later, this movement spread to other local governments. Eventually, over 40 local governments made donations.
It is also possible to offer an agent knowing the damage
In Sakaimachi, the three local governments are making a local donation for tax payments, including Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Yamakita Town, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture, which were damaged by Typhoon No. 19.
Among them, in Nagano City, the staff of Sakaimachi who knew that the damage was great by looking at the news, etc., contacted Nagano City directly and offered to make a proxy donation.
The person in charge at Sakaimachi said, “From past experience, I thought that if someone did not do it, it would put a burden on the disaster-affected local government. I hope that we can help each other and the affected areas will be restored as soon as possible.” It was.
Strengthening local government connections
On the other hand, Kyonan Town in Chiba Prefecture was severely damaged by Typhoon No. 15 last month.
The hometown tax payment was donated by Hadano Town, Nagano Prefecture, which has a friendly city relationship.
It is said that Jonan-cho was not connected to the Internet at the time of the disaster, and there was no means of communication with the outside.
That was where Tateyama City in the neighborhood moved. It seems that the Tateyama city officials told Kanno-cho about the severe situation of Kōnan-cho, and took over his hometown tax donation.
There are about 2600 hometown tax payments to Kunancho sent to “Hometown Choice” by the 15th, totaling over 42 million yen.
According to Kōnan-cho, there is only one person in charge of the hometown tax payment, and the person in charge said, “If you did not accept the acceptance, you had to issue more than 2000 tax payment certificates by yourself. There was a possibility. "
This means that the person in charge was able to distribute the relief supplies.
On the other hand, in such a painful chest.
“Because it is clear that there will be an increase in home tax payments, such as the issuance of documents, it would be tempting to ask other local governments to make donations for surrogate just because they are affected by the disaster. I don't want to say anything here, I can only thank the local government for accepting it. "
Associate professor Takaaki Yasuda of the Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University, who is familiar with the hometown tax payment system, points out that the connection between local governments in the event of a disaster is important.
“At the time of a disaster, administrative work related to donations is a burden for local governments in the disaster area, so it is desirable that other local governments receive proxy donations. For this reason, the disaster areas are actively requesting proxy donations. I need to call
Furthermore, about the use of hometown tax payment as a means of disaster support, “the hometown tax payment has no indirect costs, clearly shows how it is used, and can be delivered to the local government in a short time. Yes, in the event of a disaster, the purpose of the local support of hometown tax payment is the most functioning opportunity. ”
On top of that, he said, “It is desirable to make a donation with money first, and when it becomes clear what kind of support is required, it is desirable to extend support to supplies and volunteers.”