Research in 2021 by Ohki has estimated there are approximately 6,600 living Japanese Canadian survivors, the youngest of whom are now 72 years old. The Fund office is working to create a national network of Japanese Canadians who are looking for our survivors across Canada.
Outreach efforts by the Fund project office and local communities across Canada to date have identified well over 100 Japanese Canadian groups and organizations, as well as many individual survivors, who collectively represent at least half of the total living survivors.
We need your help to identify all surviving elders, so that a longer-term fund can be set up to service their health and wellness needs.
Please contact Eiko Eby and Fund office for more information, and to get involved:
Contact form: jcwellness.org/contact-us
Email: eikoeby@nikkeishc.com
Phone: 250.797.6300
We ask you to contact your family members, friends, or community members, and help to connect all living Japanese Canadian elders, or their caregivers, with the Japanese Canadian Survivors Health and Wellness Fund office.
Many Japanese Canadian survivors live in rural, remote, or underserved communities, and many are at risk of becoming isolated. It will take our whole community coming together to re-connect these elders, and to provide them with the care they deserve, now and into the future.
