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Japan Computer Access for Empowerment (JCAFE)
Japanese
  1. Internet for Nonprofit Activities
  2. The History of JCAFE
  3. Basic Idea and Guiding Principles of JCAFE
  4. Services and Projects
  5. Civil Society and the Internet; Twenty Years of Networking and Future Prospects

Services and Projects

The connection of people multiplies their power. JCAFE is an NGO that supports such online networking of civic groups.

<< JCAFE Services are geared to NGOs >>

JCAFE has been supporting NGOs in their use of the Internet since 1993. We offer a variety of consulting and other services to NGOs.

<< The projects of JCAFE >>

JCAFE is practicing various projects, and some of them are as follows.

- Privacy Information Project

We study privacy issues in the information society, hold seminars and develop tools that protect privacy and so on.

- The society and the information project

We study on the ideal uses of the information technology in the present-day society and we propose policies on activities to improve citizensf consciousness.

- The cooperation project with the Breastfeeding support network

World Alliances for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global network of organizations and individuals who believe breastfeeding is the right of all children and mothers. This organization dedicates itself to protect, promote and support this right in cooperation with WHO and UNICEF.
This project makes an effort toward disseminating information about breastfeeding and WABA activities for support of all mothers who want to breastfeed in Japan.

http://www.bonyuikuji.net/

- basic investigation about the information and the Internet utilization of NGOs

- Constructing the information network for Japan Center for Climate Change Actions

http://www.jccca.org/

- Providing web site for International Year of Volunteers Consortium of Japan

http://www.iyvj2001.org/

<< Seminars, Institutes of JCAFE >>

JCAFE is doing seminars which aim at the effective use of the media, seminars to acquire the technique of using the Internet, lectures with all kinds of information, we make trips in order to support NGOsf offices, and we give on-site lectures at NGOs etc.

<< ViVa! volunteer net >>

ViVa! volunteer net is a general information site for NGOs, citizen activities and volunteering, which JCAFE plans, manages, and produces with a lot of input from NGOs. The aim of the site is to be useful for volunteer activities.

http://www.viva.ne.jp/