Brighter Than Tomorrow is a fundraising campaign launched by documentary maker Estelle Hebert in partnership with Chizu Ishikawa, in response to her several visits to Miyagi Prefecture following the Great Eastern Japan earthquake. Estelle Hebert is a Toronto JET currently in Japan.
The campaign aims to support the local community of Funakoshi, a fishing village that was completely washed away by the tsunami last March 11th, by assisting to provide the local fishermen with much-needed fishing gear/equipment including storage space (refrigerators) and out boat motors.
The aim is also to inform the international community of the ongoing activities taking place in the village, in support of a reconstruction plan that has yet to be approved by the local government. To do this, Estelle is making a feature-length documentary telling the remarkable journey of a small group of fishermen working tirelessly to keep both their businesses and hometown alive despite having lost friends, family members and their livelihood in the tsunami.
Please visit http://www.brighterthantomorrow.com/ for live updates.
To donate: http://www.indiegogo.com/Brighter-Than-Tomorrow