After three eleven disasters the Filipino migrants have initiated projects that address both the need for reemployment of foreign residents that at the same time will serve the needs of the ageing population as well as care for children. To name just a few: more than hundred Filipinos in Tohoku undergone English teaching and caregiving; and group of Filipinos in Fukushima conduct regular visit to temporary housing to ease the sorrows and burdens of the elders. All the initiatives are continuously producing good results like employment for the migrants, care for the elders and children, and extending services to temporary housing. But there is no support given to the initiatives of migrants from the government due to lack knowledge base of social action for policy making. Participatory Action Research was agreed by the Filipino community organizations in the three eleven disaster stricken prefectures with the aim of knowing deeper the migrants potential contribution to Tohoku

Aftermath of the 3.11 earthquake and tsunami the Filipino migrants living in the Tohoku region were left out in the relief operations and in the post-disaster reconstruction. As a response, the Filipinos formed their community self-help organization for the purpose of relief collection and rehabilitation of destroyed livelihood.

The Filipino community initiative and the training support given by various organizations helped for the development of new skills to become caregivers and English teachers.

New services were offered to the local community in helping the needs of the elders and family needing caregiving support and in providing easy access to English learning, especially for children. Documenting the experiences and lessons learned by the Filipino community becomes imminent.

The Filipino community members post 3.11 disaster initiatives made them the most resilient and innovative in developing alternative livelihoods and move away from the known "entertainer" job in nightclub and snack bar. Further, the social exclusion experienced by the foreign migrants despite the positive social contribution in the society in terms of help in caring for the elders and English education of children have to be documented. The purpose is to have solid evidence in calling for the social inclusion of foreign migrants and to provide documented cases to help in the policy recommendation.

The video film "Accept Us Maybe", a collaborative documentation work of members of the Filipino community in Kesennuma City, Miyagi, and in lwaki City, Fukushima together with people from the academe was produced. The produced video film is intended for public video showing and forum that will help in tilting public opinions on social inclusion of foreign migrants to enable policymakers in crafting laws and policies directed to the productivity of foreign migrants as ethnic minorities within Japanese society.

Video Clip "Accept us maybe"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whD07eMzgx4