About Us
Care the World was founded by Nora Kohri in 1988. The website has been running since 1998.
Care the World has been supporting the Japanese community overseas as well as the foreign community in Japan through providing information related to childbirth practice and childcare practice of various countries.
Care the World has information on over 70 countries and publishes booklets on childbirth and childcare of each country. The information on childbirth covers topics such as; how do you find a doctor?, prenatal care, birth choices, hospital stay, postnatal care etc. For Japan, it is All you need to know about birth in Japan. The information on childcare consists of topics such as; doctors who speak English/Japanese, common illness and disease and how to prevent them, treatment practice, immunization schedule, what to bring from your home country, child rearing practice, how to find a babysitter, preschools for the child, what to do with the language etc.
Nora Kohri is an Overseas Birth and Childcare Consultant, an International Medical Social Worker, Counselor, and a Bilingual Education consultant.
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Places lived ...... She was born in Japan, but had lived in many countries. She lived in Bronx, New York during her elementary school years. She moved back to Japan and spent middle school there. She spent her high school and college years in Toronto, Canada. She returned to Japan and lived there for 5 years. After that she moved to Singapore and lived there for 6 years. Then back to Japan and lived there for 7 years. Since 2001, she has been living in New York.
Education and Career ....... Her interest in working in the field of helping people began while she was attending University of Toronto. She majored in sociology and urban studies. This led her to work with children, women, elders, physically and mentally challenged, people with illness and their families, immigrants, and native Indians in the urban setting. She also minored in criminology to work with juvenile delinquents. |
In Tokyo, Japan, she worked as a counselor for the English speaking community. She dealt with issues such as international marriage, culture shock, stress, loneliness, depression, suicide etc.
In Singapore, she worked in hospitals and clinics as a medical interpreter, specializing in the field of obstetrics, gynecology, and pediatrics. At the same time, she began her research on overseas birth and child rearing practice.
After her return to Japan in 1993, she gave lectures, seminars, conducted workshops, wrote articles, was interviewed, invited on radio programs as an overseas birth and childcare consultant which she continues up until this day. She shares the life of women living overseas, having birth away from home and raising babies in foreign countries. She advocates for Japanese children who were raised overseas and returning home. In order to help families who are planning to live overseas with small children, she travels to various countries and visit hospitals, talks with medical professionals and listens to the problems the Japanese communities are faced with.
She volunteered as a counselor at crisis pregnancy center in Japan.
In 2002, she was admitted to Columbia University, School of Social Work. In her research course, she reported on "The effect of witnessing Domestic Violence on children". She took psychopathology where she learned about various mental illnesses and personality disorders and its treatment.
During her internship, she advocated for individuals with developmental disabilities, such as mental retardation, autism, visually impaired, traumatic brain injury, etc. Trained as a service coordinator, referred consumers to services in Westchester, arranged for guardianship and Medicaid, trained life skills, conducted workshop on employment.
In 2003, she took an year long interdisciplinary leadership training program called, The Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Program. Studied on disabilities, IDEA, assistive technology, advocacy, and grant writing. In the program, she created a website titled End of Life Preparation for Children with Special Needs and their Families.
While studying, she worked as a medical social worker at Westchester Institute for Human Development, with Inherited Metabolic Disorder Program. Arranged services for patients with developmental disabilities, such as spina bifida, Rhett disorder, Marphan syndrome, PKU, etc.
In 2004, she was awarded the Master of Science degree from Columbia University, School of Social Work. Her major was in health, mental health, and disabilities. Graduated with a GPA of 3.85, equivalent to average of 96%.
Today, along with her long established career as an overseas birth and childcare consultant, she counsels women with emotional and mental issues, counsels children with emotional issues, writes articles and books, and lectures.
Besides being a consultant as well as a counselor, she works full time at Cerebral Palsy of Westchester as a program coordinator in a day habilitation program, for individuals with mental and physical challenges.
Publication ......
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1993, Overseas birth , (The Japan Times) written in Japanese. Known as the bible for overseas birth. It talks about what to expect about pregnancy, birth, afterbirth in foreign countries, how practice is different from Japan. It also has words you need to know about pregnancy and birth both in Japanese and in English. |
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1994, Overseas Childcare, (The Japan Times) written in Japanese. Known as the best book for parents raising infants and young children away from home, with complete and practical guidance on childcare. Communicate with doctors and nurses, immunization schedule of the world, preventing disease and accidents, childhood illness, taking care of newborns, and more. |
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As a bilingual education consultant, in 2002, she had published a book on How to raise a Bilingual Child (The Japan Times). |
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With her wealth of knowledge on moving between countries, in 1999, she published the book, Starting your New Life Abroad (NOVA). |
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As a counselor, she dealt with numerous cases related to verbal and emotional abuse. In 2008, she compiled her cases and published, Love Shouldn't Hurt (Nashinoki-sha). |
In 1997, she wrote a book called, Living with a Maid for mothers raising children in third world countries with the aid of live-in maids.
Articles and publications .....
Kohri, N. Not being able to become an eInternational Personf, (2002) Among Worlds, September.4-5,19.
Kohri, N. Look at ME ! Not My Color, (2004) Among Worlds, September. 15-17.
Kohri, N. At a Loss for Words ? In Two Languages!, (2009) Among Worlds, June. 8-9.
Kohri, N. (2010, August). Overseas Birth and Childcare Consultant and Founder of Care the World. Expat Women.
Family..... She has a son who is born in Japan, and a daughter who is born in Singapore.
Languages.... She speaks Japanese, English, French, and Spanish.