「アジア救援公認団体」（LARA）は、日本と韓国で活動していた北米の慈善・宗教団体（当初は11団体で最終的に14団体）による民間の救援活動を代表し、統括機関として、1946年4月に組織されました（LARAはニューヨークに本部を置き、偶然にも同じクエーカーが会長を務めていました）。中でも中心的な役割を担ったのは、教会世界奉仕団、AFSC、戦時救済奉仕団でした。
LARA was the sole U.S. agency through which welfare shipments in bulk received exemptions and priorities provided by GHQ (Allied General Headquarters). The distribution of relief supplies was done through Japanese welfare agencies on the basis of need without respect to birth, religion, or political affiliation and at no cost to the recipient. From November 1946 to June 1952, LARA distributed 33 million pounds of food, clothing, shoes, cotton, soap, medicine, as well as 2,000 goats, 528 pigs, and 45 milk cows, transported by 458 ships in total. According to Rhoads, around 20% of these supplies were donations from Japanese nationals and Japanese descendants in North and South America, including Japanese Americans from New York.
