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What is Miyagi-Jonet?

MIYAGI JO-NET (Miyagi Women’s Support Network) is a non-profit organisation supporting women in the Tohoku area that was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. We aim to connect the women in the affected areas with women and supporters from around Japan and the world. To this end, we are cooperating with various other women’s and relief organisations. Our many projects are designed to help women individually in reconstructing their lives and livelihoods. We thereby hope to brighten their everyday a little bit. We also collect relief/support goods and other donations to distribute them among the women and families affected by the disaster. Through regular meetings, our ‘salons,’ and consultations, we gain insight into women’s needs and concerns, and propose adequate measures to local and regional administrations.

Many of Miyagi Jonet’s members are women affected themselves by the disaster.


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8 Jun 2011

A phone call from the disaster area


At the office I noticed that calls had come in from an unfamiliar number.  I tried to return the call but got no connection.  I left my cell number so they could reach me.

The call came. It was from someone who had participated in a Jonet Salon.  It didn’t appear to be an emergency.  We talked for some time.  She talked of her distress.  She was unable to sleep.  She said she wanted to start doing something but didn’t know what to do—that she felt on top of a cloud and couldn’t think.

She said that she called Miyagi Jonet to talk, to be rescued by its energy. She concluded the call saying she wanted to call again and hung up.

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