MIYAGI-JONET: City of Ishinomaki, Kugunarihama

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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7 Jul 2011

City of Ishinomaki, Kugunarihama

Report from Kugunarihama.

(read Koo-goo-nah-ree-hah-mah)

This is close to Ayukawa, famous for its whales.

The roads are damaged, and the car bumped a lot along the road. And as there were a lot of curves, I tried to go back home before it got dark. It appears that not much progress has been made with the debris removal.