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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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16 Aug 2011

Unthinkable miscalculation


Signs pointing to areas at risk of flooding …




One could think that most of the debris in the town has been removed, and all that is left to do is for the rubbish trucks to take it away.  
The road works are progressing.




A public gymnasium has been turned into an evacuation centre.



We can catch a glimpse of the living space through the window.

 

Feelings of gratitude grow whenever there is a sign of help, being sent from somewhere, even if it’s not direct.



I arrived two hours later than expected and I entered.
The people at the shelter were having lunch. As I had an appointment for a salon in another place, I couldn’t hand them the Jonet bag directly, so I left the presents at the reception desk.




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