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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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2 Oct 2011

Kesennuma-Oppi Starts its Business !!


Mothers in the middle of child-raising, midwives, and Oppi-sama initiated the project of selling “Amu-amu-oppi”.
When I was a child, people in this region respectfully called their grandmothers “Pii-chan… or Oppi-sama….”
The products “Amu-amu-oppi” are made by grandmothers in Kesennuma.
They come in different types: for the midwife training program, for the newborn baby classes but of course, they sell them to the general public as well. They are quite cute.
Price:  2,000yen each (colours cannot be specified)
Contact: Keito-no-oppai-project office
             TEL 022-772-5960  FAX 022-772-5961
             EM  tomo@tomo-j.jp
Bank account for payment:
77 Bank, Koyodai Branch
Ordinary deposit account (Futsuu): 5367638
Keito-no-oppai project,  Representative: Kitahara Ikue
Supported by Jonet.

◊We welcome your donation!
Mid-thin, average thick wool yarn~ greatly appreciated in any color - and a lot of craft cotton for the filling.


 These “Amu-amu-oppi” sold out right after being crafted.
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