MIYAGI-JONET: Temporary housing built beside a junior high school gymnasium

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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2 Oct 2011

Temporary housing built beside a junior high school gymnasium

The houses on one side of a junior high school were completely destroyed.

The tsunami also damaged the first floor of a school building standing on high ground. Although it was a new building, it had to be demolished. A fence from around the school yard still clings to the remains.

Although the temporary housing has been built in their local area, seeing scenes of destruction like these makes the local people feel as though they have been moved to a different place.