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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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27 Nov 2011

Around Ogawa Elementary School

 
The debris around the school was removed and piled up, then that debris broken up into small pieces. The original road was uncovered (on right in photo) next to the road that had been created for the work vehicle. It is now a two-lane road, including lay-bys at intervals along the way. 

 
Mud got stuck in the speaker and grass grew. In the late autumn it withered. 

 

 
The mountain of debris has gone and the hill beside Ogawa elementary school is now visible 

 
The location of the memorial changed and a new statue of a mother and child has been placed there

 
Message left in front of the memorial from the parents  

 
View from the window of the doctor’s office  

 
It has become cold.
Maybe it’s just me, but the autumn leaves don’t look beautiful this year.

 
At the very mouth of Kitakami River. Straight ahead is the Pacific Ocean. 

 
Debris near the mouth of Kitakami River is still visible.

 
Debris has been cleared away here and land leveling has begun.  


 


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