Jonet Menu

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.


日本語　JAPANESE

29 Nov 2011

Rotary of compassion


We received some handmade Christmas decorations from GAS SMR of Garbagnate Milanese in Milan, Italy who have been active in providing aid for employment and corporate reconstruction via Jonet.
For me, Christmas = a cake topped with Santa + a turkey for Dad to carve.
However, as we laid out each of the decorations packed into the envelope, we all - men and women alike – were reminded of the spirit of a European Christmas full of wishes for happiness.
 

    

 

At the Knitting Grannies Project, we received these thoughtful footwarmers for new mothers to prevent their feet from getting cold, from another old lady.

Seeing this kind of interaction gives me the impression that Jonet forms a rotary connecting both survivors of the disaster and the people who support them.
It makes me so happy.
Thank you!!

 
We received an aid delivery of fabrics and the parcel was covered in various German stamps.
Dividing up the supplies that everyone sends us, preparing for salon events, crushing empty cans...
The colourful stamps momentarily transported us from our work to another world.


Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)