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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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3 Dec 2011

Ogawa Municipal Primary School in Ishinomaki today

 
Kitakami River
"That is the first time I've seen a wave rising in a river," one person said.

 
The wood is presumably for the construction of temporary accommodation. 
We saw lumber work going on everywhere.

 
One can still find many offerings for the deceased 

 
The waiting room at the Kaneya Medical Clinic was apparently a tatami mat room.
Nine months since the disaster.
Things that were submerged in the mud are beginning to reappear.

 

 
We found Santa Claus!

 
These look like Chrysanthemum seedlings

 

 
Overlooking the primary school from the point, 
up to which the tsunami reached.

 
A sign marking the level of the tsunami has been set up 
on the hill in the back of the school.

 
Flooring beaten by the tsunami, inside the school.
 
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