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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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20 Jan 2012

Minamisanriku at the end of the year


 
Remnants of railway tracks

 
Junior high school students on their way to school

 
At the bay side arena where the temporary government office building is located

 
This man is processing freshly cropped seaweed.


 
Omoriya shop is reconstructed little by little.
A toilet was installed. As the water supply cannot be used, it is flushed with water from pet bottles. All paper must be disposed to the bin. However, having a toilet is a big relief.

 
By the National Highway No. 45

At the end of the year, we visited the townhall of Minamisanriku.
Inside the town, NTT telephone cable work was going on, but other than that, there weren't any other big changes as Minamisanriku approached the end of 2011. 
   
 
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