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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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24 Feb 2012

Film shooting

 

 
We held a 'making my own tote bag' Salon.
The results were lovely individual creations.

 

 
Next door, film director Okuda Eiji was shooting.
The film is scheduled to premiere on March 11.

 
The participants' creations

 

 

 
A 'room for the elderly' was built.
Inside, there is that cozy warmth peculiar to heating with a stove.
Over lunch everyone returns to their rooms, but soon after they gather again so that there is hardly any seat left.

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