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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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15 Feb 2012

No matter how cold the weather


 
Heading on the Sanriku Highway towards Minamisanriku in the morning

 
A temporary housing unit without an assembly space
Café latte, kobucha (kelp tea) and other hot drinks are offered 
for free in this café.

 

Next to the temporary housing unit without assembly space, a café has been set up in a tent. To get here, one has to brave the freezing temperatures and a slope, but people gather here as soon as the café opens and spend some relaxing time before returning.
The warmth in the tent is provided by an oil stove. But even if one closes the fastener of the entrance plane tight and to the ground, it was difficult to keep the cold wind out.
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