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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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5 Feb 2012

Second level training course for home care nurses

 
Students attending the lecture
 
 
The glass doors in the porch give this temporary housing unit a nice feel
 
 
The shrubs have put forth buds
 
 
A sign announcing more reconstruction work
 
 
I discovered these vending machines selling juices designed
and named after cartoon characters 

 
A huge temporary housing unit
 
 
Overlooking Minamisanriku town 
 
Women play very important roles in the rebuilding of their towns.
When the number of women spurring everybody on increases, surely this will breathe new life into the towns' redevelopment.
We decided to hold a second level training course for home care nurses, so as to offer the participants the opportunity to acquire a qualification, but moreover, to provide them with the time and space to consider with their like-minded fellow students issues relating to their hometowns, living circumstances, families, and themselves. 
Applications for the course far exceeded the maximum number of participants. 

 

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