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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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4 Feb 2012

The power of handicrafts

 
A pouch almost entirely hand-sewn

 
Teaching and encouraging each other, they create their individual pieces.

 

 
This helps everybody - a needle threader!

Let's enjoy life in the temporary housing units!
The handicrafts sessions that started by chance, have come to positively change the female residents.
Although materials sometimes lack in quantity and quality, the craftworks show a tremendous affection. And the ingenuity in overcoming obstacles provides every single crafted item with a special value.
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