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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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2 Mar 2012

Temporary shopping district in Minamisanriku opens!

 
Town in snow. Trucks loaded high with car wrecks can no longer get up the steep hill to this storage site but have been seen to ground to a halt.

 
In the far distance, the sea at Minamisanriku

 
The black dots are tree stumps left behind by the tsunami.

 
For the time being, the Chiba Nori Shop has set up its premises in the temporary shopping district with its prefab shops. 
Jonet has prepared little gifts to thank the clients coming to the shop.

 
Suddenly, a 'yosakoi' dancing girl popped in cheerfully, lifting our spirits.
But hey, outside it is so cold that one wants to snuggle deep into one's winter coat, no?!

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