Mar 23

Dispatch from Tohoku: Volunteer efforts on the ground

Earthquake Tsunami, Fundraising, Volunteer Add Comment (1)

Via a JET alum friend who has a colleague working in Tohoku:

“What is happening here is that among those affected by this disaster, hundreds of small self-help group are emerging in the shelters and elsewhere. This is really the resilience of Japanese people. Every day, TV program report those self-help volunteer group. Victims are helping each other, particularly those young people’s group are doing fantastic activities. However, I’m afraid that the fatigue syndrome will spread sooner or later and it is the time for the role of local NPOs to support those people become very important.”