Supporting the Typhoon Hagibis Survivors in Japan

Since the Typhoon Hagibis hit Ohsato town (Miyagi Prefecture), we have been working with the community to provide different forms of support to strengthen affected community's resilience from within, whilst facing challenges admist covid-19 crisis! In this report, we are so happy to announce that we are starting a new initiative, a Mobile Kitchen Car Outreach Program. 

In the Ohsato towm, many younger generations of disaster victims have left the community as they continue to rebuild their lives, whilst accelerated aging of the local population, and the impact of the covid-19 have left the elderly in a particularly vulnerable position. As a result, some elderly people, in particular, are unable to adapt to changes in their living environment, tend to withdraw from the community, and have no one with whom they can interact or seek advice, which affects their physical and mental health. On the other hand, the lack of interaction among local residents makes it difficult to identify their needs and provide them with support.

To address above challenges, we will promote community interaction through the operation of Mobile Kitchen Car which will go arond different location of the community, and at the same time, we will identify the needs of those in need of support and refer them to necessary support. We believe that the best conversation will take place over a cup of nice tea and delicious snacks, as well!

We have now ordered a Kitchen Car, and started planning vrious ways to access as many local people as possible. We are also hoping that we can provide a fun place for the locals to hang out and enjoy day-to-day interactions with the local community and its' supporters. We look forward to providing further updates when the operation starts. 

Warmest regards from the JISP Team