By Mayumi Yoshida | JISP Representative Director
The purpose of this project is to facilitate healthy interaction among residents and care providers of public housings and temporary housings, build after the triple disaster in March 2011. We believe that encouraging to communicate and express their thoughts and feelings will help create more supportive and resilience community for residents to empower themselves and to heal. Our aim is thus to help create a safe environment that promotes such interaction.
JISP conducted three community building workshops in Ohfunato (October 22-23):
1. 22 Oct AM: Support Center Tomioka (17 ppl)
2. 22 Oct PM: Kawara Disaster Public Housing (10 ppl)
3. 23 Oct AM: Kami Higashiyama (7 ppl)
Through activities such as art therapy activitiy, introduction of Nepali culture and the situation of recovery from last year’s disaster in Nepal, as well as joint cooking of Nepali dishes, JISP professionals facilitated stronger connection among the residents of new community (temporary & permanent residents).
Overall, 34 residents of temporary and public housing participated in the workshops.
One of the participants commented : "So many people from so many countries lent a hand after the Tohoku disaster. I will never forget it, and make an effort to tell that to the next generation".
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