{"id":14200,"date":"2024-07-05T16:51:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T07:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/?p=14200"},"modified":"2024-07-05T16:52:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T07:52:01","slug":"in-partnership-with-cartier-japan-campus-chapters-supporting-communities-in-tohoku-and-hiroshima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/archive\/14200","title":{"rendered":"In Partnership with Cartier Japan: Campus Chapters Supporting Communities in Tohoku and Hiroshima"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In May and June, members of Habitat Japan campus chapters at Tohoku University and three Hiroshima universities (Hiroshima Shudo University, Hiroshima City University, Yasuda Women\u2019s University) joined volunteer events supported by Cartier Japan.<\/span>
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On May 15th, student volunteers and volunteers from Cartier in Tohoku visited Onagawa-machi, an area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. There they attended a talk given by a survivor on Onagawa\u2019s recovery 13 years after the earthquake. Following the talk, volunteers split into groups for discussion, and finally came together for a productive Q&A session.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the afternoon, volunteers moved to a community space that Habitat Japan repaired following the earthquake, \u201cYume House\u201d, where they volunteered to plant chili peppers in the garden. Planting chilis is an annual garden tradition at Yume House since they grow quickly and are easy to harvest for elderly community members. Even finding their way into Tokyo department stores, the harvest and sale of chili peppers have become a way to reinvigorate the community and promote employment following the disaster.

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