{"id":5224,"date":"2011-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/2011\/06\/jpn_relief-19.html"},"modified":"2017-04-25T09:24:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T00:24:27","slug":"jpn_relief-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/archive\/5224","title":{"rendered":"\u3010JPN Relief-17\u3011Volunteer Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donate to Help Japan Rebuild!<\/a>
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\nIt was very first time for many of Habitat volunteers to visit the disaster hit areas in person. Here are some stories told by these volunteers who worked in Ofunato and Rikuzentakata cities in Iwate Prefecture.
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\n\u25a0 Mr. Seiji Sueda
\n\"Secondvolunteers_20110607<\/a>It was moving to see young and old volunteers from all over the places around the world. I was also appreciative for the kindness given by the homeowners whose home I cleaned. Though it was such a short stay, I was satisfied with the work I could be involved. I'd like to encourage my co-workers and family to join me staying involved for the long term.
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\n\u25a0 Ms. Mayumi Fujita
\n\"Secondvolunteers_20110607<\/a>I worked to clean the rice fields. When I saw the devastating condition, I couldn't help but crying at first and deeply wanted to help. I found plates and clothes amongst the debris that reminded me of the ordinary lives existed in the near past. It was my first time volunteering for disaster. I learnt a lot from the experience and the stories shared by the team mates, leaving me wonder why I didn't get myself involved earlier.
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\n\u25a0 Mr. Ryota Ezaki (University Student)
\n\"Secondvolunteers_20110607(1).jpg\"<\/a>I got to help clear the furniture out of a local Japanese inn. The homeowner was so strong that she was already moving forward with her life after her house being washed away by the tsunami. Everyone's positive attitude encouraged me to work hard each day. I think that the experience I gained from this trip is a big one for me now and for the future as well. Also, I'd like to share my stories with the members of Kwansei Gakuin Uegahara Habitat<\/a>, so that we can all plan on how to help with the disaster response work.
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\nHabitat will continue to work with volunteers with a long-term plan for disaster response.
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\n\u25c6 Back Number
\n2011.06.06\u3000Homeowner Story<\/a>
\n2011.06.06\u3000Reports from the Volunteers \uff08June 4-5\uff09<\/a>
\n2011.05.20\u3000Volunteer Recruitment Started!<\/a>
\n2011.05.14\u3000Disaster Response Team Started <\/a>
\n2011.05.03\u3000First Volunteer Team Finished Its Work<\/a>
\n2011.05.02\u3000\"I Never Imagined that I Would Smile Again\"<\/a>
\n2011.05.01\u3000What Habitat Volunteers Bring to the Victims <\/a>
\n2011.04.30\u3000Children Return to a Cleaned Gym<\/a>
\n2011.04.29\u3000Volunteers Taking Action in Tohoku<\/a>
\n2011.04.28\u3000First Volunteer Team Heads Out to Tohoku<\/a>
\n2011.04.19\u3000Toiletries Delivered to Ofunato city, Iwate<\/a>
\n2011.04.13\u3000Toiletries Delivered to Soma city, Fukushima<\/a>
\n2011.04.10\u3000Thousands Support HFH's Response in Earthquake-Hit Japan<\/a>
\n2011.04.04\u3000Campus Chapters Fundraise for Rebuilding Japan <\/a>
\n2010.03.31\u3000Donation from APP Japan <\/a>
\n2011.03.14\u3000Donate to Help Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Victims<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donate to Help Japan Rebuild! \u3000 It was very first time for many of Habitat volunteers to visit the disaster hi […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,47,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activity-reports","category-japan","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}