Tohoku and the World: 5 Years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Hibiya Library & Museum

Hi everyone!

It took me a while to prepare, but I'm pleased to introduce splendid speakers this time.

It's been five years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. I invited Robin Lewis, International Coordinator in Disaster Relief, Peace Boat (http://peaceboat.org/english/?menu=44) and Angela Ortiz, Representative Director, OGA for Aid (http://www.ogaforaid.org/). Both of them have been working for Tohoku since 2011.

Robin joined volunteering in Tohoku at the time of the earthquake as an international volunteer coordinator and now involves with disaster relief. Angela organizes a group of international volunteers, now an NPO, and works for community rebuilding with survivors in Minami-Sanriku.

Also, my colleague Naoko-san and I visited Fukushima including the areas within a radius of 20 kilometers from Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, and listened to the stories there. I'd like to share our experiences, raise challenging issues they're facing, and discuss it with you all.

Jump in, listen to these stories and exchange ideas each other!

Date and Time: April 6 (Wed). 18:30 - 21:00

Place: Studio Plus Lecture Hall, 4th Floor, Hibiya Library & Museum

• See the access information here (http://hibiyal.jp/hibiya/index_e.html) (page 4)

Map to the Hibiya Library & Museum

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The Entrance looks like this:

Entrance fee: 500JPY About the entrance fee: This is in order to cover the room rental fee,we would like to set the entrance fee to 500 yen.

Topic: Disaster Relief and Reconstruction

Looking forward to seeing you all, soon!

Noriko Sakamoto
Organizer,
Tokyo Sustainability Meetup
Communications Director
Japan for Sustainability