Typhoon No. 19 Disaster Volunteer Resumed for the first time in 3 months Suspended in Corona Nagano June 6 17:04

In Nagano City, where typhoon No. 19 suffered a great deal last year, disaster volunteers who cleaned up the houses resumed their activities on the 6th day after an interval of about 3 months after the declaration of emergency was lifted.

To prevent the spread of infection, Nagano City's disaster volunteers have been suspended since the end of February, but are limited to people who originally registered as volunteers after the emergency declaration was lifted. Then, I decided to restart the activity.

On the 6th day of the first day, 24 volunteers gathered at the public hall in Akanuma, Nagano City, took temperature measurements, disinfected, and departed for the client.

Of these, Miyoko Kobayashi's (78) house had sand on the walls for eight months after the disaster, and five volunteers brushed it off.

Kobayashi said, "Because I was at a loss what to do alone while I wasn't a volunteer, I was saved."

A man in his 40s in Nagano City, who has participated nearly 20 times so far, said, “I was so frustrated that I couldn't work because of the voice I wanted to help.”

In addition, a woman in her thirties in Nagano City said, “I was worried about the feelings of the people who were affected by the disaster. It was pretty clean outside, but the inside of the house is still in a difficult situation, so I want to continue my activities. I was talking."

The Nagano City Council of Social Welfare, which dispatches disaster volunteers, hopes to expand the number of people who are active on the day of activity, depending on the situation.