Salon activities of the Great East Japan Earthquake Co-op Last farewell party Iwate Rikuzentakata July 22 21:28
A co-op in Iwate Prefecture will finish the salon activity that has been continuing for about 9 years at temporary housing in the disaster area of the Great East Japan Earthquake on 22nd, and a farewell party for residents and volunteers of temporary housing will be held in Rikuzentakata city. It was.
About three months after the earthquake, Iwate Co-op will visit temporary housing and hold tea parties in June 2011, in order for volunteers of the union members to make people in the disaster area feel better. It was
On the 22nd, a farewell party, the final activity, was held in Rikuzentakata City, where residents of the temporary housing in Takekoma Town, those who once lived, and volunteers from Morioka participated.
Residents and volunteers enjoyed the reunion after a long time and shared their memories.
This activity was carried out at 79 locations throughout the prefecture at the peak of the disaster.Temporary housing was consolidated and removed 9 years after the earthquake, and since the reconstruction of the lives of the people affected by the disaster has progressed I decided to finish.
The farewell party was scheduled to be held this March, but due to the effect of the new coronavirus, it was held about four months later.
At the end of the farewell party, the participants danced the local Bon Odori and finished activities for nearly 9 years.
(86) “I was really happy because I didn't expect to have a farewell party,” said Yotsuko Nakamura, who still lives in a temporary house. It was a fun time because I often refrained from going out with the new virus.” I was talking.