Report on the 2nd Day: From 311 to the Future. Practical Implementations of DRR and Social Welfare in a 10-year Span (Community 4 Children)
Community 4 Children, based in Osaka, is currently promoting DRR education and social welfare in Miyagi Prefecture, since April 2012. It is important to prepare against disasters, starting from our daily life, as we do not know when disasters will strike.
Community 4 Children aims to create a city where people help each other with the common aim of learning about social welfare and preparing against disasters. “I hope to train people who would treasure their own lives form their daily lives”, says Sayaka Sugawara, coordinator of DRR and social welfare education.
▲Director Hidefumi Kuwahara (left) and Sayaka Sugawara (right)
After the disaster, many children were involved in community-based activities such as engaging in volunteering activities at volunteer centers and helping out at evacuation centers. I strongly feel that adults and children should work together, in their daily lives, towards a community-based city development.
In 2014, we came up with the programs on DRR education and social welfare based on surveys on dietary lifestyles immediately after the disaster. There is a special focus on meals for the disaster- vulnerable people such as the elderly, toddlers or children with allergies.
In Shibata-cho, under the collaboration with the social welfare council, they came up with games that trigger people to think about food menus during disasters. In Kakuta city, they came up with disaster-time menus that make use of locally produced plums, beans and rice. There was also a presentation of a well-balanced dietary menu for disaster times, developed by a student club in Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University.
“We hope to continue these programs on DRR education and social welfare in order to create a comfortable and safe living space in Miyagi, while keeping in mind how we wish to teach and groom the children in 10 years time,” explains Director Hidefumi Kuwahara.
▲Exhibition: Introduction of “Social Welfare and DRR Education in Community- Based Development”
Details:
From 311 to the Future ~DRR Education and Social Welfare in 10 Years Span~
14:00 ~ 15:00, 15 March 2015 (Sunday)
3rd Floor Interaction Salon, Sendai City Civil Activity Support Center
Reporters:
Citizen Writer: Takahiro Watanabe, Junko Kasai
