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Nagano Tohoku Relief Stories

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Emma Nixon (Pierce) from Nagano sent us a a couple of stories to share…

My husband, Daniel Pierce – a Nagano JET- was part of the 2nd team of the NGO Peaceboat to volunteer in Ishinomaki April 1-8. Since then, he has been to Miyagi once more, also helping in Minamisanriku. His story and pictures are here (with more coming from his second trip):

http://daniel-and-emma.tumblr.com/post/4524954967/volunteering-in-ishinomaki

Also, during Golden Week, I volunteered in Ishinomaki with 3 other ALTs from Nagano prefecture (one other JET) and 2 other international teammates from Tokyo. I went with the NGO PeaceBoat. It is amazing how people have come from all over Japan and even the world to help volunteer. It was a great experience. I wrote about it here:

http://iloverocks.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/146/

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ALT Soccer Tournament

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ALT Soccer

Sports Fans,
After a terrible month in Japan, and after much consideration, we have decided to go ahead as planned with June’s ALT Soccer Tournament in Nagano Prefecture. In light of everything that has happened in the last month it was a difficult decision to make. But we feel that the reasons and benefits of holding it outweigh the reasons for cancelling it. As a group we have the opportunity to raise a large amount of money for the relief effort and also help the people in towns not directly affected by the disaster who are struggling to make a living this year. Also, I’m sure for many of you it has been a tense time and we can think of nothing better than a good weekend together to let off some steam. We are just hoping that most of you are still in the country to respond to this message!
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