July 13^th, 2013, Our PR Officer Rumi Ide held a lecture on Tohoku Earthquake Disaster Relief at Civil Society Forum held by Japan NPO Society.

The lecture was held at Osaka University’s Tokyo office.

Ide did a presentation for 45 minutes; a 45 minute Q&A session and discussion session followed the presentation.

In usual Q&A sessions, it is not rare for the participants to not raise any questions at all. The result is a one-way talk from the lecturer to the participants. The combination of a 45 minute presentation and a 45 minute Q&A session and discussion session seemed to have gotten participants to be more involved.

Many people are unaware that a shelter for Tohoku earthquake survivors still exists in Japan.

Since May 2012, 2HJ has been hosting a monthly soup kitchen at the only earthquake survivor’s shelter in Japan.

It has been 2 years and 4 months since the earthquake.

We hope that the 300 million Tohoku Earthquake survivors who have evacuated nationwide will be able to live in peace as soon as possible.