... Became Volunteers ...
We have
got a great chance to go to Japan by Japanese government that wanted
Thai teenagers who were eager to know what happened after the earthquake
situation and wanted to learn how Japan solved the problems of Japanese people who
live in affected areas. Kizuna (Bond) project was the project
that took us to learn the problems in Ten-ei, Fukushima province after the earthquake
situation and the nuclear power plant “Fukushima Dia Ichi” had occurred.
We
became the participants to learn these issues, joined the activities ,
encouraged some of homeless people in
Ten-ei and we would help them tell the present situation in
Fukushima to our families , friends
and publicize on internet . For example, websites or online medias.
In Ten-ei district , rice is the most important
product that continuously got the gold medal for the most delicious Japanese
rice and the best seller too. But after the
earthquake, the radioactivity leaked from
the nuclear power plant “Fukushima Dia Ichi”, Ten-ei district
and the areas around the nuclear power plant were affected. Radioactivity made Ten-ei’s agricultural
products damaged. When the government had tested and discovered radioactivity
in them. Ten-ei’s contamination products were rumored . People scared to buy
them, then Ten-ei products’ circulation gradually decreased. Nowadays, many
people still doubt in Ten-ei products’ quality.
Although at the present, Ten-ei products and
rice’s quality has been restored to be uncontaminated and has been guaranteed
by the scientific tests. So we would like
to confirm and help them promote these products by starting from rice in order
to call the reliability to increase rice’s circulation in the markets.
The
very interesting activity was rice bag designing. We could present our ideas on
the papers. Then, in each group, we voted to choose the best one rice bag for
the presentation. Each group had the different ideas. But all of them were
creative and interesting. One of our bags was about Japanese child mascot who
was eating Ten-ei rice and thumbed up to show that Ten-ei rice’s so delicious.
Another was about smiling Ten-ei rice mascot which told us
that Ten-ei rice has still been the first forever.
And the other group mentioned
a type of plastic bags for packing rice that can keep rice from moistness and
it is degradable when it is buried.
This
activity was one of provided activities
that we, the participants from Thailand, joined to share ideas for encouragement
the sufferers in Ten-ei sub district. We got many fantastic experiences and
learned how to cope with the troubles that happened after the earthquake
situation and we also could help to solve bad rumors by public relations. We
expect that everyone who knows this fact will inform the others to make right
understanding.
If you have your free time to travel, Japan is
one of
countries that is so beautiful
and safe. Don’t be overthink.
There, there are many things that you can’t find in the books
and you need to see by your own
eyes. :))
Sugarcoat ^_^
