April 17, 2011
Today’s visit is at the Onagawa Daiichi Daycare Center.
As I know many of the teachers there and also a lot of people whom my parents were helped by are staying there, I donated some hygiene supplies. I even had the nerve to ask them to let me stay overnight and took pictures of everyone’s life.
Since I was thinking that a viewpoint by actually staying at an evacuation center should be clearly different from that by watching the situation on T.V., my overnight stay this time was very helpful. Since there are variances among evacuation centers, I would be happy if you could see this as an example of one evacuation center.
As I know many of the teachers there and also a lot of people whom my parents were helped by are staying there, I donated some hygiene supplies. I even had the nerve to ask them to let me stay overnight and took pictures of everyone’s life.
Since I was thinking that a viewpoint by actually staying at an evacuation center should be clearly different from that by watching the situation on T.V., my overnight stay this time was very helpful. Since there are variances among evacuation centers, I would be happy if you could see this as an example of one evacuation center.
Here, a rough schedule of a day is determined. The teachers at the daycare center start working at their full capacity at 6 in the morning. They fold futons and wipe clean the floor with water. The floors were so clean that I thought it would be OK to even lick.
At 6：30, they do radio exercises. (Radio exercises refer to warm-up calisthenics performed according to the music broadcast on the radio.) Then, they start preparing breakfast quickly in an organized manner. I remembered camping schools in elementary and junior high schools for some reason. J Some people wash their faces with water warmed up by an open fire while others wash their clothes or rest with a cigarette. There is a small community there.
Breakfast is 2 rice balls and a packaged lunch distributed, and miso soup made in the kitchen of the daycare center. Children eat first (so that they can go to school in time.)
When the time comes for children to go to school, teachers from Onagawa Daiichi Elementary School come to pick them up. They go to school as a group. Teachers come to school early and do their best for the safety of the children. On top of it, they say “Good morning!” with smiles. I was happy to see them, too. Greetings bind everyone’s heart.
Students of the junior high school and Onagawa Daini Elementary School wait for their school buses to come. The operation of the school buses was so-so on this day and the students had to let three buses go (because they were full*) until they could get on a bus after waiting for 20 minutes. Simple conversations with junior high students bring back our sense of normal days and make us relieved. * Translator’s addition
At 6：30, they do radio exercises. (Radio exercises refer to warm-up calisthenics performed according to the music broadcast on the radio.) Then, they start preparing breakfast quickly in an organized manner. I remembered camping schools in elementary and junior high schools for some reason. J Some people wash their faces with water warmed up by an open fire while others wash their clothes or rest with a cigarette. There is a small community there.
Breakfast is 2 rice balls and a packaged lunch distributed, and miso soup made in the kitchen of the daycare center. Children eat first (so that they can go to school in time.)
When the time comes for children to go to school, teachers from Onagawa Daiichi Elementary School come to pick them up. They go to school as a group. Teachers come to school early and do their best for the safety of the children. On top of it, they say “Good morning!” with smiles. I was happy to see them, too. Greetings bind everyone’s heart.
Students of the junior high school and Onagawa Daini Elementary School wait for their school buses to come. The operation of the school buses was so-so on this day and the students had to let three buses go (because they were full*) until they could get on a bus after waiting for 20 minutes. Simple conversations with junior high students bring back our sense of normal days and make us relieved. * Translator’s addition
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