Ohio University

OHIO students reflect on service to tsunami-ravaged region of Japan

Nov 14, 2011
From staff reports

On the weekend of Sept. 24, 2011, 18 Ohio University students, administrators and friends volunteered with 26 Iwate Prefectural University students and faculty in a tsunami relief service trip to Otsuchi, Iwate, on Japan's northeast coast.

A majority of the group spent their day on a river clean-up project, while the others visited Osanago Yochien, a local kindergarten.

The OHIO contingent brought with them books and panel-story donations to Osanago Yochien and financial contributions of close to $2,000 for the Otsuchi Disaster Relief Fund. Donations were provided by more than 30 individuals from across the country who wanted to support this Ohio University service project.