Evacuees served hot meals

[AsahinaKimi]

Budokan first shelter in capital to offer square fare to displaced

By NATSUKO FUKUE
Staff writer

Six days since shelters opened in Tokyo for tsunami survivors from the Tohoku region, evacuees finally tasted hot meals Wednesday thanks to volunteers.

"I really appreciate a hot meal because we hadn't had it for a while," said Nanami Nitama, a 22-year-old nursery school teacher from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture.

Nitama said she took a highway bus to Tokyo with her parents Saturday, fearful of leaking radiation from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

To support evacuees like Nitama, volunteer members from the Nippon Seikokai (Anglican Church in Japan) and another nonprofit organization for day laborers in the Sanya district, cooked rice and miso soup with meat and vegetables at the Tokyo Budokan in Adachi Ward, where many Iwaki residents had evacuated.

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Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan group providing warm help for victims


By SETSUKO KAMIYA
Staff writer

SAGAMIHARA, Kanagawa Pref. — A group of Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans living in Kanagawa Prefecture has been providing warm bowls of Bangladesh curry since Monday to quake and tsunami survivors in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture.

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[Motown_Johnny]

1. kicking

After all those shots of snow in the area it is nice to know that some people can now get a hot meal.

I sincerely hope the worst is over for them.

[uppityperson]

2. k&r

[WatsonT]

3. Good

a warm meal is often the deciding factor between a community and a mob.

Also a well fed population reduces the outbreak of disease.

Every city ought to be required to have some stocks of food on hand for these sorts of emergencies.