Too many volunteers to put up (JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

Focused: Disaster relief elements exercise at a volunteer center in Ishinomaki Senshu University in Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday. KYODO

Kyodo

SENDAI — Nearly 90 percent of volunteer-staffed disaster relief operation centers in severely affected Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures are limiting their intake of volunteers due in part to difficulty finding them accommodations, a Kyodo News survey showed Tuesday.

Some volunteer centers said they are shying away from accepting new workers as concerns grow over traffic jams ahead of the Golden Week holidays from late April to early May, according to the survey.

Of 65 operation centers, 56 are restricting the participation of volunteers, for example, by accepting only local residents.

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[Pharaoh]

1. So then

lets all go on holiday! :shrug:

:wtf:

[uppityperson]

2. It is always a problem after a disaster, volunteers need to bring their own food/water/shelter

to not take away from those in need.