A nongovernmental organization based in Tokyo is recruiting volunteers, both Japanese and non-Japanese, to travel to Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, and work to help those who are still suffering there after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Peace Boat, a group that promotes international exchange by organizing cruise trips overseas, held orientations in Tokyo on Wednesday for people who want to engage in voluntary work in Ishinomaki, one of the cities hardest hit by the catastrophe.
At the orientation, Takashi Yamamoto, a Peace Boat staffer who specializes in relief activities in disaster-hit areas in Japan and abroad, explained that a lack of manpower has meant that sufficient food, necessary goods and care have not been provided to evacuees even two weeks after the quake.