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It’s only been 3 months since a devastating earthquake and tsunami ripped through Japan, but the horrifying images have already begun to fade from the news and the public’s mind – a situation that unfortunately isn’t rare following these types of catastrophic events. But as fewer and fewer mentions of the disaster appear in the media and donations have stopped pouring in, the fact remains that thousands of Japanese are still homeless or living in emergency shelters without a real roof over their heads. Just because we no longer see photos of these displaced people on the five o’clock news doesn’t mean that they’ve stopped suffering.
Fortunately, there are groups of talented and passionate people making it their job to help and rebuild, such as design non-profit Architecture For Humanity. AFH members have been hard at work collecting donations and trying to help the Japanese people rebuild their homes and communities by initiating local design-build projects that have a big social and community impact. One such project currently underway is the rebuilding of the Hikado Marketplace in Motoyoshi, Japan, which is a community marketplace for food and drink vendors made from debris wood scavenged from the tsunami. Read on to see how the marketplace came to be and how it is returning the lives of the citizens of Motoyoshi back to normalcy, one beam at a time.
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thanks Yahoo! you rock!
This is an amazing initiative that will provide a much-needed service. Thanks Yahoo!
Amazing! Architecture for Humanity is such an inspiring organization, and I am happy to make Yahoo my homepage to support the cause!!!
Thanks Yahoo and Inhabitat! This is amazing!
so much destruction .. glad to see people are working to rebuild!
Just a couple clicks and you’ve done your part to help Japan! How simple.
Yahoo – this is rad. Thanks!!
i think it’s fantastic how the world has come together to help Japan’s recovery. yahoo for yahoo!
What an amazing story. It’s wonderful to see big companies like Yahoo donating to the cause.
what a great program
It’s easy to forget, especially after we stop seeing a tragedy on the evening news, as was decisively pointed out in this article. That makes this effort all the more admirable. The past few months have shown an interesting perspective into the Japanese people and their ideals. They have a tendency to suffer quietly, but those survivors deserve more. Thank you Inhabitat and Yahoo. We can learn a lot from your work.
Given our new found knowledge of repeated near-shore earthquake and landslide tsunamis, how should our strategies for building/rebuilding in tsunami zones change?
This is a disaster, but lets not forget also the people in Africa that face this tragedy everyday yet never get televised because its become the norm. or the starving people in North Korea, or the fighting in Somalia, or the Iraq and Afganistan people being bombed by “Allied” forces you are so proud of, that killed well over 200,000 people for revenge of your 3000 that died in twin towers attack. WHERE IS THEIR MONEY PEOPLE???? tragedies are happening all over the world can we feel better that we just helped one country and not the rest?
Doing all that is within our power to help those in need, is one of our greatest strengths. Keep up the wonderful work!