Mummy power

While Risa was in Sendai, I (Aoi) have been supporting other fundraising efforts in London, mostly through my yummy mummy network.

A network of Japanese mothers in south-west London has been really active after the earthquake.
There has been a lot of cake sales at nurseries, schools, and children's centres all over in London. If one mother crys out for support by e-mail, 10 of us would bake cookies and make sushi.

I helped about 5 -6 events - Even on the days I was in office, my cookies were being sold by other mums.

One of the events in April held at St Mary's church hall in Wimbledon raised over 6000 pounds.


Also there was a group of mothers succeeded to send 10,000 disposable feeding bottles and cartons of ready-made baby milk - both not available in Japan for some reason - to the tsunami affected area where mothers of babies are struggling to find clean water.
This operation required a massive effort - from finding sponsors, sorting out the logistics from UK and within Japan, and even translating the how-to-use instruction.
You can see the smiling babies recieving bottles on their own site.