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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.
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I helped about 5 -6 events - Even on the days I was in office, my cookies were being sold by other mums.
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One of the events in April held at St Mary's church hall in Wimbledon raised over 6000 pounds.
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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.
1 comment:
This is so inspiring. You guys are doing amazing work!
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