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Workshop Attendance Report

   (As of February 2012)

   Ofunato District:
Date Number of Attendees
Mothers & Children
Expectant Mothers
Other members of family
Total
5th October 2011
34
1
3
38
2nd November 2011
49
2
5
56
53
3
0
56
11th January 2012
52
3
3
58
32
2
0
34
7th March 2012
53
5
2
60
39
1
3
43
31
2
1
34
58
3
4
65
59
5
0
64
42
3
2
47
4th September 2012
37
2
0
39
3th October 2012
41
2
2
45
17th October 2012
10
1
0
11
7th November 2012
28
1
1
30
11
0
0
11
5th December 2012
30
2
0
32
54
2
7
63
Total
713
40
33
786

   Rikuzentakata District:
Date Number of Attendees
Mothers & Children
Expectant Mothers
Other members of family
Total
18th October 2011
15
5
0
20
32
1
0
33
20th December 2011
37
1
0
38
25
3
2
30
21st February 2012
22
3
3
28
20th March 2012
24
1
2
27
17th April 2012
25
0
2
27
15th March 2012
34
0
0
34
30
0
1
31
28
0
0
28
21th August 2012
27
2
0
29
5th September 2012
6
0
0
6
27
1
0
28
7
0
0
7
26th October 2012
14
0
0
14
6th November 2012
3
0
0
3
20th November 2012
17
0
0
17
11th December 2012
10
0
0
10
25
1
1
27
Total
398
18
11
437

― Current activities of our project ―

  1. Giving consultation and advice to expectant mothers and parents.
  2. Weighing the babies
  3. Receiving and distributing of aid goods to mothers and babies
  4. Giving community health guidance and reporting its progress to the government administration in charge.
  5. Provision of lunch and light snacks
  6. Holding workshops with contents such as:
    • Dental care guidance by dentists for babies and children
    • Baby massage
    • Hand massage for mothers
    • Promoting relaxation
    • Guidance on how to use slings
    • Making baby feet moulds to keep as memoirs
    • Christmas party
    • Warning about Influenza

Aid Goods and Donations

As of December 2011, there are 562 pregnant women and babies under one year of age in the Kisenkannnai area (Ofunato, Rikuzentakata and Sumida District) of which only 28% (156 people) are attending the workshops that we hold monthly.
Even after one year after the disaster, the public transport has not been re-established and other means of transport are insufficient for most people in the Kisenkannnai area (Ofunato, Rikuzentakata and Sumida district). Methods of communication are limited hence information does not reach people readily. We feel that within the 72% of mothers and babies who are not attending our workshops, there will be many who are seriously distressed mentally, emotionally and physically, as well as those in financial difficulties and those who are unable to reach us or any other form of support.
While continuing to hold our monthly workshops, we are hoping to extend our project by including voluntary home visits by midwives (many are living in temporary housing) and also to distribute aid goods to mothers with children, so that we can reach to those who are currently not able to attend the workshops.
For our work to be able to continue, support is essential. Your warm and generous support through understanding, through goods and through donation is very much appreciated.
Thank you very much.

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