Immediately after the earthquake, Zenkyo set up “Headquarters for The Great East Japan Earthquake” and had organized fund-raising for victims from teachers and staff around Japan. The contribution amounts 66 million yen, which were sent to the disaster-stricken area. Zenkyo also organized 2,000 volunteers to help the sufferers in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi prefecture. Zenkyo has demanded swift restoration and recovery works of schools in the affected areas against the government and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

 However, most children still study at temporary prefabricated school buildings instead of the schools washed away by tsunami. The temporary school buildings aren’t installed enough equipment for lectures, and their conversation could be clearly heard in the next classroom. Unfortunately, children are forced to be patient at the temporary schools until new schools will be built after few years.

On the other hand, Children who lost their houses commute to school from temporary housing which has only small two rooms. It is immediate task to recover situation of housing and employment to claim peaceful days for children because they are worried about parents’ arguments regarding housing problems and decent employment of their parents.

 Especially in Fukushima prefecture, the situations are serious. Children are distressed by invisible enemy, radiation, caused by the nuclear accident in Fukushima Dai-ichi Power Plants. Schools located in evacuation zone have rented spaces of another schools or universities far from Fukushima Dai-ichi Power Plants. A lot of children can’t expect when they will return to their old homes. Most of them live apart from their families, and study at temporary schools without enough rest rooms and gyms. Nuclear Power Plants deprive children of their important childhoods.

 

 Zenkyo has proceeded with the project of “Fukushima no Kodomo ni Nobinobi Time wo (Let’s give relaxing times to children in Fukushima)” It is aimed at relaxing children in Fukushima by playing outside. Around 4 days in summer break, Zenkyo invites children to rural districts remote in Fukushima, and let them to take a deep breath outside, run around and play to the best of their ability without considering radioactive contamination. The project is appreciated by children in Fukushima.

 Nevertheless, the most important issue is to change Japan “Country with Non-nuclear Power.” Zenkyo concentrates its energies on the campaign with citizens under a slogan of “No Necessity Nuclear Power Plants in Children’s Future.”