July 7 (Sunday) 15 students (12 from the Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Business Administration <baseball team member>, 10 from the Department of Human Psychology, 1 from the Department of English Education, Faculty of Education) and 1 faculty members held a meeting in Ichijima-cho, Tanba City, Hyogo Prefecture. , Volunteer activities such as cleaning up the earth and sand that flowed into the residential area due to the heavy rain in July 4 and stacking sandbags.
Due to the recent heavy rains in Tamba City, underground drainage channels were clogged with earth and sand, and houses and warehouses for work were flooded.Under the scorching sun, the students, sweating profusely, worked together with local residents and members of SEEDS Asia (an international NGO, Nada Ward, Kobe City) to fill sandbags, carry them, and stack them on the river bank. I gave it.
Our university and Tamba City have exchanged through various programs such as internships and service learning.Students who have been helped by Tamba City in the past, and students who want to help in times of disaster after attending the Disaster Prevention Specialist Training Course. has volunteered.
Hidema Usami, a fourth-year student in the Faculty of Human Sciences who served as the activity leader, said,
“I believe that I was able to contribute to the restoration activities after the heavy rain, even though I was small. I was able to learn various things through the volunteer activities, and it was a very valuable experience. I was able to deepen my relationship, so I hope to continue to build a better relationship with Tamba City through various activities and programs.”
and review the activities.
We would like to express our sympathies to those affected by the recent heavy rains, and pray for the earliest possible recovery.
*The activities were also introduced in the morning edition of the Kobe Shimbun regional edition “Tanba Sasayama” on July 2018, 7.
