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VIDEO: Children living in radioactive areas in Fukushima

Why Can’t They Relocate? Fukushima’s Dilemma http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTmT8JOlG40&feature=player_detailpage#t=1080s BACKGROUND: A year and a half after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, there are still many families with children who live in highly contaminated areas for various reasons even if they are concerned about the health effects from radiation exposure. Many citizens are struggling financially and unable to relocate to outside of Fukushima without a proper assistance from the government. Fukushima families’ unique ties with neighbors, relatives and friends in their communities sometimes prevent them to evacuate from contaminated areas. Some families with members who have a disability or chronic illness do not have capacity to relocate to a new community. In order to assist those families from highly contaminated areas in Fukushima, many Japanese nonprofit organizations and grassroots organizations established “hoyo projects” or recreation projects to provide them with temporary group homes, so that their children could enjoy short-term recreation opportunities in less contaminated areas while reducing their accumulated dosage of radiation. However, these projects are now facing challenges.

November 2, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual