[Toin Gakuen] Collaborating with government, companies, and
educational institutions to hold a free seminar to raise disaster prevention awareness
*Toin Gakuen*
Press release: September 4, 2024
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[Toin Gakuen] Collaborating with government, companies, and
educational institutions to hold a free seminar to raise disaster prevention awareness
*～Local residents, university students, and high school students learn together about the Noto Peninsula Earthquake～*
* Toin Gakuen Educational Corporation (Yokohama City, Chairman: Shinichi Mizokami) is holding a “Disaster Prevention Volunteer Seminar”.
-Learning from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake-” will be held as a 3-day consecutive seminar from 14:00 to 16:00 on Saturday, September 28th, Saturday, October 12th, and Saturday, October 26th. We will invite instructors from Yokohama City Aoba Ward Office and the local shopping association cooperative association, and aim to provide students with the knowledge they need as disaster prevention volunteers as well as the skills to take action that will lead to evacuation centers and recovery support. *
This seminar is being held with the cooperation of the Yokohama City Aoba Ward Azamino Shopping Association, the Easy Town Azamino Executive Committee, and the sponsorship of the Yokohama City Aoba Ward Office. In September, which is Disaster Prevention Month, local residents and university and high school students studying there will learn together about local disaster prevention, and after attending the seminar, they plan to provide reconstruction support and volunteer work in Noto.
* “Disaster Prevention Volunteer Seminar -Learning from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake-” details*
■Schedule: Day 1 September 28th (Sat) 14:00-16:00 (Venue: Aoba Ward General Government Building)
Day 2 October 12th (Sat) 14:00-16:00 (Venue: Toin Gakuen) Day 3 October 26th (Sat) 14:00-16:00 (Venue: Toin Gakuen)
■Venue: Aoba Ward General Government Building (Address: 31-4 Ichigao-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture)
Toin Gakuen (Address: 1614 Tetsucho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture)
■Contents Day 1: Learn about the 2020 Noto Peninsula Earthquake ・About support activities for the Noto Peninsula earthquake (emergency water supply and restoration)
・About support team activities during the Noto Peninsula earthquake (garbage collection and transportation)
・About dispatching toilet trailers to disaster-stricken areas (toilet countermeasures during disasters)
・About support activities for the Noto Peninsula Earthquake
(strengthening evacuation shelter functions and accepting disaster victim certificates)
・Regarding support activities for the Noto Peninsula earthquake (activities of the emergency fire aid team)
・Suzu City disaster situation and recovery/reconstruction efforts Day 2 “Thinking about local disaster prevention”
・About disaster prevention efforts in Aoba Ward
・Toward a city that is friendly to people with dementia even during disasters ・Reflect on disaster safety measures through HUG (evacuation center management game).
Day 3 “What we can do to support the disaster area”
・Awareness of “citizen disaster prevention” in Yokohama – To have disaster prevention volunteerships –
・Report of volunteers in disaster area
・Group work
■Participation fee: Free
■Participants: Local residents, university students, high school students
■How to apply: Apply online from the URL below
https://forms.gle/rd7Rzn5eanK4YVgz7
■Application deadline: September 25th (Wednesday) 10:00
■Sponsor: Toin Gakuen Co-sponsor: Azamino Shopping Association, Easy Town Azamino Executive Committee Sponsor: Yokohama City Aoba Ward Office
■Contact: Toin Gakuen Transition Center
(Telephone: 045-975-2100 Email: transition@toin.ac.jp)
■Click here to download the flyer
Corporate overview
■Toin Gakuen Educational Corporation
■Date of establishment: April 9, 1964
■Chairman: Shinichi Mizokami
■Location: 1614 Tetsucho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture ■Official website: https://toin.ac.jp/