能登半島地震被害の支援活動第二弾3日目
2024年1月19日 金曜日
AARジャパンと共同で開始した能登半島地震被害の支援活動第二弾3日目も無事に終了しました。
今朝は朝イチ買い出しスタート。
第2弾に入ってから道路の亀裂や段差が急ピッチで修復され状態がかなり良くなってます。その影響もあってか宿泊先近くのスーパーの品揃えも充実してきました。
昨夜、3時間半運転して宿に戻ってからメニュー変更のミーティングをしました。本当は第一弾で好評だったカレーをもう一度やる予定で買い出しも終えていましたが、避難されてるかたとの会話で『今日のお昼にレトルトカレー配られて食べたんです』とのお話があったのです。買い出してある具材の豚肉と持ち込み支援品の野菜で白菜、椎茸がダメになりそうなのでシーフードミックスを加えて八宝菜にしよう、と決定。
どうせなら最終日分まで買い出ししてしまおう、一番入手困難なたんぱく質源をどうするか、近くのスーパーに牛肉がかなりあったから牛丼がやれそうだ、ボリュームアップする具材もリストアップしてミーティングを終了。ここまでやっておくとスーパーでは店頭の在庫との数調整だけですみ、品数が多いので会計に時間がかかっても1時間半、と言う時間の目安がつけられる算段です。何せ移動時間が読めないのでやれるところで時短は必須なのです。
買い出し後、4人分の戦力だった青勝さん、ゆうきくんは東京へ戻りました。
残ったピースメンバー加藤青山矢沢トリオ、あと二回の炊き出しガンバロー！の気概はいつもの渋滞ポイントよりかなり手前から混んでることが判明して消沈。ところが、ドライバー加藤が1本抜け道をトライしてみたところ、これが大成功！で3時間で珠洲市に到着。時間に余裕が出来たので、支援物資受け入れの体育館へご挨拶に伺いました。物資は集まりつつも本当に必要なものは少ないようです。赤ちゃんのオムツ、おしりふきシートは過剰在庫。女性用の生理用品が圧倒的に足りないとのことでした。
さらに、第一弾初日、目指していた避難所への道が開通したとのことから、そこも訪れよう、となり、半島南側から北側へ。
南北のメインの道路はトンネルが崩落、地元のかたしか知らないような道も含めて7本ほどの道が全て通行止めで諦めざるを得なかったエリアです。
距離にして15キロあまりの農道はどうにか車が通れるだけにした山道。その山越えで私たちが目にしたのは、震度7の震源地地区の凄まじい光景でした。
のどかな風景であったであろう三方に見える小高い丘は全て崖崩れで山肌しか見えず、崩れた木々に押し潰されたり地震で倒壊した家屋。
嫌な言い方ですが、そのような家屋を見慣れてきていた私たちすら、改めて衝撃を受けました。
目的地避難所は150名弱の避難者がいます。幸い食事の支援は届いているとのことで、支援品のブルーシートをお渡しして炊き出し拠点に戻りました。
まだなにも変わってない現実。
家を失ったり、在宅避難ができても水はなかなか通らず、復興という言葉が空回りに思えてしまう不安。
私たちは温かい食事で本当に少しでも被災された方々に寄り添える支援を、との思いで毎日炊き出しをしています。決まった時間にごはんが食べられることが楽しみ、と声掛けもいただきます。その少しの楽しみを少しずつ少しずつ積み上げて『希望』へとつながるお手伝いになりますように、とさらに思いを強くした日でした。
夕食メニュー；八宝菜ごはん
・避難所Ax100食
・避難所Bx35食
合計135食
協力、認定NPO法人AARジャパン
Jan 19th 2024
The third day of the Western Earthquake Support phase 2, has ended successfully. This morning we started shopping. Since entering the second phase, cracks and bumps in the road have been repaired at a rapid pace, and the condition has improved considerably. Perhaps as a result of this, the supermarkets near our accommodations have expanded their selection. Last night, after driving for three and a half hours and returning to the hotel, we had a meeting to change the menu. Actually, we had already finished shopping because we were planning to make the curry that was popular in the first batch again, but in a conversation with a person who was evacuated, I heard someone say, “I was given a retort curry for lunch today, and I ate it” The Chinese cabbage and shiitake mushrooms looked like they would be spoiled with the pork ingredients we had bought and the vegetables, so we decided to add a seafood mix to make Happo-choy.
What to do with the protein source that was the most difficult to obtain. Since there was a lot of beef at the nearby supermarket, it looks like we can make gyudon. Our spirit were lost when it turned out that it was already crowded well before the usual traffic jam point. However, driver Kato tried one loophole and it was a huge success! Arrived at Suzu City in 3 hours. Since I had some free time, we went to the gymnasium where relief supplies were being stored. Although supplies have been gathered, there seems to be little that is truly needed. Baby diapers and wipes are in excess stock. There was an overwhelming shortage of sanitary products for women. Furthermore, on the first day of the first wave, we heard that the road to the evacuation center we were aiming for had opened, so we decided to visit there as well, so we headed from the south side of the peninsula to the north side. The tunnel on the main north-south road has collapsed, and about seven roads, including one that only locals know about, are all closed and we had no choice but to give up.
The farm road, which is about 15 kilometers long, is a mountain road that has been made just for cars. What we saw after crossing the mountain was a terrifying sight of the epicenter of the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7. The small hills visible on three sides, which would have been a tranquil landscape, have all collapsed and only the mountain surface can be seen, and houses have been crushed by fallen trees or destroyed by earthquakes. It may sound unpleasant to say, but even those of us who had become accustomed to seeing such houses were shocked once again. There are about 150 evacuees at the destination evacuation center. Fortunately, we were told that food assistance had arrived, so we handed over the blue sheets of relief supplies and returned to the soup kitchen base.
The reality is that nothing has changed yet. Even if you lose your home or are able to evacuate at home, there is no running water, and you are worried that the word “recovery” will seem like a waste of time. We run a soup kitchen every day with the hope of providing some support to those affected by the disaster by providing hot meals. We also receive comments from customers saying that they are looking forward to being able to eat at a fixed time.
