Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Ms-Nishikata-and-family--Fukushima-City-evacuees-27MZIF27SBT4.htmlConceptually similarElderly Women at Shelter in YonezawaGP02C30Completed★★★★Evacuation Center in JapanGP02CKRCompleted★★★★Children at Shelter in YonezawaGP02C31Completed★★★★★★Young Girl at Shelter in YonezawaGP02C35Completed★★★★★★Evacuation Center in JapanGP02CKSCompleted★★★★Evacuation Center in JapanGP02CKQCompleted★★★★★★Elderly Man at Shelter in YonezawaGP02C33Completed★★★★Women at a Shelter in YonezawaGP02C2ZCompleted★★★★Shelter in YonezawaGP02C32Completed★★★★★★View AllGP03D7OMs Nishikata and family, Fukushima City evacueesA Single mother of two, Ms Nishikita and her family left Fukushima city for the mountain town of Yonezawa in July 2011, after it became clear that radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant had contaminated the city. She has two children; Kaito, born in 2000, and Hu, born in 2002. She has worked hard to protect them and others from the radiation. Since the disaster, she has volunteered at the ‘Fukushima Network to Protect Children from Radioactivity’, and counselled people affected by the evacuation. In addition, she has talked about her experience in seminars in various places. She also launched an NGO called ‘Kids Voice’ to collect responses from children of Fukushima, has called for the evacuation to friends and neighbours. She has asked the government to implement a policy of ‘satellite’ evacuations of schools and community groups. She has been working to rebuild the life her family, and the lives people had in other communities had before the disaster.Locations:Asia-Japan-Yamagata Prefecture-YonezawaDate:1 Nov, 2011Credit:© Robert Knoth / GreenpeaceMaximum size:7000px X 5741pxRestrictions:NO FUNDRAISINGKeywords:Children-Day-Domestic cats-Eye contact-Families-Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant-Indoors-Kittens-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Mothers-Natural disasters-Nuclear (campaign title)-Nuclear accidents-Nuclear radiation-Portraits-Radiation victims-Refugee camps-Refugees-Three peopleShoot:Fukushima Inhabitants and Evacuees PortraitsPortraits of Fukushima inhabitants, some still living in the area, others evacuated to other cities, in preparation for the one year anniversary of the Japanese tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disasters.Related Collections:Fukushima One Year On5th Anniversary of Fukushima Disaster in Japan5th Anniversary of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (Photos & Videos)