Today the first news of a death on the JET programme reached us.
You're stomach turns to jelly as you realise how randomly our placements were chosen for this programme.
The article explains that she was fittingly last seen helping children rejoin with their parents after the earthquake first hit.
Although we are far from the devastation down here, it's sad to be in Japan at a time when the the whole country is in mourning and emotions are high.
It is difficult to watch all that is happening on the news and be so helpless. Last week we went to give blood and discovered that sadly British people cannot give blood in Japan. On Wednesday my friend Kat organised a 'Kiwi Film night' to raise money. JETs and Japanese friends watched 'Boy', which charmingly portrays a young Maori boy who reunites with his wayward father
The money was divided between the Christchurch appeal and the Japanese Red Cross.
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