Recent volunteer jobs:

Recent volunteer jobs:

• Assisting with joint wedding ceremony for 6 couples in Kamaishi who had planned to get married in March 2011, but were forced to cancel because of the disaster. Set up, take down, handing out balloons, and general answering questions for guests.
• Cutting grass and removing tsunami mud and rubble (yes, we are still cleaning) from the tops of culverts. This was last weekend so still a bit sore.
• Digging ditches (drainage ditches and a ditch for installing a water pipe). This was the special Minamisoma, Fukushima trip. HANDS was split into two groups, and my group of four did the ditch digging. The others went to another worksite. The man who made the work request wanted to make his backyard into a camping area for volunteer workers. There were big tents from Shelter Box already set up (I guess Shelter Box donates its tents?) and he was in the process of setting up a toilet. 
• Making land suitable for being a garden or a field. Dig out the rocks and the rubble (yes, we are still cleaning). We've had a couple jobs like this in the past month or so.
• Picking up fine rubble, especially glass, to make a driveway more suitable for cars. The people making the request were concerned about tire punctures.