Scientology Volunteer Ministers Japan Disaster Relief Continues

Japan
7 November 2011

Thai Volunteer Ministers chain the food from their car to boats for distribution to flood victims. Thai Volunteer Ministers chain the food from their car to boats for distribution to flood victims.

Nearly eight months since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Japan Disaster Response Team continues its work in the region.

Japan’s announcement today of plans to spend 19 trillion yen ($250 billion) over the next five years to rebuild after the March 2011 earthquake draws world attention back to the region.  Northeast Japan where the magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed more than 15,000, injured thousands more and destroyed more than 125,000 buildings across eighteen prefectures.

Japanese Scientology Volunteer Ministers with one of the residents of the Yanoh Temporary Housing in Tagajo City that they trained on Scientology Assists, using a chapter of the Scientology Handbook that is published as a booklet for this purpose. Japanese Scientology Volunteer Ministers with one of the residents of the Yanoh Temporary Housing in Tagajo City that they trained on Scientology Assists, using a chapter of the Scientology Handbook that is published as a booklet for this purpose.

For the past eight months, teams of Scientology Volunteer Ministers have continued their work in the region, providing any assistance needed and bringing their own unique brand of help, based on the Scientology Handbook.

Case in point is Tagajo City in Miyago Prefecture, a town of 60,000 where 177 died and 1,811 were left homeless by the disaster. Scientology Volunteer Ministers have continued their work in the city.  They visit those now living in temporary housing helping them with whatever they need, and providing Scientology Assists—simple techniques developed by L. Ron Hubbard that help the individual recover from stress, illness and injury. Wherever the go, they train staff and residents in the technology, so they can deliver Assists to one another.

Scientology Volunteer Ministers listing to the staff at the Yanoh Temporary Housing in Tagajo City, to help provide them with tools they need from the Scientology Handbook. Scientology Volunteer Ministers listing to the staff at the Yanoh Temporary Housing in Tagajo City, to help provide them with tools they need from the Scientology Handbook.

One volunteer spoke of the experience.

“I spoke with a woman who told me about her childhood. She survived a tsunami when she was 4 years old.  You could see how much better she felt because she was able to talk about it. The people I meet are very positive.  They are strong and have the will to live.  It is an honor to be able to help them.”

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The Scientology Volunteer Minister program was initiated by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1976. There are now hundreds of thousands of people trained in the skills of a Volunteer Minister across 185 nations.