Support center for disaster orphans completed

Support center for disaster orphans completed

MORIOKA, Japan - A sandbag is hung from the ceiling of Kazan-no-heya, meaning "volcano room," installed for stress-releasing purposes, in Rikuzentakata Rainbow House in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on June 29, 2014. The facility is run by Ashinaga, an organization that provides educational and emotional support for orphans worldwide, to support orphans from 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan.

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