釜石の体育館、小・中学校の体育館は各町のコミュニティーを形成してきた方々、100～200人単位で生活を営んでいる。特に釜石は、今回の三陸の被災ラインでは一番高齢化率が高い。今回の大津波で店をたたむ人も多いのも、この高齢化が拍車をかけているらしい。私はこの活動をしながら、自立することの意味を常に考えている。
人は誰でも、その人の実人生だけ年を取っている。避難されている方々、あの体育館で一日ただ食をいただく、トイレに行く時だけ動いている。他は何をしているのだろうと思う。ただ悲しみをいだいていると、鬱になる。そこで何か手仕事をしたいといって、布と針と糸をみつけてやったら、おばあさんがティッシュの箱を入れる袋を作りはじめた。そうするとおばあさん、明るい笑顔と鬱が飛んでいったと、白須さんから報告がありました。
年とって外見も機能も落ちてくる。肉体と精神の機能低下をくいとめること。そのためには生活の第一線から引退しないことである。日常生活の営みを人任せにしないことである。仮設住宅に移るまで、一日2時間、体育館の周辺の草を取る、花を植えるという作業をやってはどうか。頭も運動機能もまだ十分なのに、一様に食事を自分で作らなくてもいいという状態が27日も続くと、どんどん老化へ走る。
自分の行動、知性、決定を放棄させてはいけない。どのような人も生活と闘わなければならないのである。
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| プライバシーを保つために段ボールで作られた壁 |
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| パンが配給されていた |
English Version:
April 25th, 2011
In the municipal gym and the gyms of junior and senior high schools, people are living and creating a communities of about 100 to 200 people, just as they used to do in their hometowns. In Kamaishi especially, the population ageing rate is the highest in the afflicted Sanriku Coast area. The huge tsunami forced many people to close their businesses, and this seems to cause premature ageing. I am always thinking through my activities about the true meaning of what it is to be self-reliant.
In the municipal gym and the gyms of junior and senior high schools, people are living and creating a communities of about 100 to 200 people, just as they used to do in their hometowns. In Kamaishi especially, the population ageing rate is the highest in the afflicted Sanriku Coast area. The huge tsunami forced many people to close their businesses, and this seems to cause premature ageing. I am always thinking through my activities about the true meaning of what it is to be self-reliant.
Every person grows old according to each true drama they have lived. The evacuees move their bodies only when they eat or go to restrooms. What are they doing at other times? People become depressed when they do nothing but be obsessed with grief. We gave a sewing kit to an old lady who said that she wanted to do some handiwork. She started making a bag to cover a box of tissues. Shirasu san reported that the lady soon had a bright smile and seemed to recover from depression.
Ageing causes external and functional deterioration. To prevent both mental and physical functional decline, people should not retire from the front line of daily activities and depend on someone else. How about asking them to weed around the gym or plant flowers until they move to temporary housing. While people are able to think and move, to remain useless to prepare even their own meals for 27 days will just accelerate ageing.
No one should abandon their ability to take action, to be intellectual, and to be decisive. Everyone must fight to live.
No one should abandon their ability to take action, to be intellectual, and to be decisive. Everyone must fight to live.
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