IDF Japan Aid Delegation Members and Local Children Share a Common Language
The IDF aid delegation to Japan takes a quick break to entertain the local children, residents of Minamisanriku, who experienced deep losses from the tsunami and earthquake. Together with the children, the delegation members played a game in which the language is universal - soccer.
The game was held between an improvised team of IDF officers and the local children, and ended with a victory on both ends - the local youth experienced a rare cheering-up, while the officers received a quick break from their laborious efforts treating tsunami victims from the city, focusing instead on exercising their athletic abilities.
In addition, IDF delegation members played games and colored with the younger Japanese youth.
Prior to and following the game, the IDF officers aided in transferring the area's residents from the residential population aid centers to temporary houses until their old houses destroyed by the tsunami are completely rebuilt.
IDF Doctors Treat Japanese Woman with Knee Difficulties
The Japan aid delegation of the IDF Home Front Command and the Medical Corps arrived on March 27th and is based out of Minamisanriku in the Miyagi Prefecture, an area which was heavily affected by the tsunami and where thousands are missing and displaced.
The above video shows doctors from the Medical Corps, along with the assistance of IDF Japanese translators, treating an elderly Japanese women who has difficulty walking.
The IDF aid delegation is comprised of approximately 50 officers and soldiers, including medical personnel, professionals in the field of civilian aid and logistics personnel. There is also a team from the Israel Atomic Energy Commission.
The aid delegation has established an emergency response medical clinic to provide medical services to those affected by the disaster, including intensive care, internal medicine, pediatrics, surgeons, maternity and gynecological ward, orthopedics, otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat) ward, optometry, x-ray, laboratory services, and a pharmacy.
