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After a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Kumamoto, volunteers created a dedicated play space where children process their emotions through games while high schoolers volunteer as caregivers. The space has become a healing hub where traumatized kids can smile again.
Over 1,200 volunteers flooded into earthquake-damaged Kumamoto, Japan, with demand so high that every relief center received more applications than spots available. These everyday heroes are using vacation time and personal resources to help rebuild communities devastated by a magnitude-7.1 earthquake.
After a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Japan, a digital network with 150,000 members is helping reunite lost pets with their owners. A vocational school near the epicenter has also opened its doors as a pet-friendly shelter.
When evacuation centers turned away earthquake survivors with pets, one animal hospital in Kumamoto opened its doors to keep families together. After sleeping in her car with two dogs, Tomoko Takaoka found refuge at Ryunosuke Animal Hospital, which learned from 2016's disaster to welcome both people and their beloved animals.
