donation – Muslimah Living In Japan

On September 28, a large earthquake struck the Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia. It was a shallow type of earthquake with 7.4 magnitude. Following the shock, there was a tsunami alert for the nearby location. It was reported that these combined disaster led to the death at least 2,100 people.

Sulawesi, and most area of Indonesia, lies within the complex zone of Ring of Fire, where many earthquake and volcanic eruptions occur. The same condition actually also apply to all Japan area, but Japan has already improved their emergency system so much comparing to Indonesia.

Strong feeling to help this situation, many social organizations from all around the globe has sent some help through providing temporary shelter, various foods and supplements, clean water, hygiene, and medical volunteers. Indonesian people who live abroad, also raising fund through several non-profit organizations or communities. For an instance, in Japan area, we can send donation to the local Indonesian student community, or directly to our relatives in Indonesia.

In Kanazawa, the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, there is also an organization which also collecting donation to Sulawesi earthquake, called Ishikawa Indonesia Friendship Association. This club differs from other Indonesian club, because its member consist of Japanese people who have a kind of association with Indonesia, even it is only small. For example, if you have been visited Indonesia for working, vacation, or any purposes, or if you like Indonesia, like Indonesian food, or culture, or you have a family related to Indonesia (spouse or any relatives). Further information about this club you may find here. This club opened a booth in Kanazawa International Friendship Festival in the early autumn (October 13~14, 2018). This festival was organized by Kanazawa International Exchange Foundation (KIEF) which was established in 1989.

[Multinational culture booths in the International Friendship Festival Kanazawa]

They also performed a very beautiful dance wearing traditional clothes from Bali, expressing how they are really love Indonesian culture. In this festival, we also met Mr. Seiji Matsui, a Japanese Muslim and his lovely wife sister Hikmah (Indonesian nationality) opened a food stall. Their stall was very crowded because they were serving a super delicious skewered lamb and chicken meat.