without fear of radiation threats. Hong Kong volunteers will go to Japan's worst-hit areas in mid-April to send warmth

without fear of radiation threats. A team of Hong Kong volunteers went to the worst-hit areas in Japan in mid-April to send warmth. Source: Xinhuanet. More than 20 Hong Kong volunteers are not afraid of radiation threats and will be on April...

Not afraid of the threat of radiation, a Hong Kong volunteer team will go to Japan's worst-hit area in mid-April to bring warmth. Source: Xinhuanet. More than 20 Hong Kong volunteers are not afraid of the threat of radiation. They will go to Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture, the hardest-hit area in Japan, in mid-April to provide needed supplies and psychological support to the victims. In the long run, they hope to train local post-disaster psychological counselors. The Hong Kong Post-Disaster Psychological Counseling Association, which has participated in psychological counseling for the Sichuan and Qinghai earthquakes, sent a volunteer team this time including professional post-disaster psychological counselors, medical personnel and translators. To Yong-chen, director-general of the Hong Kong Post-Disaster Psychological Counseling Association, said that there are about 600,000 disaster victims in Japan, and it is estimated that as many as 100,000 to 140,000 people need psychological counseling. Currently, there are only a few rescue agencies that can provide post-disaster psychological counseling. In the past month, the volunteer team collected 5,000 Japanese heartfelt cards and 5,000 paper cranes, and delivered a total of 2 tons of supplies, including heating packs, water, and cup noodles, to local victims. Du Yongzheng said that the volunteer team will visit the temporary shelter and hope to provide emotion management lectures and insomnia treatment to about 5,000 emotionally troubled victims. The volunteer team that goes deep into the disaster area also includes an active police officer, who will be responsible for radiation detection to ensure the safety of the team. Du Yongzheng pointed out that this operation has received support from the Consul General of Japan in Hong Kong. The association plans to visit Japan 20 times in the next year, with the goal of training about 2,000 Japanese college students and volunteers to become post-disaster psychological counselors.