Tour to GEJE affected areas

For their final assignments ànd for the implementation of OVEP (Olympic Value Education Programme) the students will visit the area that was affected by the great eastern Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown in 2011. They will think about how the Olympic Games of 2020 can contribute to the revival of these heavily hit areas and people living in it.

A wave approaches Miyako City from the Heigawa estuary in Iwate Prefecture after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck the area March 11, 2011. Picture taken March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Mainichi Shimbun