Foreign Volunteers Japan – Tohoku Needs Volunteer Help Now!

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MAY 15, 2011 Much of the work consists of clearing debris and sludge left behind by the tsunami. The tsunami has left a 2-3 cm crust of sludge on everything it touched. The SDF has cleared roads and public areas, but private property such as homes and fields must be cleared by hand, with shovels and wheelbarrows. The sludge and debris is piled near roads, and power shovels and dump trucks will later come to collect the piles. When it is too dry, the sludge turns to dust, crumbling and spreading
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Foreign Volunteers Japan – Tohoku Needs Volunteer Help Now!
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MAY 15, 2011 Much of the work consists of clearing debris and sludge left behind by the tsunami. The tsunami has left a 2-3 cm crust of sludge on everything it touched. The SDF has cleared roads and public areas, but private property such as homes and fields must be cleared by hand, with shovels and wheelbarrows. The sludge and debris is piled near roads, and power shovels and dump trucks will later come to collect the piles. When it is too dry, the sludge turns to dust, crumbling and spreading
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http://wayback.archive-it.org/2438/20110301000000/http://foreignvolunteers.org/2011/05/15/tohoku-needs-volunteer-help-now/
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http://foreignvolunteers.org/2011/05/15/tohoku-needs-volunteer-help-now/