Female,Age:61,unemployed Temporary housing in Kobe City
It is hot every day. How are you? I manage to hold on.
I have been staging a sit-in at the Prefectural Office every day with many other people,
while attending hospital, to request the extension of financial assistance to those who still live in the temporary public housing units, who are now excluded from public financial aid.
Hyogo Governor Kaibara has not come out and met us. And a clerk said to us, g People in temporary houses can die there. We won't give those in temporary houses any money as long as they live there.h We asked, gHow about the public money the central government has provided? g and he said, gIt's none of your business. We'll do what we like with it.h
During the sit-in there have been so many offensive things like that. I hope more people will join us, as many as possible, and we could receive more media attention. So that it would force Governor Kaibara to come out, I think.
When I collected signatures among temporary housing units, a person who had won the right to permanent public housing by lot said, gI'm through with this matter. I don't want to incur City Hall's displeasure by signing the petition.h
An other said, gSorry, I cannot attend the sit-in because of sickness in my family, though I'd like to. hTalking to such a person made me feel relieved.
Please help us and join us if you can.
I wish our various problems could be solved one by one. If we could get money and the right of entering public housing as permanent residents, that would not be all. There are many other problems. I wish Governor Kaibara would respond to our requests one by one. I will go on a sit-in tomorrow wishing a happy future.
P.s. I'd like to let as many people as possible know that we are still doing these things. I'd like people not to forget the disaster in Kobe and what we are still suffering.
The day before yesterday a woman suddenly fell down in front of me and was paralyzed on one side.
We have had a painful time. Please realize that.
(Aug.19, 1998)
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