"Road to Recovery" Art Show in Boston

BOSTON, MA, November 10, 2012 (Press-News.org) Relief 2.0, an organic movement of volunteers and organizations to promote efficient disaster response and sustainable disaster recovery will be running Relief 2.0 - Tohoku: Road to Recovery -- a photo and photography exhibit. Paintings, photos and handicrafts will be for sale at the show, and the proceeds empower the survivors to support themselves instead of relying on donations.

This exhibit on November 9th and 10th, will feature photos by Robin Low, co-founder of Relief 2.0, art work by Miller Ramirez and Isao Hasagawa, survivor of the Japan Tsunami. Photos are taken 10 days after the Tsunami and 1 year after to show the recovery of Japan. There will also be handicrafts and products made by survivors living in temporary shelters in Tohoku, the north east of Japan struck by the Tsunami.

"I want to change the public's perception on disaster recovery, from the traditional model of 'donor-recipient' to 'conscientiousness buyer-generator of wealth'. When the survivors who make a quality product are able to make a living to support themselves, they can get their dignity back instead of just relying on charity and donations. When these survivors earn money, they can buy their supplies locally, thus help in the restart their economy." Mr Low said.

"Tohoku: Road to the Future" was first opened in Fukuoka by Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus on July 19. After stopping in Japan and Singapore, the travelling exhibition will be making its way to other parts of Southeast Asia, Europe, North and South America and Africa.

This exhibition is the 7th show in the series and will travel to Seattle next. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

Relief 2.0 is a nonprofit organization that seeks to reduce the displacement of local capacity and the exclusion of local actors in disaster response and recovery through the philosophy of "NEVER HELP: engage, enable, empower and connect." http://www.relief20.com