Grand Prairie Exchange Student Returns Home from Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan
Posted by John Borst
on Apr 17, 2011
Out of Bad Luck Comes Good Luck, From Japan to Brazil, Thanks Rotary! Karly's story as posted at the Zone 24-32 goodideasto share blog
Welcome home, Karly! - as reported in the Grand Prairie Hearld
Editor's Note: The following was posted by Karly's father at his own blog.
by Kevin Hilgers, Governor 2012 2013 – Rotary International District 5370
I could not post on the blog about Karly and her Rotary Youth Exchange in Japan until now.. Now she is safe at home. The past 7 days have been, well – hard. We are so grateful to have Karly home, yet so worried about what she left behind. Host families, host brothers and sisters, her Rotary Club, her school mates. She was able to say good-bye to her host families and school principal, but not her friends or host Rotary Club.Since August, 2010 Karly lived in Koriyama, Fukushima – 60 km’s away from the Fukushima power plant. So when the earthquake hit we thought at first she would be staying, but it became obvious within a few days the danger from the plant was growing.
Link HERE for the rest of the story at Kevin Hilgers own blog.