AN EVENT to raise money for Japanese natural disaster victims will be held this weekend (Saturday, March 8).
Visitors to Durham City’s Saturday market will be invited to write a goodwill message and fold it into an origami crane, in return for a donation.
The creations will be sent to areas of Japan still recovering from April 2011’s Tokohu earthquake and tsunami, which claimed the lives of nearly 16,000 people.
The most impressive crane will win a £10 voucher to spend in the Market Hall.
Various goods will also be on sale, with proceeds going to Japan.
Organisers from Durham University’s Anglo-Japanese Society hope to raise £500.
Manfred Yu, the society’s president, said: “The crane bird is a symbol of luck and good health in Japan.
“We want to use the cranes to tell those still suffering that they are not forgotten.”
The market begins at 9am.
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