Announcer Kusaka (left) and Mr. Nadim
The beautiful woman I would like to introduce this time is Tamiko Nadim, who runs two day service offices for the elderly and children with disabilities in a family including a Pakistani husband.
Born in Kita-ku, Tokyo. Tamiko, who has been exercising in junior high school and high school in rhythmic gymnastics and dance, often gets injured in her club activities, and she goes to chiropractic every time.
I was scouted by a manipulative teacher saying, “You have a good body. You can earn money if you go this way.” So I went to a vocational school and got a qualification as a Judo rehabilitation teacher in 1994. After she graduated, she had four years of internship in an orthopedic rehabilitation room at an osteopathic clinic and a large hospital.
At that hospital, Tamiko will meet her destiny. In the mid-1990s, many workers came to Japan from overseas, and foreign patients sometimes came to the rehabilitation room. One day, a Pakistani man who accompanied her as an interpreter for a patient who had her finger amputated later became Tamiko’s husband.
“Because my visa expires, he returned to Pakistan and said,’If your feelings haven’t changed, why don’t you come?’
Since it was a completely unknown country, I left a will to my mother before leaving. It was a bet because I didn’t know if he would come to pick me up even if I flew to the site.
Born as the eldest son of a wealthy family in Pakistan, he had a wife from the beginning. It took him two and a half years to successfully break his engagement so that it wouldn’t affect him in the future. Until then, he lived elsewhere and his younger brother acted as a bodyguard. “
It was worth the wait for two and a half years, and the two who had a traditional Pakistani wedding safely continued to live back and forth between the two countries for a while.
In Pakistan
However, because I felt many differences in values that Tamiko could not accept, such as the national system that makes the difference between rich and poor, and the customs of men and women, I returned to Japan with my eldest son, who was two years old.
“I thought it wouldn’t be good for my child’s education as it is, but Islam is difficult to divorce, and I was supposed to take custody by the pre-marriage arrangement, so I divorced until my child was 20 years old. I decided not to do it. “
After returning to Japan in 2000, he opened a Pakistani curry shop in Nerima. Soon after, I was invited by a qualified Judo rehabilitation manager to start working at the Osteopathic Institute again. After that, she qualified as a care manager and became independent.
In November 2015, the after-school day service office “Poshall” was established. In French, it means “what I said will come true”. The facility also has a “Grandma Osteopathic Institute”.
What are the differences between Japan and Pakistan in terms of medical and long-term care systems?
“There is no medical or long-term care insurance in Pakistan. However, as in good old Japan, family ties are strong, and elderly people are watched over and supported by their families. Among the things I have seen, care for dementia and long-term care. No one was receiving it. “
Seeing her mother’s success, her eldest son, who turned 23, opened the day service office “Pejar” (everyone’s dear person in Urdu) and started studying and supporting physical education for children with disabilities. I did.
“In Pakistan, children with disabilities usually go to school and get married after they grow up. After-school day service children will be able to see their charm in the future. I came to think that
Surprisingly, her husband, who had been away for a while, was inspired by Tamiko’s efforts and took a nursing care course in Japan, and now she is working together as a staff member. Her husband, who was so wealthy that she didn’t have to work in her home country, finally started helping Tamiko.
“It seems that we, who work hard even if we are busy and have a fulfilling life, seemed happy (laughs). I think we may have noticed the joy of being grateful for our work.”
What a happy ending that the seemingly reckless escape of love has such a wonderful ending!
“Pakistan has a big gap between rich and poor, and when you step outside, children around the age of five collect garbage that could be money without shoes. But their eyes are powerful and often. I’m laughing.
Literacy rate is 50% or less. Still, it is full of vitality to live. From my experience of staying in Pakistan, I have come to accept anyone, regardless of status, title, annual income, etc. “
Tamiko is setting up a place for people in need of support one after another. She is considering establishing a small nursery center for working women and a facility to protect abused children. We pray for Tamiko’s continued success.
■ Three things to make your thoughts come true
(1) Say “Tomorrow will be better. Never give up” every night before going to bed.
(2) I will not regret even if I reflect on it
(3) Thank you for everything
● Chiho Kusaka
Born in Tokyo in 1968. In 1991, she joined TV Asahi. As an announcer, she is in charge of all genres of programs, from news reports to variety shows, such as “ANN News,” “OH! El Club,” and “Kuniko ga Touch.” She left the company in 1997, and she is active as a freelance announcer as well as a training instructor at companies and universities.She is in charge of foreign passenger English hospitality training at the Tokyo Taxi Center, and she also offers her personalized courses at supercareer.jp.
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