Apr 2007 Newsletter: Yumi's Monthly Note
The Japan/Korea Pangaea Web-Cam Activity was held at Mie University,
Media Hall, located in Tsu-city, Mie prefecture on March 10th.Tsu-city is our newest location started in January this year.
I have always taken the directing role for the previous web-cam activity events. This time, I was to be the MC leading the whole event and I was bit nervous. Despite my worries, the event went very well after all. I must thank Heeryon of Kyoto University who has always provided her support for the previous events as well as the volunteer staff from Kyoto who has helped us on the technical side. Thanks to the volunteers including 3 non-Japanese volunteers who works at Tsu City as English teachers, and students of Mie-University as well as the office workers of a Japanese IT venture, our branch in Tsu-city has a very pleasant environment for the participants. Despite the fact that we had some guests from the TV station, news reporters and the officials who head the boards of education at the event, I was able to concentrate on working on the site and the participants were also able to enjoy themselves at the activity.
We have dues to submit the reports for various grants we have
been receiving this month. It is also the time to set out our
actual plans for the next term. There has been a major change
in the budget planning for the 'Kodomo no Ibasho Zukuri' project
lead by MEXT (the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science
and Technology) that is, the grantee needs to hold the activities
more than 250 days per year. For us, who hold the activity on
once-a-month bases, it is now quite difficult to follow the new
rule and we will need to somehow change how we continue to hold
our activities. We will do our best to keep it up. For those
of you who have received this letter and would be interested
in supporting us by becoming the Pangaea members, please contact
us through our homepage site which has been renewed recently.
I have business trips to Seoul and Nairobi in April. On my way to Nairobi, Kenya, I will stop by Dubai. It is the time for us to look for the possibility of establishing our overseas branch in the Muslim world. We will also launch fund raising in UK in the spring in order to open up the branch there in the summer. It is like the small bud is now gradually swelling. We will put all our hearts in our mission and keep us going.
Before finishing up this letter, I would like to comment that Andu, who is the volunteering facilitator on Tokyo site, joined us to the simultaneous activity event in Tsu-city, Mie prefecture. Rieppi, who has been helping us as a volunteer since the very early stage of our activity will be going to Seoul as a researcher. Tsubasa and Ricchan who have just graduated from junior high school will join us as new volunteering facilitators starting this May. The circle of Pangaea is growing. Eda-chan, who helps us creating our website says 'Pangaea is challenging to let the children, who cannot physically meet with each other, hold their hands in the heart.'
'Let the children hold their hands in the heart'..
such a beautiful remark
Yumiko Mori
I have business trips to Seoul and Nairobi in April. On my way to Nairobi, Kenya, I will stop by Dubai. It is the time for us to look for the possibility of establishing our overseas branch in the Muslim world. We will also launch fund raising in UK in the spring in order to open up the branch there in the summer. It is like the small bud is now gradually swelling. We will put all our hearts in our mission and keep us going.
Before finishing up this letter, I would like to comment that Andu, who is the volunteering facilitator on Tokyo site, joined us to the simultaneous activity event in Tsu-city, Mie prefecture. Rieppi, who has been helping us as a volunteer since the very early stage of our activity will be going to Seoul as a researcher. Tsubasa and Ricchan who have just graduated from junior high school will join us as new volunteering facilitators starting this May. The circle of Pangaea is growing. Eda-chan, who helps us creating our website says 'Pangaea is challenging to let the children, who cannot physically meet with each other, hold their hands in the heart.'
'Let the children hold their hands in the heart'..
such a beautiful remark
Yumiko Mori
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