April 2010 Newsletter: Yumi's Monthly Note
Hello, everyone!A series of facilitator training sessions were held here, in Kyoto, this month. We had about 22 new facilitators from various universities in Kyoto attend. Also, we had a woman from Guam visit Kyoto hoping to become an intern at Pangaea HQ. She will be coming to Japan to study Japanese in April while she interns with us. It is nice to see someone so full of enthusiasm joining our team.
Mapo Youth Culture Center, in Seoul, will kick off their Pangaea program in mid-April. Toshi and I will
go there for the opening ceremony and kick-off the
activity. Thanks to Sophia, who believed that the program is good and spent
time promoting Pangaea in Korea, we will be getting started there soon.
"Language Grid Toolbox", the Language Grid spin-off project, had a Press gathering at 'COCON KARASUMA', in the beginning of this month. We presented our project, utilizing "Toolbox" and facilitator training. There were two TV stations and many newspaper companies that attended. The Langrid project is truly amazing, as it almost completed the fourth year of research and development at NICT, operated by Kyoto University. Things are now ready to unfold, and we see great possibilities in our activities by utilizing this system. I think they are an example of Peace Engineering, too.
The February Webcam activity between UNIMAS, Malaysia and Mie University, was on the Sunday newspaper in Malaysia, and NHK broadcast it in Japan. The Borneo Post has written us up in their article, "Giving Peace a Chance". The word is spreading.
I introduce Mr. Daijiro Homma, the president of HONEST CO.,LTD. as the Pangaea Ring Writer for this month. He mentions importance to connect people via Pangaea by referring to his childhood experiences.
Yumi
"Language Grid Toolbox", the Language Grid spin-off project, had a Press gathering at 'COCON KARASUMA', in the beginning of this month. We presented our project, utilizing "Toolbox" and facilitator training. There were two TV stations and many newspaper companies that attended. The Langrid project is truly amazing, as it almost completed the fourth year of research and development at NICT, operated by Kyoto University. Things are now ready to unfold, and we see great possibilities in our activities by utilizing this system. I think they are an example of Peace Engineering, too.
The February Webcam activity between UNIMAS, Malaysia and Mie University, was on the Sunday newspaper in Malaysia, and NHK broadcast it in Japan. The Borneo Post has written us up in their article, "Giving Peace a Chance". The word is spreading.
I introduce Mr. Daijiro Homma, the president of HONEST CO.,LTD. as the Pangaea Ring Writer for this month. He mentions importance to connect people via Pangaea by referring to his childhood experiences.
Yumi
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