Meguro UNESCO Short News　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 No.182
■Invitation to New Year’s Party
　Meguro UNESCO will have a New Year’s party on January 12, 2002.　Some　 members are going to prepare food for the party. Let’s enjoy eating, talking, singing, playing games, etc.　Please join us with your family and friends.　
Date: January 12 (Sat.) 12:00 - 14:00
Place: St. Paul’s Church 2F
　　　(next to Moriya Kyoiku Kaikan)
Inquiries & Application:
　　　F. Miyazaki 　(Tel/Fax: 03-3701-3783)
　　　T. Hashimoto (Tel/Fax: 03-3719-4900)

■Learning Japanese: 30 Hours for Beginners
Term: January 8 - February 26 (15 lessons)
Date: Every Tuesday and Thursday
Time: 10:00 - 12:00.
Place: Moriya Kyoiku Kaikan (2-20-17 Gohongi)
Eligibility: Foreign residents 16 and over, who live, work, or go to school in Meguro-ku, who are studying Japanese for the first time
Quota: 30 persons (Chosen by lottery)
To apply: Please write “Learning Japanese: 30 Hours for Beginners”, your name, address, and phone number on a postcard or fax and send it to Meguro UNESCO by Dec. 22 (Sat.), 2001.　If you’d like your children aged 2 or above looked after, you should also write the name, sex, and age of your children.
　　　Meguro UNESCO Association
　　　 2-19-12 Kakinokizaka, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 　　　　　152-0022　 Fax: 3717-3941
Inquiries: S. Kiriyama (Tel/Fax: 3717-0339)
　　　　S. Yokoyama (Tel: 3724-9208)
　
■UNESCO Japanese Language Classes (Winter Term, 2002)
(1)10:00 - 11:45 Tue. & Thu. (Jan. 8 - Mar. 19)
(2)10:00 - 11:45 Sat. (Jan. 12 - Mar. 23)
(3)18:30 - 20:15 Tue. (Jan. 8 - Mar. 19)
(No classes on public holidays.)
Grade: Beginner’s - Advanced
　　　 “KANJI” class is also available. (Sat.)
Eligibility: Foreign residents 16 and over who live, work, 　　　　or go to school in Meguro-ku
Instructors: Members of Meguro UNESCO (Japanese 　　　　　language instructors)
Cost: \1,000 for enrollment in Meguro UNESCO
　　 \1,000 as an annual membership fee
　　 Tuition - \6,300 for Class (1), \3,300 for Class (2), 　　　\3,300 for Class (3)
　　 Others - Cost of textbooks
Inquiries & Application: S. Yokoyama (Tel: 3724-9208)
　　　　　　　　　　S. Kiriyama (Tel/Fax: 3717-0339)　

■Campaign for Unused Postcard Contributions
We are collecting unused postcards that are miswritten or too old to use as well as unused telephone cards all through the year in order to fund the Terakoya projects in India, Nepal, Cambodia and some other countries.　A miswritten fifty-yen postcard is equivalent to a contribution of forty-five yen.　The 7th Campaign will start on Jan. 15 and run through Feb. 15, 2002.　The refund from one unused postcard is worth, for example, one notebook, three pencils and one eraser in India, three ballpoints in Vietnam.　We’d like your kind cooperation.
Inquiries: J. Ashida (3307-3345)
　
■14th Meguro City International Exchange Forum
(Introduction to Japanese Culture)
Enjoy Noh Theater -　“Hagoromo” (The Robe of 　　　　　Feathers) by Zeami
Performers: SHIOTSU Akio, as Shite,chief character, 　　　　and others
English Interpretation: Mark Oshima
Lecture: Noh costumes - demonstration and explanation
Date & Time: Feb. 23, 2002 (Sat.), 14:00 - 16:30
Place: The 14th Kita Roppeita Kinen Nohgakudo (4-6-9 　　　　Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku)
Admission: Free - 200 foreigners and 200 Japanese will 　　　be invited.
To apply for invitation tickets: Write “”Noh Theater”, your name, address, phone number, and the number of tickets you need on a postcard or fax and send it to Meguro UNESCO.
　Meguro UNESCO Association c/o Ms. Kato
　2-19-12 Kakinokizaka, Meguro-ku 152-0022
　FAX: 03-3717-3941
English Inquiries: 03-3792-2113
　
■Campaign Still Going On!
“We Are Collecting Contributions to Support Afghan Refugees”
Please pay into Meguro UNESCO's account either at a post office or at a bank
Postal Transfer: 00190-8-187774
Bank remittance: 20152 (Ordinary account at Yutenji 　　　Branch, Fuji Bank)
THANKS to Sachiko Ejiri, Michiko Miyamoto, the members of Re-challenge English Class (Wed. morning), the members of Friday English Class for their contributions, and to the people who made donations at the venue of our Peace Concert. The total amounted to \50,499 as of Nov. 12.
(Report) We sent \118,922, the net profit of the Peace Concert, to “Urgent Collection of Contributions to Support Afghan Refugees” of NFUAJ.
　
■Welcome, new members!
Sakiko Makino, Yoko Abe, Toshiko Arai, Kyoko Otsuka, Michiko Oubuchi, Ruri Kosugi, Masatoshi Seno, Emiko Suenaga, Misumi Tanaka, Yoshiko Matsuzaki, Eiko Miyoshi, Yoshimura Sachiyo, Hama midori, Itoo Yumiko
Friendship members- Adriana Shiratori do Amaral/ Brazil, Dexter Alcafaras/the Philippines, Bethrio C Miyazaki/the Philippines, Reiko Okada/Taiwan, Tami Ogura/Canada, Lai Ping Man/U.K., Angkana Wada/ Thailand