Meguro UNESCO Short News No.186-4
Toward Opening a New Head Office
|
A new office, for which the Meguro UNESCO Association has been hoping
for a long time, will soon be opened. A new school policy to open its doors
to communities enables us to use one of the classrooms in Gohongi Elementary
School, courtesy of Meguro-ku. We had an opportunity to check it out on
March 14 when we were kindly guided by Mr. Ishiwata, Chief of the Social
Education Division of the Board of Education and Mr. Mikami, Assistant
Principal of the school.
We found the room, about 60㎡, quite normal with blackboards on the back
and the front walls, and shelves for kids to hang their school bags; all
of which reminded us our school days. We are delighted they have offered
to donate tables, desks and steel shelves, no longer used at school. Because
the room currently houses a library, it will be after the summer vacation
before we can actually use it. We think this is a great step towards improving
our bureau. We are very proud of it.
We need to continue discussing the best way to administer the bureau
from every possible respect, so that we might have a quality start. We
should use lessons learnt in preparations to make it as effective as possible.
For this purpose, not only the Chairperson but also other members need
to cooperate and think together.
We must remember our responsibilities when using the school building,
a public property. It is hoped the place will also be useful for children
to interact and study with each other, thereby utilising the room to benefit
as many as
possible.
▲BULLETIN BOARD▲
■Welcome, new members!
Noriko Akiba, Mihoko Abe, Hideo Iida, Shoko Ishii, Hiroe Obokata, Mitsutaka
Kanaya, Yuko Kanaya, Akiko Kaneko, Naomi Kawagishi, Kazuto Kawabe, Atsuko
Kikuchi, Keishiro Kurokawa, Toshie Takita, Hiromi Takemura, Kyoko Nakamura,
Hirotoshi Maeda, Mitsuyasu Maeda, Hiroaki Miura, Wataru Yamada, Eri Watanabe,
Masami Watanabe
Friendship members: Jonas Gomes da Silva (foreign student from Brazil /Portugal),
Cai Shu An (foreign student from Taiwan); Peter Warren (U.K.); Tim Widerquist,
David Smith, Isaac Leader (U.S.A.); Yayuk Nurul Anggrihi, Yossy Yokori,
Mieke Dewi Mulyani (Indonesia); Wiboonrat Patimaprakorn, Sukraphat Vuttichai,
Karak Paison(Thailand); Agim Reci (Albania); Anne Sofie Sondergaaro (Denmark);
Chen Hong, Yang Hui (China); Kang Young Suk, Jon Chun Hee, Lee In Suk,
Lee Eun Ji, Youn Kyong Suk(Korea); Chatterjee Pritish (India); Albert Calero
Lugo, Kuhn Arjowa Alvaro (Spain); Anastassia S Yurchinko (Belarus); Zhang
Xiu Qin, John Strigas (Australia)
■The 49th General Assembly of Meguro UNESCO Date: May 25 (Sat.) 13:30
- 16:00
Place: Moriya Kyoiku Kaikan
Part 1 - Proceedings (13:30 ～)
1) Reports on Activities and Final Accounts of Fiscal 2001
2) Deliberations on Activity Plans and Budget for Fiscal 2002
Part 2 - Speech: “Latest Circumstances in Nepal” by Yasuo Hirata, Vice
President of the Meguro UNESCO Association (14:45 ～)
Part 3 - Tea Party (15:20 ～ 16:00)
(The young members' meeting is to be held after the assembly.)
■International Exchange Committee
Date: June 27 (Thu.) 10:00
Meeting place: Hachiko (dog statue) Square in front of Shibuya Station
Part 1 - Visit to NHK's Studio Park ( ～12:00)
Admission fee: \150
Part 2 - Walk in the garden of Meiji Shrine (in the afternoon) Entrance
fee: \300
■Youth Activity Committee
Sports Festival in Yoyogi Park
Date: May 19 (Sun.)
Meeting place: Omote-sando Exit of JR Harajuku Station
Meeting time: 13:00 (No charge for participation)
Discussion
Date: June 16 (Sun.) 13:30 ～
Place: Nakameguro Square 5F (Room C, D)
Meeting place & time: Exit of Nakameguro Station (Tokyu Toyoko
Line) 13:00
■The 58th National Convention in Kobe
“UNESCO's Task - Construction of Peace through Education, Science
and Culture”
Dates: May 31 (Fri.) ～ June 2 (Sun.)
Place: Kobe Shinbun Matsukata Hall
■Charity Concert by the Society of Classical Musicians in Meguro City
Date: May 19 (Sun.) 14:30 ～
Place: Meguro Kumin Center (Meguro Citizens’ Center)
Admission: \2,500 (\2,000 for school children and people sixty-five
or over)
Inquiries: Ms. Eguchi (Tel: 3717-5894)
Since 1954, Meguro UNESCO Association, Website:http://www.unesco.or.jp/meguro/
c/o Kato, 2-19-12, Kakinokizaka, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-0022, |