Meguro UNESCO Short News　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　
■　 Invitation to New Year's Party

Meguro UNESCO will have a New Year's party on January 18, 2003.　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: Jan. 18 (Sat.) 12:00 - 14:00

Place: St. Paul's Church 2F (next to Moriya Kyoiku Kaikan) Fee: \500 or a dish of food

Application: Fax to 03-5725-6160

Inquiries: F. Miyazaki (Tel/Fax: 03-3701-3783)

■ Learning Japanese: 30 Hours for Beginners

Term: Jan. 7 - Feb. 27, 2003 (15 lessons)

Date: Every Tuesday and Thursday (10:00 - 12:00)

Place: Moriya Kyoiku Kaikan (2-20-17, Gohongi)

Instructors: Members of Meguro UNESCO trained in teaching Japanese

Eligibility: Foreign residents 16 and over, who are studying Japanese for the first time

Quota: 30 persons (chosen by lottery)

Cost: \2,500

To apply: Please write “Learning Japanese: 30 Hours for Beginners” with your name, address, phone number on a postcard or fax sheet and send it to Meguro UNESCO by Dec. 21 (Sat.), 2002.　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

2-24-3 Gohongi, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0053

(FAX: 03-5725-6160)

Inquiries: S. Kiriyama (Tel/Fax: 03-3717-0339)　　　　　 S. Yokoyama (Tel: 03-3724-9208)

■ 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.　The 8^th campaign will start on Jan. 20 and run through Feb. 20, 2003.　The refund from one unused postcard is worth, for example, one notebook, three pencils and one eraser in India, or three ballpoints in Vietnam.　We'd like your kind cooperation.

Inquiries: J. Ashida (03-3307-3345)

■ The 31^st UNESCO Charity Concert

“Piano Recital by Maki SEKIYA”

Date: Mar. 8 (Sat.) 18:00〜

Place: Meguro Persimmon Hall

Tickets: \2,000 for adults (\2,500 for a ticket sold on the day of the performance); \1,000 for students; \500 for school children & junior high students

Program: Schubert, Ravel, Stranvinsky, etc

■ UNESCO Lecture

“Afghanistan Today - the Present Situation of Educational Support”

Speaker: Masanori Nagaoka from NFUAJ

Date: Dec. 2 (Mon.) 18:30 〜 20:30

Place: Meguro Persimmon Hall (Small Hall)

Admission: Free

■ Film Show　“Haiti, coeur battant” (Caribbean Heartbeat)

With the hope that children in Haiti can be granted basic rights to receive “education”, “medical care”, and “at least one meal a day”, Marcel Duret, the ambassador of the Republic of Haiti to Japan, the Haitian Embassy, and others have made this film to introduce Haitian traditional music and culture.　We hope the film will give you an opportunity to find “the charm and the present state of Haiti”　　

Date: Dec. 14 (Sat.) 10:30 〜 11:50

Place: Meguro Persimmon Hall (Small Hall)

Admission: Free

Application: Fax your name, phone number, and the number of seats you need to 03-5725-6160. (No complimentary tickets are to be sent to you.　Just come to the hall on the day of the show)

■ Meguro City International Exchange Forum

“Bunraku Theater” (Japanese Classical Puppet Play)　-with English introduction and interpretation -

Date: Feb. 24 (Mon.) 18:30 〜

Place: Meguro Persimmon Hall (Small Hall / 200seats)

Admission: Free - foreigners and Meguro citizens are given priority

Further details including how to apply will be given in the next issue.

■ Welcome, new members!

KUMIKO KAGAWA　

Friendship members SUTHARAT (Thailand),

RUPARI. M. SHANDILYA, S. LAKSHMI SHARMA (India), BAE HAE JUNG (Korea), LE TRAN THI MONG THU　(Vietnam), VELUNA P.DE VERA (the Philippines), RUCSANDRA AOYAMA (Romania), MWENDA. B. RAPHHAEL (the Congo), ZHAO JING (China)