No.212ー4

BULLETIN BOARD

■Meguro UNESCO’s New Year’s Party !!!

Why not come to our New Year’s party with a rich international flavor? You will enjoy delicious food prepared by fellow members from various countries, Indonesian dances, music, etc. It will be a good chance to promote mutual friendship among members.

Join us with your family and friends!

Date:  Jan. 22, Sat. (12:30 - 14:30)
Place:  St. Paul’s Church, 2F (next to Moriya Kyoiku Kaikan)
Fee:  \500, or a dish of food
For application:  Fill out an application form and send it to Meguro UNESCO by fax (Fax:03-5725-6160), or call Meguro UNESCO office (Tel: 03-5725-6150) between 13:00 - 16:00, Mon. to Fri.
Inquiries:   Y. Katsuoka   Y. Nakajima

■ UNESCO Japanese Language Classes  (Winter Term, 2005)

Beginners- Advanced       (No classes on public holidays)

Place:  Moriya Kyoiku Kaikan (2-20-17 Gohongi)
Eligibility:  Foreigners, 16 years of age and over

Instructors: Members of Meguro UNESCO (Japanese language instructors)
Fees for Meguro UNESCO friendship members:  [membership] \1,000/year,  [tuition] (1) \6,600, (2) \3,300, (3) \3,300,  [others] cost of textbooks, \1,000 joining fee for new members.
Fees for non-members:  [tuition] (1) \7,300, (2) \4,000, (3) \4,000, [others] cost of textbooks
For Application:  K. Shibutani        C. Hotta

■Campaign for Miswritten Postcard Contributions

We are collecting unused postcards, miswritten or too old to use, in order to fund the Terakoya projects in India, Nepal, Cambodia, Afghanistan, and other countries. Our contributions will help offer ‘places of learning’ to children with no access to school or adults suffering from illiteracy.

The campaign will start on Jan. 20, running through Feb. 20, 2005. We’d like your kind cooperation.

Inquiries:  Meguro UNESCO Office

■ 17th Meguro City International Exchange Forum

Introduction to Japanese Culture ? “UNESCO Noh Theater”

Date:  Feb. 12, Sat. (13:30 - )
Place:  14th Kita Roppeita Kinen Nohgakudo (4-6-9 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku; 7 minutes’ walk from Meguro Station)Program:  
(1) Introduction to Noh costume by Keiichiro Kaneko (Interpretation by Mark Oshima)
(2) Noh dance: “Funa Benkei” (Performed by Akio Shiotsu)
(3) Noh: “Kiyotsune” (Performed by Takehito Tomoeda, and others)
Admission Fee:  \800

For Application:  Write “Noh Theater”, your name, address, phone number, and the number of tickets you need on a postcard or fax sheet and send it to Meguro UNESCO. The first 400 persons (priority given to foreigners and Meguro citizens) will be accepted.

 Welcome New Members!!

Regular Members: Tomoko Ogura

Friendship Members: Rondney Nielsen (Australia); Pavlukas Yan (Russia); Wiseberg Erika (U.S.A); Kim Hyo Jin, Choi In Sook (Korea); Kwanchanok Suwanrangsi, Laksana Phanmuengmoon, Urai Orean, Phiphat Thanaporn, Piyawan Le Masurier (Thailand); Maisarah Mokhtar, Nur Shazwanies Byerashid (Malaysia); Sassolas Olivier (France); Ulya Zulmadjdi (Indonesia); Yan Hua (China); Bonkoungon Leonie (Burkina Faso); Namita Sethi (India); Jaime Alvarez (Mexico)

On Oct. 23, Meguro UNESCO Association has put an end to its glorious history of 50 years as a voluntary organization, and gathered to celebrate its new start as the “Incorporated NPO Meguro UNESCO Association” (legally established on Oct. 1). v We had only celebrated our 50th anniversary earlier on Oct. 2, and next came this inaugural meeting. President Kato proclaimed a “new beginning”, which had great signi- ficance in the history of Meguro UNESCO. Now that we have incorporated our association, our next step is to become qualified as an authorized NPO, so that our private and corporate donors may be tax-exempted. Our activities in the next two years will serve as a test for our qualification. v In our future activities, we have the responsibility to bring all young energy and dynamism into play. v The society and many concerning agencies have backed us up in making our decision to incorporate the association, and so we must not let them down. v Our newsletter clearly shows the extensiveness and the vitality in our activities.With such young energy and dynamism, ‘the next 50 years’, as President Kato puts it, is full of promises. v As a specified non-profit organization, Meguro UNESCO Association is yet at dawn, but the outlook for the future is looking bright.                                                 (S. Kannari)

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