International contributions can be done JICA staff lectureship

Oita Godo Newspaper 28th March, morning edition

Nakatsu's Ichimoto city, Matanigawa high school (Yamamoto Isshuu principal and 123 people), attended a lecture of Mr. Tsubaki Daisuke, a JICA staff member of a youth overseas cooperation, sharing this experience with Ms. Kawazaki Michiko the participant from Oita prefecture to help catering a lecture as her duty.  This school in order to build a link of educational route, therefore it is important to learn the way of professional who has passed this road before, then it was created as a lecture, continuing about the way of life learning lecture. Due to there are lots of students who are interested in working in an international stage, therefore, there is the 1^st year teacher, as a person in charge of this event, Ogawa Kunio who has been abroad to Seria for the youth section training with Mr. Tsubaki entrusted students and present with him together in this event. Firstly, the 2^nd year students around 76 students have attended the lecture, Ms. Kawazaki told all the story and overseas experience in Japanese language for example, Vanuatu, the story from Oceania, the place that Mr. Tsubaki was in the middle of south America; Ecuador, to have a cultural exchange by being a baseball coach over there.

The talking of one personal experience became more and more exciting for the children. And also make some quizzes and get the answers from the students, for example, 'why do you want to be a group members overseas cooperation?' the answer from two students are 'I want to widen my vision', or 'It is not only one's matter but it's everyone's to have a better understanding about culture, from the first time of comparison today I've known this matter', then Mr. Tsubaki said in the last that 'If you have a strength, whoever also can be a staff member cooperation, and I think everyone here can be...'.

Comment: It is to be admired that here in Japan there are lots of JICA staff members who work for different matters such as culture, education, environment and so on. And they know how to support the people especially small kids to have the ability of thinkable and hold the same goal with them. The lecture's content sounds like an open talk from adult to their kids, the story of adventure but also can do some good things for social. In my university there are lots of these kinds of lectures not only from JICA but also UN, WWF, ILO and so on, which I'll always be there in the class room to listen some good experiences from all around the world.

PUNTHUCHAT Siripun

Thailand

APS3, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University