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-　Maehara Project Group #１９　-

Our group name is World Boys. From left Suusan, Ryou and Tanachu. Our hobby is Suusan’s is fishing, Ryou’s is baseball and Tanachu’s is computer. And our favorite subject is Suusan’s is athletics, Ryu’s is computer and Tanachu’s is Japanese. I introduce my school. My school is Koganei Municipal Maehara Elementary School. My school is under reconstruction now, so we have a little space for baseball and soccer and other activities. Computer room was built recently. My school is very beautiful, like old Japanese school. Many trees are in garden, cherry,willow and etc. My school is rich in nature.  　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(Ryou) I introduce my cats. Black and white one is Yooda. This name is from Star Wars. He looks like Yooda of the movie. and gray and white one is Gizumo. This name from Gremlin. He is cute like Gizumo of the movie.　Yooda often go into bed and licking me. Gizumo often fawn my  face. When I play video game it interrupt me. Tow cats come in 20 minutes in lunchtime. I want to see your country’s pets. Please show me a picture. And Gizumo take my toys away. Toys are mouse-like and cat-shaped. My cats are very cute. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 (Tanachu) I introduce Nogawa river. This river is near my school. Many creatures are in Nogawa. I can see different creature by seasons. I sometimes go fishing in this river. I can chatch crucian carp, Kuchiboso and little carp and others. We can play with water in this river. It is really nice place. Do you have similar place in your country? Pleasetell  me.　　　　　　　　　 (Suusan) Dear Students, Guardians and Teachers of Koganei Maehara Elementary School, We at VFJ/ALIESC have embarked upon a rather ambitious second-phase project this fall involving schools from Russian Far East and China's Inner Mongolia in addition to the United States, Japan and Nepal which have schools already participating in on-going programs, We would like you to know that this is the beginning of our plan of building a network that covers the entire Asia-Pacific region with an aim to bringing the children and youth of all countries of this region into direct and interactive contact at our web site called "Bridges Among Cultures." The primary purpose of all this is to provide the participants with an ever-expanding possibility of getting to know each other in an intimate and personal way using the best of the IT technologies, including satellite communication service for remote communities so that together they can share the rich diversity of Asia-Pacific national and regional cultures as their common heritage. Perhaps the most important among the various advantages of this program lies in the fact that such an interactive exchange started in early ages is bound to give birth to new types of lifelong friendship as a personal learning process bound to continue for one's  lifetime. First begining with digital and graphic participation, the children and youth of Asia-Pacific region will, as they become young adults, find ways and means of visiting each other’s countries, on business or ecotours perhaps, to meet each other and confirm their long-standing “digital” friendship for real. What else will be more effective in nurturing a lasting international understanding and a new spirit of cooperation based upon mutual trust among the youth during the first decades of the 21st century? December 9,  2002 Yutaka Okamoto Chairman Organizing Committee Assocation for Lifelong International Education Starting from Childhood (ALIESC) For more information and questions, please contact  International Exchange Secretriat