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The Origin / Outline of JUNKO Association / JUNKO's history / Schedule of Our Activities


■ The Origin



Junko Takahashi
"For underprivileged children in the world..." JUNKO Association was organized by a woman's hope.
Takahashi Junko,who was a junior in college,was studying about an economic development in Southeast Asia in her seminar. She took a trip to Vietnam in summer, and felt local people's kindness. Then she faced to poverty of developing country, and went home feeling that she'd like to help underprivileged children in Vietnam. When she wrote a paper about that experience and just about to think of second trip to Vietnam, she was in traffic accident and passed away. It was December. Her parents offered her reserve fund and koden (monetary offerings to the departed soul) for her wish. In order to be left her wish in Vietnam for a long time, and for children's smile in Vietnam, in September 1995 an elementary school was rebuilt nicely in Dien phuoc Village in the Province of Quan Nam which is near the central city, Da Nang, by the fund and money which JUNKO Association started by fellows of Ebashi seminar collected. The village named this school "JUNKO SCHOOL" showing their gratitude.
JUNKO Association, which reaches the 10th anniversary in 2005, became NGO(Non Government Organization)associating with Vietnam and Myanmar, and it'll be more active from now on.










■ Outline of JUNKO Association

Our principles   "For all Children who has little chance"
"The place where we students take action"
Date of Establishment   February in 1995
Organizational structure   Non-Government Group (NGO)
The numbers of Member   109 members (January in 2007)
( 59 alumni and alumna, and 50 undergraduate students )
The executives   Head of the Organization: Fumihiro Okubo
Vice representative: Yuka Hida
Vietnam Project leader: Syoko Takayama
Myanmar Project leader: Ayami Saito
Business Project leader: Masahiro Kishi
Accountant leader: Yukari Honda
Event leader: Syoichi Takahata
General manager leader: Akina Sugano
Publicist leader: Kyoko Miyashita
Adviser   Masahiko Ebashi (Professor of Meiji Gakuin University)







■ Schedule of Our Activities in 2005

Month  
Activities
April   ・Open meeting for report of spring visit
May   ・Spring camp
・Exhibition of Children's Pictures
・Charity Concert "ASIAN HEAL JAM"
June   ・School festival at Totsuka campus
・Open meeting
August   ・Summer camp
September   ・Summer Visit to Vietnam and Myanmar
October   ・Open meeting for report of summer visit
・International Cooperation Festival
November   ・School festival at Shirokane campus
・Open meeting for alternation of the executive
December   ・Open meeting
January   ・Winter camp
February   ・Spring Visit to Vietnam and Myanmar

Regular activities→Wednesday in the afternoon at Totsuka Campus #8