Peace Boat Disaster Relief Volunteer Center (PBV) would like to announce the launch of the Fukushima Youth Ambassadors: Spring 2014 Programme.<\/strong><\/p>\n The programme will be organized in partnership with Fukushima-based nonprofit \u201cMinamisoma Kodomo no Tsubasa\u201d. Twelve junior high school students from Fukushima will be visiting Singapore, a nation celebrated for its multicultural heritage, and Sri Lanka, a country steeped in history that is home to a diverse range of religions, ethnicities and languages.<\/strong><\/p>\n Students will learn and experience first-hand the importance of embracing diversity in multicultural societies and will explore how humans can learn to co-exist peacefully despite our differences.<\/p>\n In Sri Lanka, Peace Boat is scheduled to hold an exchange between the Fukushima Youth Ambassadors and survivors of the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, fostering a sense of solidarity between disaster-affected communities across borders and forging new friendships for the future.<\/p>\n The students will be onboard Peace Boat\u2019s 83rd<\/sup> Global Voyage for Peace between Singapore and Sri Lanka, where they will study English and communication skills with a range of specialized Guest Educators. Their time onboard will also allow ample opportunity to meet and build friendships with the hundreds of passengers, staff and crew.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [Project Period]<\/strong> March 21<\/span>st<\/sup> 2014 \u2013 April 1<\/span>st<\/sup> 2014<\/span><\/p>\n [Participants]<\/strong> 12 Junior High School Students from Minamisoma City<\/p>\n [Schedule]<\/strong><\/p>\n March 21st<\/sup> \u2013 Depart Minamisoma, Fly to Singapore<\/p>\n March 22nd<\/sup> \u2013 Singapore Sightseeing\/Exchange Programme<\/p>\n March 23rd<\/sup> to March 28th<\/sup> \u2013 Onboard Peace Boat\u2019s 83rd<\/sup> Global Voyage for Peace<\/p>\n March 29th<\/sup> to March 30th<\/sup> \u2013 Colombo (Sri Lanka) Sightseeing\/Exchange Programme<\/p>\n March 31st<\/sup> \u2013 Depart Colombo, Fly to Japan<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Calling for donations to support the \u201cFukushima Youth Ambassadors: Spring 2014\u201d programme –<\/strong><\/p>\n Within Japan<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Peace Boat and Peace Boat Disaster Relief Volunteer Center (PBV) would like to announce the launch of the Fukushima Youth Ambassadors: Spring 2014 Programme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[230],"class_list":["post-4396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-tohoku"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbv.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbv.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbv.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbv.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbv.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pbv.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5212,"href":"https:\/\/pbv.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4396\/revisions\/5212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbv.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbv.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbv.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbv.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/pbv.or.jp\/wp_en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Fukushima.jpg\" "\\"Fukushima"){kind=spacer}
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