Tuesday, September 25, 2012

postheadericon Progress Report Of The Basic Health Unit, Shamshatu

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Here is the latest report received by ANT-Hiroshima concerning the Basic Health Unit in Shamshatoo, now known as Health Centre Baghbanan.

The project is currently being overseen by the Abaseen Foundation and is co-funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation and Proloka. Its purpose is to provide quality medical treatment to the marginalized people in the target area of Baghbanan.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

postheadericon Peace Seeds Growing In The First Japanese Garden In Siberia

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Seeds from plants that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima have been planted in Siberia, at the Irkutsk State University Botanical Garden.

The seeds of aogiri, camphor, ginko, holly, kurogane and persimmon trees which survied the A-bombing of Hiroshima were gathered in 2011 and sent to Irkutsk State University by Green Legacy Hiroshima and were planted in the spring of 2012.

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

postheadericon One Day In Hiroshima: An Oral History - Now On The IPPNW Website In Memory of Dr Shizuteru Usui

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Dr. Shizuteru Usui
 On May 9th 2012 Dr. Shizuteru Usui, president of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), passed away.

On 6th August 1945 Shizuteru Usui, who was then an eight year old boy, was near his home in Ushita-honmachi, 2.3 kilometers north east of the hypocenter when the a-bomb exploded.

We posted an obituary on our blog.
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Saturday, August 25, 2012

postheadericon Peace Crane Center Launches At Zamboanga City High School, Philippines

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The Peace Crane Center Project is an initiative under the peace education of the organization that provides access to peace education materials and other related resources and serving as a peace hub of students and faculty as well as groups and institutions within Zamboanga City.

The project was conceived after the a group of twenty three young Filipinos attended a Post-War Reconstruction and Peace Building Training of Filipino Youths conference, sponsored by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in Hiroshima in 2011.

The attendees formed an informal support group called "Familia Sumimasen" together with Tomoko Watanabe of ANT-Hiroshima.

Full report here.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

postheadericon Nagasaki Day Commemorated At A School In Assam, India

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Anup Sarmah is the coordinator of the Karuna Trust, a health development charity, visited ANT-Hiroshima in September 2009 while in Japan on a trip organized by the Asian Health Institute Nagoya.

Anup sent us a report about how a school in the Sonitpur district of Assam marked Nagasaki Day this year.





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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

postheadericon Mayor of Hiroshima Reads Peace Declaration In English

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On the evening of August 6th 2012, the 67th anniversary of the atom bombing of Hiroshima, Mayor Kazumi Matsui read the Hiroshima Peace Declaration in English, in Peace Park, just across the river from the Atomic Bomb Dome.

The atom bomb was dropped at 8.15am on 6th August 1945, and the reading of the Peace Declaration timed to commence at 8.15am American Central Time.

Tomoko Watanabe of ANT-Hiroshima introduced the Mayor and thanked him afterwards. The speech was filmed and posted on YouTube and elsewhere to convey Hiroshima's message of peace to the English speaking world.
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Monday, August 6, 2012

postheadericon 6th August 1945: Hiroshima - 11th March 2011: Fukushima

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In March of this year, two French film makers, Frédéric & Tomas, came to Japan to make a "web documentary" in which they listen to Japanese people and try to understand their feelings about nuclear power and nuclear weapons. More.

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What is ANT-Hiroshima?

Asian Network of Trust-Hiroshima, an NGO based in Hiroshima, Japan, draws its inspiration from the experience of the A-bomb survivors who, together with international support, worked to rebuild their shattered city in a spirit of peace and reconciliation. In a similar spirit, ANT-Hiroshima is involved in a range of relief, reconstruction, and peace-building projects in a number of countries, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

ANT-Hiroshima’s work is rooted in the twin missions of providing material, as well as emotional, support to the people we serve. We bring a human touch to the provision of emergency relief in areas devastated by natural disaster or human conflict. Operating on a small scale at the local level, we share a spirit of warmth and compassion along with such immediate material needs as food, clothing, water, shelter, and medical supplies and services.

In Japan, too, our work is inspired by the spirit of Hiroshima in our efforts to motivate the next generation of Japanese to view the world with compassionate eyes. Through programs in education, we strive to stimulate the awareness and action of young people towards both the material and emotional needs of their local communities as well as the international community.

Tomoko Watanabe,
Founder and Executive Director,
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