Members

INFORMATION OF THE ORGANISATION
	NAME: Meguro UNESCO ASSOCIATION
	POSTAL ADDRESS: Kakinokizaka 2-19-12, Meguro-ku
	CITY: Tokyo P.O. BOX: 152-0022	COUNTRY: Japan
	TELEPHONE NUMBER: 81-3-3717-3931	FAX: 81-3-3717-3941
	E-MAIL: unesco@lead3.com	WEB: www.unesco.or.jp/meguro/index.html
	RESPONSIBLE / CONTACT PERSON: Hiroshi Toyama or Reiko Katou

The Organisation

Meugro UNESCO Association has been established since 51 years before. We are the biggest UNESCO Association in Japan. Here is brief information about Association below.

Purpose: 1, to advocate UNESCO movement to general people.
2, to spread spirit of UNESCO Charter widely in a society.

Size of Organization: Total amount of membership: 726 persons (176 are foreigners)
Student membership: 75 persons (number of foreigners are unknown.)

Frequency of Activity: Over 900 times in a year ( this number doesn't include number of board of director.

Annual Budget: U.S. $109, 569 (U.S. $1=120 yen)

Contents of activities

Language class: English, France, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, and Hangul. Class for international understanding.

Exchange activity: Participation Anniversary, Introduction of Japanese Culture, New year party

UNESCO school: Japanese class for Chinese Japanese junior high student

International Support: Bazar, World Terakoya Movement, Recovery of pre-stamped misused post cards

Scholarship program: scholarship for Thailand and Sri Lanka. Scholarship for exchange student in Japan.

Public Information: Publishing organ paper for member of Meguro UNESCO Association. Building HP(http://unesco.or.jp/meguro)

Youth group: 3 days summer camp, study, exchange program, party, joining other association of UNESCO activity, sports, culture visiting

PRINCIPAL PROJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION

In Youth group, we focus on serving opportunity to share the time with many nationalities for Japanese and exchange students. We have one exchange program once in a month at least which is usually decided on meeting by Youth staff. It doesn't necessarily follow that program always concern about UNESCO. We take that exchange program with different people (culture, nationality, religion, and everything) make new friendship and it will help to have international understanding and international corporation. Our activity always include foreigners and spend a time together. According to this concept, we have many approaches to help UNESCO activity such as, visiting historical place, having sports, watching fire works, having a camp for 3 days, setting up a party. We always take time more or less 30 min and explain about UNESCO spirits and our activities to participants. For Youth group, retreat which is camp for 3 days in public facility in country side is biggest program. We start preparing for retreat since mid of April and have meeting for 4 hours every Sunday. The concept, theme, activities, reservation of facility are performed by Youth. The retreat consist of discussion, lecture, camp fire, sports and group activities. According to the concept and theme, the topic of discussion and lecture are fixed such as Environment, Culture, Friendship, and so on. Language is basically Japanese but we try to translate as much as possible into English or Japanese. The method of discussion and lecture is different each year. Usually, 70 to 80 participants enjoy this retreat and 60% are Japanese and rest of 40% are foreigners. Most of them are students and supposed to be below 35 age. We make reunion game a week later of retreat and spend some time in part and watch big fire works. We take encounter is just a beginning of the friendship and UNESCO activities. Most of staff have been retreat and become member.