CREATING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN CHILDREN OF BAGAMOYO TANZANIA AND CHILDREN OF SAGAMIHARA JAPAN, BY JEAN media/ENVAYA ORGANIZATION.

With the JEAN media mission being;

“Breaking the silence to save the new face of Africa through creating awareness on environment conservation and health, poverty alleviation, advocacy, and promotion of, children creativity and friendship, women and youth talents for greater awareness and self employment.”

a unique project titled ‘our friends’ has come into existence in the coastal Region for cultural exchange and friendship between the young people of Tanzania and Japan for both promotion of children creativity and friendship, and for broadening their universal knowledge and understanding of issues, helping them to think outside the box.

On the 21^st of September 2012, JEAN media through Radhia, our Far East representative and translator in Tokyo Japan, and the partners, ENVAYA a non government non profit organization that builds online tools to connect civil society and grassroots organizations across Africa through their Africa programme Director Radhina, launched a special children programme whereby through skype, we were able to conduct a session between pupils of Jitegemee Primary School in the historic Bagamoyo District of Coastal Region Tanzania and pupils of Tsurunodai Primary School, Sagamihara District Tokyo Japan. The project will be conducted monthly and children will get the opportunity to know about each other’s history and development, their interests, hopes and Dreams!

The first session held included ,songs from both sides, general questions to each other, and introduction between teachers of both sides. Participants could see how excited the pupils were, as Japanese children expressed the need to know about Tanzanian wild life especially the animals that are mostly seen in our conservation areas. The best part was when the Tanzanian children replied the question with pictures they drew for their friends, such as those of Giraffe, elephants, and the deer. When a question by one Tanzanian girl of nine was raised, asking the others if they would ever like to visit Tanzania to see Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, it was answered with great enthusiasm and applause, as the Japanese friends jumped and clapped, while some raised hands up in the air waving to their Tanzanian friends, shouting the words, “Hai!…haai!..haai!” meaning “Yes….Yes…..Yes!”

Attendance.

Over fifty Japanese pupils attended the session, with only about twenty Tanzanian children, due to National Standard Seven Exams countrywide. Among the invitees and observers were Tanzanian Embassy staff in Japan who could not attend due to other commitments, Radio Japan (NHK) and Japan International Cooperation Agency, (JAICA) An interview with our representative in Japan conducted by Radio Japan was aired in a Radio Programme of NHK broadcasts relayed by TBC, (Tanzania Broadcasting Commission ) on 23^rd Sept, 2012. 20.30 hours East African time.

Immediate Plans.

In the JEAN media/ ENVAYA. immediate plans beginning next month, pupils of Bagamoyo will hopefully be communicating with their friends through Mikumi in Mororgoro Eastern Zone or Sadani in Bagamoyo Coastal zone wild life conservation area, where Japanese children will have the opportunity to see wild animals in flesh, among other things. This is expected to promote tourism in our country, especially when this programme is being broadcast through NHK in Japan and other neighboring areas.

Future Plans.

To promote cultural exchange in folklore through folk tales of both countries, with sessions in cooperating story telling and riddle, all translated by Radhia, our representative in Japan, who is fluent in English, Kiswahili and Japanese (Kokugo) Languages. Special tournaments will be held to determine winners, who will later be awarded prices. In future, JEAN media and ENVAYA will expand the project to other school in Tanzania and Japan, also through Japanese Animated Pop Culture

Special Apreciation.

JEAN media and ENVAYA express gratitude and appreciation to the office of The Bagamoyo District Commissioner, His Excellency Ahmed Kipozi for providing them with the premises to conduct their session, since on that particular day, standard seven children were having their National Exams, and schools were out of bounds.

Since most of officials from Ministry of Education were at the time of the session, present at the office of District commissioner for issues in connection with National Exams, we appreciate their interest in the programme having most of them looking on as the show continued. We also appreciate greatly the lucky incidence when briefly and most importantly, the Honorable Minister for education, SHUKURU KAWAMBWA appeared and looked on, greatly gracing the occasion! Last but not least, we would like to thank JAICA in Japan, NHK and the Head Teacher for the Tsurunodai Primary School in Japan who made a point of addressing everyone present, besides students and teachers of our part of the world, expressing the need for continuation of the relationship between the students and teachers of the two countries, sides with the quality sessions held monthly.

KUTUNGA FRIENDSHIP BAINA YA WATOTO BAGAMOYO TANZANIA NA WATOTO WA SAGAMIHARA JAPAN, KWA Jean vyombo vya habari / ENVAYA ORGANIZATION.

Pamoja na Jean vyombo vya habari kuwa lengo;

"Kuvunja ukimya ili kuokoa uso mpya wa Afrika kupitia kujenga uelewa juu ya mazingira na uhifadhi afya, kupunguza umaskini, utetezi, na uendelezaji wa, watoto ubunifu na urafiki, wanawake na vijana kwa vipaji uelewa mkubwa na ajira binafsi."

mradi kipekee yenye jina la 'rafiki yetu' umekuja kuwepo katika Mkoa wa pwani kwa ajili ya kubadilishana utamaduni na urafiki kati ya vijana wa Tanzania na Japan kwa ajili ya wote uendelezaji wa ubunifu na watoto urafiki, na kwa kupanua maarifa yao zima na uelewa wa masuala, kusaidia wao wa kufikiri nje ya sanduku.

On ^st 21 ya Septemba 2012, Jean vyombo vya habari kupitia Radhia, mwakilishi wetu Mashariki ya Mbali na translator katika Tokyo Japan, na washirika, ENVAYA yasiyo ya serikali shirika lisilokuwa la faida kwamba hujenga zana online kuungana vyama vya kiraia na mashirika ya mashinani kote Afrika Kusini kupitia zao mpango Mkurugenzi Radhina, ilizindua mpango maalum watoto ambapo kupitia skype, tulikuwa na uwezo wa kufanya kikao baina ya wanafunzi wa Shule ya Msingi Jitegemee katika Wilaya ya Bagamoyo kihistoria wa Pwani Region Tanzania na wanafunzi wa Shule ya Msingi Tsurunodai, Sagamihara Wilaya Tokyo Japan. mradi utafanyika mwezi na watoto kupata nafasi ya kujua kuhusu historia ya kila mmoja na maendeleo, maslahi yao, matumaini na ndoto!

kikao cha kwanza uliofanyika pamoja, nyimbo kutoka pande zote mbili, maswali ya jumla kwa kila mmoja, na kuanzishwa kati ya walimu wa pande zote mbili. Washiriki naweza kuona jinsi msisimko wanafunzi walikuwa, kama watoto Kijapani walionyesha haja ya kujua kuhusu Tanzania maisha mwitu hasa wanyama ni zaidi kuonekana katika maeneo yetu ya hifadhi. sehemu bora ilikuwa wakati watoto wa Kitanzania alijibu swali kwa picha walirudi kwa marafiki zao, kama vile wale wa Twiga, Tembo, na kulungu. Wakati swali kwa msichana mmoja Mtanzania wa tisa alifufuka, kuuliza wengine kama wao ingekuwa milele kama kutembelea Tanzania kuona Kilimanjaro, mlima mrefu zaidi katika Afrika, ilikuwa akajibu kwa shauku kubwa na makofi, kama rafiki Kijapani akaruka na kupiga makofi, wakati baadhi ya kunyanyua mikono juu katika hewa akipunga kwa marafiki zao wa Tanzania, na kupiga kelele maneno, "Hai! ... haai! .. haai!" maana "Ndiyo Ndiyo .... ..... Ndiyo!"

Mahudhurio.

Zaidi ya wanafunzi hamsini Kijapani walihudhuria kikao, na tu kuhusu ishirini watoto wa Tanzania, kutokana na Taifa la Mitihani Saba nchini kote Miongoni mwa invitees na waangalizi walikuwa Tanzania Embassy wafanyakazi katika Japan ambaye hakuweza kuhudhuria kutokana na ahadi nyingine, Radio Japan (NHK) na Japan. International Agency Ushirikiano, (JAICA) mahojiano na mwakilishi wetu katika Japan uliofanywa na Radio Japan kurushwa hewani katika Mpango wa Radio ya matangazo NHK ilipeleka na TBC, (Tanzania Broadcasting Tume) tarehe 23 ^rd Septemba, 2012. 20.30 masaa ya Afrika Mashariki wakati.

Ajilani Mipango.

Katika vyombo vya habari Jean / ENVAYA. mipango ya haraka ya mwanzo wa mwezi ujao, wanafunzi wa Bagamoyo hopefully kuwa unawasiliana na marafiki zao kwa njia ya Mikumi katika Mororgoro Mashariki Eneo la au Sadani Bagamoyo Pwani ukanda eneo mwitu maisha uhifadhi, ambapo watoto Kijapani watapata fursa ya kuona wanyama pori katika mwili, miongoni mwa mambo mengine . Hii inatarajiwa kukuza utalii katika nchi yetu, hasa wakati mpango huu ni kuwa matangazo kwa njia ya NHK ya Japan na maeneo mengine ya jirani.

Future Mipango.

Kukuza kubadilishana utamaduni katika ngano kupitia hadithi watu wa nchi zote mbili, na vikao katika hadithi kushirikiana na kuwaambia kitendawili, kila Tafsiri kwa Radhia, mwakilishi wetu katika Japan, ambao ni ufasaha katika lugha ya Kiingereza, Kiswahili na Kijapani Lugha (Kokugo). Mashindano maalum utafanyika kuamua washindi, ambaye baadaye kuwa tuzo ya bei. Katika siku zijazo, Jean vyombo vya habari na ENVAYA itapanua mradi wa shule nyingine nchini Tanzania na Japan, pia kupitia Utamaduni Kijapani Animated picha

Maalum Apreciation.

Jean vyombo vya habari na ENVAYA kueleza shukrani na shukrani kwa ofisi ya Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Bagamoyo, Mheshimiwa Ahmed Kipozi kwa kuwapatia majengo ya kufanya kikao cha zao, tangu siku hiyo maalum, darasa la saba watoto walikuwa kuwa wao Mitihani la Taifa, na shule walikuwa nje ya mipaka.

Tangu wengi wa maafisa kutoka Wizara ya Elimu walikuwa wakati wa kikao, sasa katika ofisi ya kamishina wa Wilaya kwa ajili ya masuala katika uhusiano na Mitihani ya Taifa, sisi...