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NDYS 2006 newspaper articles
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Yomiuri
Newspapers
Jan.8, 2006
Natural
Disaster Youth Summit 2006 in Taiwan,Fukiai SHS students presented
Global Disaster Safety Map through Video Conferencing
gNatural
Disaster Youth Summit 2006 in Taiwanh was held in Kaohsung,
Taiwan on January 7. Students
around the world gathered in this event to consider the measures
against natural disasters. At
JICA Hyogo in Kobe, Japan, some SHS students joined
in the meeting and introduced their activities through
Video Conferencing as well.
This
project has been administrated by JEARN Committee of the NDYS,
Kobe, Hyogo,
Japan and started since January 2005, which coincided with the
tenth anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. At
the first NDSY, forums were held in different places in Hyogo
Prefecture.
This
is the second NDYS. Ten
countries and regions including Iran and Korea participated in the
meeting. At JICA Hyogo, 13 students (second year), Kobe Municipal
Fukiai SHS international course, explained how they created Global
Disaster Safety Map (2m2) with pictures; picked out
dangerous places within a 500-meter radius from their school.
Mutsuko
Ishihara (17) said, gIn the process of making a map, we also
find useless fire extinguishers rusted in our school.
Besides, disaster-prevention measures differ among
countries, so we would like to continue exchanging information
with students in other countriesh
Translated by Rieko Adachi (JEARN)
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