Pangaea Newsletter - August 2011
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Volunteer of the Year 2010 by Toshiyuki Takasaki, Vice President
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Hello everyone.
Kyoto in July was bustling with Gion Festival. The main street in front of Pangaea office had street stands, became vehicle-free and was crowded with great number of people. There was a barricade set up in front of my apartment and I had difficult time getting in and out. It’s been five years since I started living in Kyoto, and I saw the real Yamahoko-junko, a parade of decorated floats for the first time. It was extremely hot with the excited crowds and the heat of the summer sun, but I was touched by the power of the traditional event in Kyoto.
Volunteer of the Year 2010 by Toshiyuki Takasaki, Vice President
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Hello everyone.
Kyoto in July was bustling with Gion Festival. The main street in front of Pangaea office had street stands, became vehicle-free and was crowded with great number of people. There was a barricade set up in front of my apartment and I had difficult time getting in and out. It’s been five years since I started living in Kyoto, and I saw the real Yamahoko-junko, a parade of decorated floats for the first time. It was extremely hot with the excited crowds and the heat of the summer sun, but I was touched by the power of the traditional event in Kyoto.
I am really happy to let all of you know that
Mr. Hidetoshi Yoshioka, "Yoshio", was nominated
for the "Volunteer of the Year 2010",
among many volunteers who support Pangaea,
and the award was given to him the other day in Tokyo.
Congratulations!
He used to live in Kyoto, and came to Pangaea for the first time in April 2008, introduced by Mr. Kadowaki, or "Kadoppe", a technical development volunteer to date, who was his senior at collage then. He participated in activities held at Kyoto University and Kyoto International School almost all the time as Technical Staff till March this year.
He has relaxed and mild personality and helped with the work seriously and silently. He has both funny and comforting character that was loved by everyone, participating in Air Guitar Competition and dancing the original dance. He was popular among children, too. He experienced technical intern at Pangaea once, and I worked with him developing systems.
He has started working utilizing his experiences with Pangaea. I remember I was so happy that I would jump up when I heard that he got job offer. He has started working in Tokyo this April and continues to participate in activities in Tokyo.
Thank you so much for your past contributions, and we look to your continuous support to Pangaea!
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Activities in July 2011
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Watch the 8-minute video taken and produced by Mizy Center, Korea, showing the webcam activity between Mizy Center in Seoul, Korea and Nairobi, Kenya on June 25th, 2011.
http://www.pangaean.org/blog/english/archives/2011/07/june_25th_webca_1.html
According to the survey Result of Kenya-Korea Webcam on June 25, the rate of Korean children who answered they strongly like Kenyan participants before Webcam activity was 24%, which went up to 76% after it.
Similarly, the rate of Kenyan children who answered they strongly like Korean participants before Webcam activity was 32%, which went up to 81% after it.
http://www.pangaean.org/blog/english/archives/2011/07/survey_result_o.html
Pangaea's Agricultural Assistance Project in Vietnam was Introduced in "Language Grid Newsletter".
Watch the video that shows how the project was implemented between February and March 2011 in Vietnam.
http://www.pangaean.org/blog/english/archives/2011/07/pangaeas_agricu.html
Children went out to the city of Kyoto on July 23 to take pictures for their "Pangaea Playing Cards" to introduce their daily lives. Check out the photos taken by Kyoto children.
http://www.pangaean.org/blog/english/archives/2011/07/activity_on_jul.html
On July 16, Mie participants newly recorded their village name "Miedai". Check out how they recorded three different patterns of Mie Univ. village names with 24-sec video clip.
http://www.pangaean.org/blog/english/archives/2011/07/mie_univ_activi.html
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Pangaea YouTube Channel
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Pangaea now has its YouTube channel.
Watch the videos about us and our past Webcam activities. http://www.youtube.com/pangaeavideo
Congratulations!
He used to live in Kyoto, and came to Pangaea for the first time in April 2008, introduced by Mr. Kadowaki, or "Kadoppe", a technical development volunteer to date, who was his senior at collage then. He participated in activities held at Kyoto University and Kyoto International School almost all the time as Technical Staff till March this year.
He has relaxed and mild personality and helped with the work seriously and silently. He has both funny and comforting character that was loved by everyone, participating in Air Guitar Competition and dancing the original dance. He was popular among children, too. He experienced technical intern at Pangaea once, and I worked with him developing systems.
He has started working utilizing his experiences with Pangaea. I remember I was so happy that I would jump up when I heard that he got job offer. He has started working in Tokyo this April and continues to participate in activities in Tokyo.
Thank you so much for your past contributions, and we look to your continuous support to Pangaea!
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Activities in July 2011
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Watch the 8-minute video taken and produced by Mizy Center, Korea, showing the webcam activity between Mizy Center in Seoul, Korea and Nairobi, Kenya on June 25th, 2011.
http://www.pangaean.org/blog/english/archives/2011/07/june_25th_webca_1.html
According to the survey Result of Kenya-Korea Webcam on June 25, the rate of Korean children who answered they strongly like Kenyan participants before Webcam activity was 24%, which went up to 76% after it.
Similarly, the rate of Kenyan children who answered they strongly like Korean participants before Webcam activity was 32%, which went up to 81% after it.
http://www.pangaean.org/blog/english/archives/2011/07/survey_result_o.html
Pangaea's Agricultural Assistance Project in Vietnam was Introduced in "Language Grid Newsletter".
Watch the video that shows how the project was implemented between February and March 2011 in Vietnam.
http://www.pangaean.org/blog/english/archives/2011/07/pangaeas_agricu.html
Children went out to the city of Kyoto on July 23 to take pictures for their "Pangaea Playing Cards" to introduce their daily lives. Check out the photos taken by Kyoto children.
http://www.pangaean.org/blog/english/archives/2011/07/activity_on_jul.html
On July 16, Mie participants newly recorded their village name "Miedai". Check out how they recorded three different patterns of Mie Univ. village names with 24-sec video clip.
http://www.pangaean.org/blog/english/archives/2011/07/mie_univ_activi.html
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Pangaea YouTube Channel
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Pangaea now has its YouTube channel.
Watch the videos about us and our past Webcam activities. http://www.youtube.com/pangaeavideo
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