Message from Nicky Farmer of The International School, Uganda

I am glad you received the donation from our school in Uganda.We began the fundraiser in June to not only raise money for the people of Japan but as an awareness program to the school and its community.

Students aged 5-12years old held a swim-a-thon whereby getting sponsors for the amount of laps they swam in class. With the incentive of 'every little helps' and the support and enthusiasm of our Japanese families, the students raised just under $3,000.

Saint Maur teachers visit Miyagi-ken

A number of our teachers had the opportunity to visit the Tohoku region over the mid-semester break. As well as taking part in volunteer activities, they were able to visit two schools in the region and now have a clearer idea of how money from the Saint Maur Relief Fund could be used. More details and photos to follow.

Donation from the International School of Uganda

Thank you to everyone at the International School of Uganda for the very generous donation of 220,227 yen. We look forward to hearing about how the school raised so much money.

7 months on

Kotatsu Donation Program - Message from IACJapan

The IACJapan group is happy to announce that through the support of St. Mary's alumni George Tsai (Class of 1973) and James Reed (class of 1969) and with proceeds from the IACJapan Natsumatsuri held at Nishimachi in June, we will be donating another 350 kotatsu to Tagajoshi, Ofunato and Kesennuma. We are hoping that people will join in helping keep the elderly warm in Tohoku this winter as most of them are accustomed to using kotatsu to keep warm. We still need thousands more and would like to ask everyone to visit the donation link below to see how you can help one of these families.

http://alum.smis.ac.jp/Giving/GiftOfWarmth.aspx

Kotatsu Donation Program

卒業生たちの支援により、IACJapanグループは東北援助計画「暖かいプレゼントを贈ろう」を始めました。これは東北各地域に建てられた仮設住宅へコタツを送ろうという計画です。この寄付計画は、セント・メリーズの卒業生であるジョージ･サイさん（73年卒業）がセント・メリーズ同窓会を通じて200万円の寄付をされたことにより始まり、250個のコタツセットの購入に充てられました。9月には、購入資金の500個分をジョージ・サイさんから、100個分をジム･リードさん（69年卒業）からご支援いただき、合計600個のコタツセットを購入し、今後、秋深まる東北に送る予定です。

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