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2020年3月1日日曜日

【Activity Report】Yokohama International Forum participation (February 16, 2020)

[34] Let's happily enjoy Uganda ～culture, lifestyle, and its differences from Japan～

Session about Uganda

We participated in the Yokohama International Forum held on February 26.

It was a rainy day and due to the influence of the coronavirus honestly, we were worried whether we could have any participants but on entering the venue, many people had come and we were relieved for the time being!

We had one session from 12:00 to introduce Uganda's culture and some of its differences from Japan.

At first, Ms. Ohnishi presented the mission and vision of Global Bridge Nework, the two projects currently being carried out locally in Uganda, and the international exchange activities in Japan.

Introduction of GBN activities from Ms. Ohnishi

After that, Mr. Rafael, a Ugandan living in Japan, came in to introduce the differences in rural and urban life, folk costumes and dances, sightseeing spots, agriculture, and the main meals of Uganda.

Mr. Raff introduces Ugand

If you talk of Africa, it is often related to issues like poverty and conflict, but we wanted you to certainly know the other different side of Uganda so we talked about its interesting side.

At the end of the presentation, Mr. Alex a Ugandan living in Japan then took the floor to present a Ugandan quiz session titled "What is orange, Avocado and Passion Fruit in Luganda?"

There were many words similar to Japanese and it was really exciting!

Surprisingly, everyone's thinking was sharp, and many seemed to have got the answers of the four questions right.

The quiz session was exciting!

Craft Shop

In the second half of the workshop, we interacted more with the participants through receiving questions from them and we responded accordingly. Some of the questions were as follows.

· How did GBN start working in Uganda?

· Power situation in Uganda

· Population ratio between urban and rural areas

· Current security situation in Uganda

· About religion

· Uganda image of Japanese people

· Does 'African time' exist?

· How did Raff and Alex come to Japan and what are they doing as their jobs ?

· What consumption and technology do they want to take from Japan to Uganda?

There were many questions from the participants, to the extent that the session time could not be enough.

On the day of the event, from morning there was generally a small number of participants due to the cold rain and the current epidemic infection fears, so we were worried how will it be when it comes to our workshop. However, about 20 people participated and we were very happy.

It was really impressive that there were many young participants who listened seriously while taking notes.

The reason for this workshop was to deepen interest and understanding of GBN activities and Uganda, and we are glad if you managed to get it!

Thank you very much for those who participated!

Questions are accepted at any time,

Please feel free to contact us!

info@globalbridgenetwork.org

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2019年10月6日日曜日

【Activity Report】International Party with Ugandan cuisine (28th Sep 2019)

GBN held the party with ECS co. members and some Ugandan friend. We enjoyed Ugandan cuisine and music♪ on 28th Sep, 2019.

Arafat (chef) , a member of GBN, had prepared Ugandan food! It was really Yummy!

Thank you Jesca, for helping us with cooking and thank you very much for all your participation!

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2019年3月31日日曜日

【Activity Report】Sanyu! vol.3 (21/03/2019)

Hello, this is Global Bridge Network (GBN)!

"Sanyu! vol.3" was held on March 21st.

"Sanyu" means "Happy" in the Ugandan local language.

We have been holding "Sanyu!" since 2017, and this is the third time.

This event was held in collaboration with GBN, STUDIO BARJARA performing African style dance, and African Taiko(drum) Classroom by Djembe players of the djembe (African drum) group. ♪

The event started off with an introduction about Global Bridge Network, in which we explained briefly about Ugandan culture and our ongoing projects in Uganda, such as ”Environmental Protection through Expanding Lemon Grass Growing and Education in Uganda" as well as the “Improvement of the school environment to combat Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) challenges to Stop Adolescent Girls’ School Dropouts in Uganda.“

Introduction of GBN's activities

Thereafter, performances by STUDIO BARJARA DANCERS and the Djembe players from African Taiko Classroom gave everyone the dynamic feeling of Africa with the dynamic rhythm of African style dance and djembe.

Performance by Djembe players from African Taiko Classroom

STUDIO BARJARA DANCERS
with Djembe players

Dynamic African style dance
by Ms. Atsuko, organizer of STUDIO BARJARA

The final part of the program featured Ugandan dance time with the audience.

Mr. Arafat, who is from Uganda, uplifted everyone, as everyone gathered in a circle, dancing in pairs and truly enjoying themselves. ♪

Mr. Arafat leading participants in Ugandan dance
Audience and performers danced together. ♪

We really appreciate:

Audience

STUDIO BARJARA DANCERS

African Taiko Classroom Djembe players

Mr. Arafat from Uganda

Mr. Sakuma, who is the owner of the venue MOANA

Ms. Atsuko, who organizes STUDIO BARJARA and acted as the coordinator.

Thanks to you all!

We very much appreciate your continual support for GBN.

Hope to see you again!!

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2018年6月20日水曜日

Activity report of ‘Sanyu’_No2

Hello, everyone! Greetings from GlobalBridge Network（GBN）

Sanyu!_No2 was held at Calabash: African restaurant on June 9^th Sat.

This is the second event of Sanyu! That was held the last August, 2017.

‘Sanyu’ means ‘Happy’ in Luganda, one of the languages spoken in Uganda. Despite of the many challenges such as poverty in Africa, there are so many rich cultures such as dynamic dance, colorful fashion, fashionable craft etc.

At the Sanyu! event, we mainly aimed at our participants getting that feeling and enjoyment towards the mentioned aspects above.

Calabash: African restaurant in Hamamastu-cho

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A Ugandan traditional costume for the men called 'Kanzu'

A pink girl wearing a Ugandan traditional costume for the women called 'Gomesi'

and another one wearing an African fabric called 'Kitengi'

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On that day, we had programs like, introducing GBN activities, talking about Uganda’s culture, Q&A session about Uganda, African style dance & drum show, live paint show, and lastly Uganda’s music & dance as all members also joined the stage to participate and enjoy the dancing session.

The event was not only attended by Japanese, but also some few Africans participated making a total of 40 people. We all really enjoyed and warmed up♪

Introducing of GBN’s activities

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Introducing of Uganda’s Culture

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Q＆A Session about Uganda

Here, Mr. Arafat provided an amazing original Quiz

which many of the members really loved and enjoyed

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Live paint
TEEJ painted by her inspiration
and she also participated in Dance&Drum show as a performer!

Djembe players from African drum class

led by Mr. Eiichi Hanaoka and his fellow crew.

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African style dance with drum sounds (Djembe)

which was beautifully and enjoyably performed

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Drum performance by Mr. Hanaoka

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Solo dance and drum show

by dance instructor, Atsuko and drummer Mr. Hanaoka.

It was just AMAZING.

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Ugandan music and dance session

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They really enjoyed dancing with Ugandan friends

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All members joined to participate with in the session

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We would like to take this opportunity to push a bottle of thanks to the following members for the roles they have played towards the Sanyu function.

To begin with,
Ms. Atsuko from African style dance/STUDIO BARJARA who supported as the coordinator of this event,

Mr. Yamaguchi Kosuke from Uganda Diaspora Japan and he helped in event planning and being MC,

Mr. Eiichi Hanaoka who plays the drum and percussion leading Djembe players from African drum class,

Ms. TEEJ who performed in the beautiful live painting,

and importantly, Ugandan friends, Arafat, Raff, Precious who acted as event staff members and as well played a big role in assisting of the event organizers in as afar as cheering and creating an enjoyable atmosphere during the event.

You are such lovely people.