NEW 'HOME' FOR JAPAN KAURI EDUCATION TRUST
Help Us To Continue Serving the Japanese Community in Auckland!
AucklandIt's been almost five years since we at the Japan Kauri Education Trust (JKET), started its operation in the current location in Glenfield, Auckland. We operate a Japanese Children's Library and Japanese Heritage Centre (Japanese language education classes) in community, serving 200+ Japanese/Japanese descendant families as well as 4 Japanese playgroups which involve more than 200 families living in greater Auckland area. In recent years, we started our new role as a 'social security blanket' for our Japanese community. With this new role we aim to help those who are struggling with domestic problems and connect them to local social services.
On the 4th June, we were ordered to vacate our current premises in 20 days. The landlord decided to cease their business in Glenfield location due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Your generous donation will go towards the moving cost, the rent for the new location, and other necessary operation costs.
$30,000 is the minimum amount to rent a commercial property big enough to hold two classrooms and a library with 10,000+ books. Even if we rent spaces at a local community house, it will cost us approximately $8000 per school term.
At this moment, it is not determined where we could move into - we are still searching the best places that will match our needs and activity criteria.
Updates will be posted here and shared on our Facebook page : www.facebook.com/inchJ
JKET is not just another library or Japanese language school for our students and patrons. WE ARE ANOTHER HOME. Please let us keep their home alive so that we can always be there to support them as they grow up and lead their life here in Auckland.
We truly appreciate for your kind support!
About us
Japan Kauri Education Trust (JKET) operates Japanese Children's Library and Japanese Heritage Centre in Glenfield, Auckland and serves approximately 200+ Japanese/Japanese descendant families as well as 4 Japanese playgroups which involve more than 200 families living in greater Auckland area.
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All the donation will be used for the moving cost, the rent for the new location(s), and other necessary operation costs.
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Latest update
Reopening Japanese Children's Library 5 January 2021
ようやく移転作業が終了する見込みとなりましたので、Japanese Children's Libraryを1月11日から再オープンすることとなりました。居心地の良い図書館空間、教室の準備のためにたくさんの方からのご支援、そして、年末年始の貴重なお時間とお力をいただきました。皆様からの心暖かいご協力にお礼申し上げます。まだ一部本の整理を継続している状況ですので、貸し出しができる本に制限がありますが、11日に再オープンできるのを心より嬉しく思います。ぜひ新しくなったJapanese Children's Libraryへお誘いあわせの上、遊びにいらしてください。皆さまのお越しをお待ちしております。
Japanese Children's Library will finally reopen from Monday 11 January, all thanks to your generous support! The reopening will be in phases as we still have books need to be sorted and arranged. Still we are so grateful that we see this day to reopen the library. Please come and see the new Japanese Children's Library. Looking forward to seeing you there!
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