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NEW 'HOME' FOR JAPAN KAURI EDUCATION TRUST

  • Thank you for your support in 2021!

      22 December 2021
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    Dear JKET supporters,

    2021 was the year of a new start for Japan Kauri Education Trust. In January, we resumed our Japanese Children’s Library services, Japanese Heritage Centre of Auckland. Since then, we have hosted various workshops in the new ‘home’; all these wouldn’t have been possible without warm support from so many community members and organisations. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the continued understanding and support you’ve given to JKET amidst the COVID-19 pandemic despite the difficulty and uncertainty caused by prolonged lockdown and numerous challenges in many aspects of our life.

    Our society is still dealing with the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and will be volatile due to public safety regulations. While it is for sure a challenging time for JKET, it is also a critical time for us to repeatedly ponder the meaning of our services to the community and refresh our minds to work towards our goal.

    To materialise the multi-cultural society with full potential, we will keep working hard to meet the needs of the Japanese community by offering the opportunities to deepen the understanding of the cultural differences between New Zealand and Japan while establishing great relationships with regional organisations.

    Thank you so much for your continuous support and understanding of JKET.

    May this holiday season be filled with joy and peace.

    Naoko Miyauchi

    Director

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  • ２０２１年末のご挨拶

      22 December 2021
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    JKET サポーターの皆さま、

    本年はこれまで以上にたくさんの皆様、各種団体の皆様に心暖かいご支援を賜り、おかげさまで本年初頭よりオークランド、Rosedaleへ新たな活動拠点へ移転しJapanese Childern's Libraryや日本語継承センター、各種ワークショップ等の開催を再開することができました。感染へのご懸念やロックダウン等による日常生活への規制が大きい中で、こうしてみなさまにご理解とご協力をいただきましたことに改めましてお礼申し上げます。

    非常に困難な時期が続いている状況ではございますが、私ども自身に幾度となくこの組織の存在意義を問い、どれほどたくさんの皆様に支えられているかを再認識し、思いを新たにする機会となりました。私どもは、来年以降も変わることなく、どなたもが安心して集うことのできる場づくりに努めてまいります。さらには、より豊かな多文化共生社会の実現のため、文化的な差異を理解し日系人コミュニティーの皆様のニーズに合ったサービスの提供に努め、地域や各種団体との良好な協力関係づくりへの取り組みの歩みを止めることなく邁進してまいります。今後ともJapan Kauri Education Trustへの変わらぬご支援を賜りますよう心よりお願い申し上げます。

    どうぞ皆様におかれましても、すばらしいクリスマス、新年をお迎えください。

    宮内　尚子

    ディレクター

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  • Reopening Japanese Children's Library

      5 January 2021
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    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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  • Thank you for your support!

      15 December 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    Give A Little におけるJKETのクラウドファンディングでのキャンペーンが昨日、終了いたしました。6ヶ月という短い間で世界中の123名のサポーターの皆様から暖かいご支援をいただき$11,090もご寄付いただきました。このご寄付により、政府各機関からの助成金と合わせて引越し費用と一年分の賃貸料ができ新しい「ホーム」を見つけることができました。本当にありがとうございました。

    「ホーム」を見つけた後もチャレンジは続きます。一番大きなハードルは「ホーム」の賃貸料を来年以降も支払い続けていくための資金を作り続ける事。これにはまた皆さまのご協力ご援助をお願いすることになります。今後のJKETの活動はFacebookページ(https://www.facebook.com/inchJ)で是非フォローください。引き続き皆さまのご理解ご協力を心よりお願い申し上げます。

    Our crowdfunding page with Give A Little was ended yesterday after successful 6 months of campaign. Words cannot express how grateful we are for all the supports from 123 people all over the world and raised $11,090. With other grant fundings given by NZ government organizations & NPOs, we are able to make enough fund to rent our new 'HOME' for a year and cover the moving cost! Without every single support we've received, our goal to have our own 'HOME' wouldn't be materialized. From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

    There will still be big hurdles to overcome - One most important and biggest challenge is to keep making enough fund to cover the rent for the upcoming years.

    We would greatly appreciate if you could continue to give us your generous and thoughtful support. Please follow us on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/inchJ) for the future updates.

    Thank you again everyone!

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  • あともう少し！Almost there!

      2 December 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell

    本年6月より実施してまいりましたクラウドファンディングNEW 'HOME' FOR JAPAN KAURI EDUCATION TRUSTは12月14日をもちまして期間満了に伴い終了いたします。

    たくさんの皆様のご協力により現在$10,840のご寄付をいただいておりますが、ご利用の皆様の安全のためのゲート設置や、壁の塗り替え、補修などの費用捻出が引き続き必要です。

    この地で大きく育っていくお子さんたちが安心して過ごせる環境づくりのため、今一度、ご支援や、情報拡散にご協力くださいますようお願い申し上げます。

    度重なるお願いで誠に恐縮ですが、皆さまの暖かいご支援をお願い申し上げます。

    Our crowdfunding page NEW 'HOME' FOR JAPAN KAURI EDUCATION TRUST on Givealittle.co.nz will come to an end its fundraising campaign on 14th December.

    Thanks to the generous contributions from so many people, we were able to raise $10,840 as of today. Although the amount we've raised is fairly big, we still need to raise money to negate the cost for the repairs and the installation of security devices on the new premises.

    In order to make our new HOME safe to use for everyone, especially for our children who are growing up here in Auckland, once again, please do consider donating or spreading the words to support JKET.

    Thank you so much in advance for your kind understanding and consideration.

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  • New Home for JKET!!!

      1 December 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    本日、無事にJKETの新しい「HOME」の鍵を手にすることができました。これも皆さまからの多大なご支援のおかげです。心より御礼申し上げます。本当にありがとうございました。新住所は5 William Pickering Drive, Rosedaleになります。

    １日でも早い開館を目指しスタッフ一同、引っ越し作業などボランティアの皆さまと全力を尽くしてまいります。これからのJKETの活動はぜひFacebookページ(www.facebook.com/inchJ)でフォローしてくださいますようお願い申し上げます。

    Today was the BIG day to JKET! We've got a key of our new 'HOME' on 5 William Pickering Drive, Rosedale! It's all thanks to your generous support. From the bottom of our heart, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

    We will do our very best to reopen Japanese Children's Library as soon as possible with a big help from our mighty volunteers. Please check our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/inchJ) for the future update. Thank you for your continued support to JKET!

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  • JKET Community BBQ | Update & New Location

      15 November 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    <＜Community BBQのお礼と新しいロケーションについて＞＞

    本日の開催いたしましたJKET COMMUNITY BBQにご参加くださったみなさま、ありがとうございました。そしてまた、COVID-19の感染の可能性が低いながらも、コミュニティーメンバーの健康をご配慮くださりご欠席くださった皆様にも心よりお礼申し上げます。本日のBBQでもお話させていただきましたが、現在のJKETの進歩状況についてご報告させていただきます。

    皆様にもご協力をいただきましたファンドレイジング、クラウドファンディング、下記の政府機関等からのグランツなどにより JKETのすべてのサービスの移転が可能な状況となりました。現在、施設のリース契約のための最終段階まで来ております。場所の詳細については契約が無事に済んだところで、改めまして皆様にはお知らせしてまいりますが、ALBANY周辺での活動再開を予定いたしております。

    日本語継承センターはTERM4最終日までBirkdale Community HouseやBeach Heaven Community Houseで授業を実施してまいります。

    Japanese Children's Libraryは、安全ゲート等の設置などがすんでから新しい活動場所での貸し出しを再開させていただきます。

    シングルママサポートグループ、コナンの会、各種ワークショップは来年より再開を予定いたしております。

    これまでの皆さまのご支援に深く感謝するとともに、これからも心よりよろしくお願い申し上げます。

    **写真撮影 by Mr Tadashi Jokagi 様、素晴らしいお写真の数々をありがとうございました。

    <<Thank You note for the Community BBQ, Updates and New Location>>

    Thank you so much for everyone who came and joined us at JKET Community BBQ today. We also express our appreciation to those who had refrain from coming due to the possibility of the infection of COVID-19 even it was miniscule. Thank you.

    Here, we would like to announce our present status in terms of our operation and location.

    Happy to announce that all the funds we've received from the crowdfunding, the fundraising events, and the grant fundings from the NZ government and other organizations as listed at the bottom of this post made us possible to move our all services, including Japanese Children's Library, to the new location!

    At this moment, we are in the final stage of signing the lease contract of our new 'home'.

    We will make an announcement of the details of the new location once all the contracts are duly signed, so please stay tuned. We can tell you now that it is near Albany.

    All the classes of Japanese Heritage Centre will be held at Birkdale / Beach Haven Community House until the end of Term 4.

    Japanese Children's Library will be reopen at the new location once everything moved in, all security countermeasures done, and ready to be used by everyone.

    At the new location, we are also looking forward to resume the group meetings and the workshop, e.g. Single-mum support group, Detective Conan reading group. So please check our Facebook postings for the future notice.

    Thank you again for your continued support to JKET!

    The Grant Funding sources:

    Lottery Auckland Community, Ministry of Internal Affairs

    Foundation North

    Lottery Covid-19 Community Wellbeing Fund, Office of Ethnic Communities, Ministry of Internal Affairs

    Ministry of Social Development

    Office of Ethnic Communities, Ministry of Internal Affairs

    Japan Foundation

    **Special thanks to Mr Tadashi Jokagi for great photos!

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  • Gekkan NZ November Issue

      2 November 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    月刊ニュージーさん最新号（１１月）でJKETのクラウドファンディングの取り組みが紹介されました。是非、お手元に届いた際にご覧ください(１９ページ)。

    We are featured on the November issue of Gekkan NZ (free Japanese magazine) for our challenge with crowdfunding. Please have a look (page19)!

    https://my.ebook5.net/GekkanNZ/Nov2020/

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  • Japanese Children's Library団体向け貸し出し再開いたしました

      2 November 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    ストレージルームから蔵書をスタッフ宅へ移動したことから、段階的に絵本の貸出の再開をいたします。

    各地のプレイグループなどたくさんのご家族につながっていらっしゃる皆様の力をお借りして、セッション中の読み聞かせ等を通してぜひ絵本の楽しさをお届けいただければと思います。

    個人向けの絵本の貸し出しは、現在準備を続けております。今しばらくお待ちくださいますようお願いいたします。

    We are resuming our library service for the GROUP members!

    As we have moved all our books from the storage to the garage of a staff's residence, we are now gradually able to restart the library service and the first launch is for the GROUP members.

    By renting the books out to the group members, we hope to extend our services to many individuals and families through the activities of the playgroups in greater Auckland.

    As for the individual members, please hang tight and stay tuned - we are preparing to resume our service for you as well!

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  • JKET Community BBQ on Sunday 15 November!

      30 October 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    お待たせいたしました！9月から延期になっていたBBQパーティを開催いたします！

    Beef and Lamb New Zealand様からCommunity Fundとしてお肉をご提供いただきJKETの活動の場の一つであるBeach Haven Community Houseで、図書館・センター移転で大変お世話になった皆さまに感謝の気持ちを込めてBBQパーティを開催したいと思います。詳細はFacebookイベントページ(https://fb.me/e/1EFG9NvKy)をご参照ください。皆さまにお会いできるのをスタッフ一同楽しみにしております。

    Thank you for waiting! We are finally able to host JKET Community BBQ, originally planned in September. It is a token of our appreciation for everyone who've been supporting us during this difficult time.

    Please come and join us at Beach Haven Community House for delicious BBQ sponsored by Beef and Lamb New Zealand. We feel so blessed to be the recipient of their Community Fund. Thank you Beef+Lamb New Zealand!

    For more details, please check our Facebook event page (https://fb.me/e/1EFG9NvKy) for the details.

    Looking forward to seeing many faces there!

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  • Slow but steady - 27 September 2020

      27 September 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    日頃より応援してくださっている皆様、いつもありがとうございます。Japanese Children's Libraryの現在の様子をご報告いたします。

    9月半ばころから、レンタルしていたストレージは解約、保管されていた絵本・児童書のすべてをスタッフ宅へすべて移動しました。子どもたちが実際に手に取って選書できるようにするまではまだまだ時間がかかりそうですが、絵本の世界を楽しむお子さん・保護者の皆さまの姿、続きを読みたいと話してくれたお子さんたちの気持ちを力に、図書館再開に向けて準備を進めています。

    Here is an update of Japanese Children's Library:

    We have moved all furniture and books out from the storage (rented since our moving day from the old premises in late June) to the garage of a staff's residence. This is a part of the preparations to reopen the library, hoping to see many children and guardians soon enjoying story immersion by reading our picture books. It will take a bit more time to fulfill it though- thank you so much for your patience and continued support!

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  • JKET Community BBQ on Sunday 6th September!

      10 August 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    It's been already 2 months since we temporary closed Japanese Children's Library. During this short time, we have received countless supports through the fundraising events, e.g. this Give-a-Little crowdfunding, the packing & moving day, the sausage sizzle stands, Japanese Stortytime marathon & Bake sale, etc. Also we have received generous supports from many business owners. Here again we would like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone! Thank you so much!!

    Recently we were notified by BEEF + LAMB NZ that Japan Kauri Education Trust was chosen as a recipient of their Community Fund. With this grant fund (it's actually delicious NZ meat), we would like to host a community BBQ as a small token of our gratitude for everyone who has been supporting us via various ways.

    Hope you can make it with your family and enjoy a nice day out at beautiful Beach Haven Community House. Please refer our Facebook Event page for the details:

    https://www.facebook.com/events/311235316896913/

    Also please kindly be requested to submit this application form according to the ordinance of NZ COVID-19 tracing.

    https://forms.gle/bQE7XkGAbHXfjKzK8

    Hope to see many faces there!

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    • 10/08/2020 by Yuko

      The link to Google Form is not working correctly. Please use the following link to access to the form. Sorry for the inconvenience we may have caused!

      https://forms.gle/aE5Vw6awr5sQFgFy6

  • JKET Community BBQ ９月６日（日曜日）開催！

      10 August 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    早いもので Japanese Children's Libraryをお休みして２か月が経とうとしています。この短期間に、たくさんの方々に支えていただいて、このクラウドファンディングをはじめ、パッキング＆引っ越し、ソーセージシズル販売、おはなしかいマラソン, ベイクセールなどのファンドレイジングなどを行うことができました。また事業主様方からのご支援もたくさん頂戴いたしました。皆様のご協力やお心遣いに、心よりお礼申し上げます。

    今回　BEEF＋LAMB NZさまより、JAPAN KAURI EDUCATION TRUSTへおいしいお肉のご支援をいただけることに なりました。

    そのご支援で、皆さまのこれまでのご尽力に対する慰労と感謝をこめて、コミュニティバーベキューを実施することにいたしました。どうぞご家族一緒に、ご参加いただければと思います。

    詳細はJKET Facebookイベントページをご参照ください。

    https://www.facebook.com/events/311235316896913/

    なお、COVID-19 コミュニティトラッキングのため、ご出席いただける方々にはGoogleフォーム提出をお願いしております。お手数をおかけいたしますがご協力ください。

    https://forms.gle/bQE7XkGAbHXfjKzK8

    たくさんの皆さまにお会いできることをJKET運営チーム一同、心待ちにしています。

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    • 10/08/2020 by Yuko

      上記フォームのリンクがエラー表示になるようです。恐れ入りますが、以下のリンクでお申し込みください。お手数をおかけして申し訳ございません。

      https://forms.gle/aE5Vw6awr5sQFgFy6

  • Sausage Sizzle @Bunnings

      3 August 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    On Sunday 2nd August, we had another success full Sausage Sizzle fundraising at Bunnings Glenfield. We sold 400 sausages and raised $727.20! Can't thank you enough our amazing volunteers and anyone who came and supported us. Arigatou gozaimashita!

    It's been almost two months since we started this crowdfunding. Truly appreciate all your generous and heartfelt support from all over the world! We still have a long way to go and are trying to find a breakthrough with all our might. Please help us by sharing this page - that will make us to go a step forward.

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  • ソーセージシズル　ファンドレイジング @Bunnings

      3 August 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    ８月２日（日曜日）、Bunnings グレンフィールド店にてのソーセージシズル は大成功のうちに終了いたしました。肌寒く風の強いお天気でしたが沢山の方にお越しいただき、用意した４００本のソーセージを全て完売。$727.20の純益を上げることができました。楽しくそして一生懸命働いたりバイオリン演奏をしてくださったボランティアの方々、そしてご来場くださった皆さま、本当にありがとうございました。

    このクラウドファンディングページを立ち上げてから早くも2ヶ月が経とうとしております。世界中からの心暖かく寛大なご支援、心より感謝申し上げます。

    図書館再開という目標までの道のりはまだまだ遠く険しいものがありますが、JKET運営チーム一同一丸となって鋭意努力しておりますので、引き続きこちらのページの拡散にご協力をお願いいたします。

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  • Supporting video message from our little patrons (English version)

      11 July 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell

    Here we would like to share the heart warming supporting video message from our little patrons.

    We have been ever so grateful for your generous supports, however, we still have a long way to go to reach our goal. Once again we would like to ask you to share this crowdfunding page via your SNS, emails, etc. That way we can reach out to more people to let them know who JKET are and how important to let us keep serving to the Japanese community in Auckland. It is a very crucial and effective way to get us closer to our goal - 'New Home'.

    Thank you so very much for your continued support.

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  • 小さなメンバーからのご支援メッセージ(日本語バージョン)

      10 July 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell

    JKETの図書館再開を願う小さなメンバーから暖かいビデオメッセージが送られてきました。

    多くの皆さまから寛大なご支援を賜りましたが、残念ながら目標額までにはまだ程遠い状況です。今一度、こちらのクラウドファンディングの事をSNSなどで拡散してくだされば幸甚です。より多くの方々にJKETの活動がオークランドの日本人コミュニティに必要とされている事実を知っていただく事がわたくし達のゴールである「NEW HOME」への重要な鍵になります。

    皆さまのご支援ご援助、心より感謝申し上げます。

    ありがとうございます。

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    • 12/07/2020 by Yoko

      とても素晴らしいメッセージで彼女たちの気持ちがとてもよく伝わってきました。隣の弟君の表情からもそれが伝わってきました。シェアさせてもらいます。

  • New class location & fundraising event

      6 July 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    Thursday 2nd July was our last day at the old location in Glenfield. We had the morning class there then moved to Birkdale Community House for the afternoon classes. Had a mixed feeling of sadness and happiness - sad to leave our home with full of great memories for last five years but happy to move towards the new chapter of JKET. To our relief, the students are adjusting to the new location very well. They seem to like the idea having a cool playground just outside the classroom:-)

    Sunday 5th July, we hosted a Sausage Sizzle stand at Mitre 10 Mega Glenfield for fundraising towards our goal "New Home". It was a cold day with occasional sprinkles of rain, but all the kind words and supports from the people who dropped by made us warm at heart. Shouldn't forget to mention our super duper volunteers TEAM JKET for keeping the stand running like a well-oiled machine and the customers happy!

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  • Last Event - 28 June

      28 June 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    Today we hosted Japanese Storytime Marathon & Bake Sale as our last event at the current location. What an amazing day! So many people came and this empty library space was filled with smiles and laughter once again before we move out completely this week. Thanks again for your continued support everyone. We sincerely hope we can see you in our future location sometime soon!

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  • Moving Day - 27 June

      27 June 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    Despite all our worries that everything won't be fit in the truck and the storage, our volunteers and the movers managed to move all furniture and the boxes from our premises to the storage. Phew! Thank you for all your hard work, Team Mighty Daddies!

    It is awkward to see the empty rooms where always filled with books, children, and smiles.

    We sincerely hope to find our new 'home' soon so that everyone can come to our library again, not only to read Japanese books, but also to feel the unity, the love and the inclusion to our community.

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  • Packing Day - 20 June

      21 June 2020
    Posted by: Yuko Garnell
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    Yesterday was a big milestone for us at JKET. Thanks to many volunteers, we were managed to pack 10000+ books! Do you know how many boxes with full of books we have? Zillions!! Thank you so much all who came out and helped us.

    These boxes will be moved to the storage by movers next week and be kept there until we find a new space.

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    • 21/06/2020 by Yoko

      皆様大変お疲れ様でした😊

      感謝感謝です。