Author: Ludmila Zhirina
Translator: Marina Shelkunova
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Greeting-video to children of JapanThis long-term program was born on the base of the SPARE Center NGO «Viola.» The Centre is located in the Gymnasium № 1 of Bryansk region (Gymnasium is a SPARE — school since 2007). In January-March 2011, the group of teachers of Gymnasium № 1 and the NGO «Viola» held 4 seminars for the school directors of the Bryansk region. At the seminar, all participants discussed the preparation and the holding of the Memorial Days of Chernobyl devoted to the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. It is very important because the radioactive contamination affected each of us. Unfortunately, 25 years ago the Bryansk region, more than anyone else in Russia, suffered from the accident at Chernobyl. And the mankind saw: Chernobyl, Fukushima ... what comes next? The tragedy, which began on March 11, 2011 in Japan, shocked our team. Immediately The Gymnasium organized a round table, brainstorming. And now our suggestion to every SPARE- school is to participate in the long-term program: «We are with you, children of Japan».
How can we help them? We think that each school can add their suggestions in this program.
The pupils are writing the program «We are with you, children of Japan!». in the SPARE Center- GymnasTo start with we recorded the video greeting «The children of Chernobyl are ready to help children Fukushima! ». The balloons in our hands — are our warm hearts. All the words of students and teachers on the video greetings are sincere and coming from the heart. We hope that kids in Japan will see that they are not alone, that other people remember and think about them, send to them all their love. The active group of students wrote and translated into English an email about our long-term intentions for cooperation with Japanese students towards their school projects devoted to different methods of water and electricity saving . We wrote about the SPARE program and the books devoted to the importance of this program, which will use only the power of wind, sun and water.
This greeting video, letter and photos were sent to the Embassy of Japan and our partners in Australia (NGO ANAWA) for translation into Japanese and the further transferring to the schools in Japan.
We sent our proposal to establish this program in the Schools of the Bryansk region, passed the information for publication in the mass media.
We offer a next step of the program: to collect some drawings for children in Japan.
We call the SPARE schools from all the countries to join us. We are ready to take responsibility for the coordination of all the necessary activities.
