Model Project of Community Cohesion Activity Report

2011.09.02

External Consultation @ Festa Junina (Jun 29)

The Brazilian festival of Festa Junina was held at the Hamamatsu City Synthesis and Industry Exhibition Pavilion on Sunday June 29. The Hamamatsu Multicultural Center was at the event conducting mental health and daily life consultation.

2011.03.23

Harmonious Community Association Meeting (Feb 26th)

“Community Activities Created with Foreign Residents”

The Hamamatsu Multicultural Center supports regional multicultural activities at a local governing body level. As part of this, Hamamatsu City local governing body officials held the “Harmonious Community Association Meeting”, relating to activities in the community created with foreign residents, on Saturday February 26th. President of the Residential Association of Nagoya Prefectural Iwata Estate, Mr. Masahiro Koike, and Vice President Mr. Ryuta Fujii presented case reports during the first half of the meeting. The second half of the meeting saw participants split into 2 groups, and including concrete questions and answers, an animated information exchange covering things like what kinds of efforts are being implemented by the respective local governing bodies of Hamamatsu City and what can be used as reference etc. took place. A total of 48 participants (including foreign residents) from 16 local governing bodies exchanged their opinions enthusiastically.

2011.01.14

Model Social Cohesion Project in Enshuhama (Dec, 5th)

On Sunday December 5th, around 70 foreign residents took part in this years Enshu Hama area yearly evacuation drill which was supported by Grupo Enbras (Brazilian residents of Enshu Hama), the Multicultural Center and Social Work researchers.

2010.09.08

Social Cohesion Model Project Enshu Hama Summer Festival, Exchange Through Samba

The 40th Summer Festival took place in the Enshu Hama area of Minami-ku in Hamamatsu City on Saturday August 7th. Around 5000 residents gathered in the Enshuhama area and about 1000 of these comprised of Brazilians, Chinese and various other nationalities. In the community, foreigners live a normal lifestyle just like other residents however, the neighborhood self-governing association for the first time this year, planned for a Samba dance at the summer festival in order to promote the acceptance of exchange among all citizens. Eliane Yamashiro who lives in the same area was requested to be the teacher and thought the simple samba dance. On that day not only kids, but adults too displayed a light rhythm with good steps which brought the Japanese citizens to take part on the spur of the moment. At the end of the dance, they formed a big circle.
The Hamamatsu Multicultural Center introduced the samba teacher to the neighborhood self-governing association and supported from behind the scenes. The Center will continue to support the neighborhood self-governing associations at a local level in order to create a society where all residents can live comfortably.

2010.05.12

March 12th at Enshu-hama Danchi Meeting Space

We talked with 5 Brazilians living in Enshu-hama Danchi (housing development) about problems in the danchi and possible solutions. There were many ideas such as a rubbish clean-up event and a rubbish separation quiz. We will continue talking about how to implement these ideas.