・February 2023 Issue 11

THE ASIA CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FUND

ACEFNews letter

TOPICS＜Foreword＞Circle of Joy in living together
with people of Asia （Masako Sano, board）
Study Tour seminar event March 21st.
ACEF YOUTH: first meeting
Nomoskar Cafe was held on February 3rd
Speech time at Bethel Kindergarten
System transfer from Syncable to GOEN
BDP Newsletter (January 2023)
Message from Service Learning students※The PDF version of this newsletter can be downloaded fromour homepage.
URL https://acef.or.jp/mail_mag_2023february/※English version available on homepage!

▶︎← Story time at Bethel Kindergarten
Thank you for your continuous
support for the ACEF mail news!
We are happy to update you about
our activities in Japan andBangladesh.
Today, we hope to share with you 8 articles on our recent
activities/projects and upcoming events, along with updates on what
is currently happening in Bangladesh.

Foreword

Foreword: Circle of Joy in living together withpeople of Asia (Masako Sano, board member)“ACEF aims to create a world that is full of peace and joy with the people of Asia. Ever
since the year 1990, we have been cooperating with our partner organization inBangladesh, supporting the education of the children in Bangladesh, hoping to enable
children to receive education in a safe environment. We also have an enriching timethrough visiting Bangladesh with the youth from Japan. Last year in August, theBangladesh Study Tour was hosted for the first time in three years, and we areplanning to host again this August. We are excited to see and meet the bright smilesof the children of Bangladesh. It is such an excitement to hear the stories of Study
Tour participants also, after their return to Japan.
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ACEF is a place where one may enjoy the encounter with people from different
backgrounds, ages, races, and share experiences with each other and people fromAsia. This experience of sharing with others truly opens up a whole new world, which
we could not have seen otherwise when we are solely focused on ourselves andspending time for our own goals only. I encourage you to get involved with ACEF, inlearning about Asia, to think of the children in Asia, and to cooperate with the peopleof Asia to continue promoting a circle of joy in living together.”upcoming events

Study Tour seminar event March 21st, 2023

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：→In preparation for the study tour in August, 2023, weare hosting a study tour seminar for prospective
participants and for all who are interested in ACEF’s
study tour. We are happy to have Ms. Akiko
Yamauchi who has just recently returned from
Bangladesh as our guest speaker to share about
Bangladesh and about the ACEF study tour. Previous
participants will also join for this event withdelicious Bangladeshi curry too! We hope many will
come join us!

【Date】Tuesday, March 21, 2023
【Time】10:00-13:00, 13:00-15:00【Fees】 Part 1 students/ 300 yen, adults/500 yen, Part 2 free
【Place】 SCF (Student Christian Fellowship) 5-14-9, Koenji minami,Suginami ward, 166-0003【contact】public@acef.or.jp / 03-3208-1925

ACEF YOUTH first meeting

What is ACEF Youth?
At ACEF, many youths from a wide age range of youths
are participating in their field of interest. For example education, development,
resolving poverty, etc.. ACEF Youth is a group consisted of such members. We had
a first meeting with the student volunteers.
At ACEF Youth, everyone's passion andskills are used, wether it is updatingsocial media, working with handicrafts
from Bangladesh, etc.. If you areinterested in taking part at ACEF, pleasefeel free to contact us in the email below!
email:public@acef.or.jp
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Previous events

Nomoskar Cafe was held on February 3rd
At the ACEF office, an event called"Nomoskar Cafe" was held onFebruary 3rd. We gathered andtasted homemade bengal tea andMisti and learned about Bangladesh
together. It was a very cozy time!

Story time at Bethel Kindergarten→Story time at Bethel Kindergarten

On February 2, ACEF's executive
director Ms. Yanagihara visited
Bethel Kindergarten. She shared
about Bangladesh and ACEF withthe students. Afterwards, the students
created artwork from the stories they
have heard. Their works will be giftedto the pre-primary students at the BDPschools. We are very thankful for thisblessed time!

Payment system transfer from Syncable to GOEN!
Along with the change in our membership management system, we arechanging the membership payment system from Syncable to “GOEN”.
We are working towards fully operating in the new system from the
middle of March, 2023. For members who are subscribed to Syncable,
we ask you to unsubscribe from Syncable and change your subscription
to GOEN. We will notify you as soon as the date of full transfer isdecided via email and mail magazine. We apologize for theinconvenience. Thank you for your understanding and your support!
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others

BDP magazine: January 2023 issued
BDP began the issue of their magazine to share more about their activities
with the world. The next issue is planned to be in December. Moreover, this month’s
magazine is issued with the Japanese translation as well! We hope to share about thesituation at BDP, and am hoping for you to feel more connected withthe staff and students at BDP. Please check the HP for the PDF file.
PDF is available on our HP: https://acef.or.jp/mail-magazine/▶︎Message from Service Learning students"I have learned many things from planning and hosting theNomoskar Cafe at ACEF. Firstly, it was a great challenge to hostan event in general. I had to clearly think through the details,
such as place, budget, participants for the event. It is a great joy
to have been able to host such an event, and to have even 2
participants really come and join. Secondly, I learned thedifficulty of making desserts. While it was honestly a little
disappointing to have failed in the making of Misti, the timespent to prepare was a fruitful experience. It was also a great
experience to be able to cooperate with Ms. Chubachi in thepreparation of the event!" ICU Service Learning, G.M（）"The event that we hosted became the highlight of the service learning program.
Personally, it was my first time to host an event, and while the preparation was difficult
at times, I think it turned out to be a very fun event. It was my first time to makeBengal tea, and to be able to do quizzes related to Bangladesh with the participants wasvery fun. The gifts from the precious executive director of ACEF were rare flavours
from overseas and it was delicious, too. It was truly a fruitful event to be able to shareabout Bangladesh as an output of what we learned." ICU Service Learning S.C（find us onsocialmedia!

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tel 03-3208-1925 fax 03-6278-9180
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