・March 2023 Issue 12

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ACEFNews letterTOPICS＜Foreword＞ "As we approach a new fiscalyear"（Satsuki Yanagihara, Director）

Study Tour seminar event was held on 3.21
We welcomed a new staff at the ACEF officeInformation on payment system change andrequest to resubscribe to GOEN!
ACEF Member meeting will be held on May 21
BDP Newsletter (February 2023)
ACEF is participating in the Tokyo Women’s
University Festival Bazaar
Invitation to the 86th International Seminar“Made in Bangladesh”
ACEF YOUTH: the second meeting was held
※The PDF version of this newsletter is available on our hp.
URL https://acef.or.jp/mail_mag_2023march/※English version available on the homepage!

▶︎← Bengal curry and tea from the Study
Tour Seminar

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 9 articles on our recent
activities/projects and upcoming events, along with updates on what
is currently happening in Bangladesh.

"As we approach a new fiscal year"(Satsuki Yanagihara, director)

Foreword“It is now the end of the fiscal year, and it feels as if time flew by very quickly since I
began my work at ACEF. The past 9 months were full of rich, fulfilling times. Attimes I am surprised by the countless variety of work that faces me day after day,however, there has always been a hand of help at every single moment- as if my cryfor help is being heard. I am so thankful for your constant support. I have sprinted
through the past 9 months, but from the new year, I hope to continue the work atACEF while taking some time to discover and explore our current situation. We arefacing a very tough situation regarding the finances, however, we hope tocommunicate with BDP and work together to overcome such challenges. I hope tocreate a society where the people in Bangladesh, and the children and youths in Japan
will never lose bright hope in their eyes. Please continue to support ACEF.”(Satsuki Yanagihara)
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announcements

Study Tour seminar event was held on 3.21

The study tour seminar event was held on March 21st in preparation for the summer
study tour both online via ZOOM and in person at SCF. We cooked and enjoyedeating Bengali curry together in the first session. The second session was a time to
study about Bangladesh and ACEF’s study tour. We also learned much from our guest
speaker Akiko Yamauchi, a physical therapist who has temporarily returned fromBangladesh, about the country Bangladesh and what it is like to work in Bangladesh.
We are grateful to have many people join us! Please contact the ACEF office if you areinterested in the study tour!

We welcomed a new staff at the ACEF office“I have been working at the ACEF as a part time staff since March, 2023 at the officeand helping out also with the handicrafts. The ACEF bazaar is an occasion when we getto learn about ACEF’s activities and meet many people. I hope to encourage morepeople to get in touch with ACEF through the handicrafts, and to be able to support
ACEF through my work. My abilities are still limited, but I am looking forward todoing my best for the people of Bangladesh.” (Junko Murakami)

Information on payment system change andrequest to resubscribe to GOEN!

Along with the change in our membership management system, we are changing themembership payment system from “Syncable” to “GOEN”. The new payment system“GOEN” is directly linked to the membership system. Thus this change will allow us
to reach out to our supporters even more efficiently and without any fallouts.
For the current members who are subscribed to Syncable, we ask you to re-subscribe
to GOEN from Tuesday, April 4th from here
https://acef.or.jp/news/re-entry-and-cancel/
Please also unsubscribe from Syncable from here
https://help.syncable.biz/hc/ja/articles/115003542393
We deeply apologize for the inconvenience. Please let the ACEF offie know if you
have any questions. Thank you for your understanding and your support!

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ACEF Member meeting will be held on May 21

The 2023 ACEF member meeting will be held on Saturday, May 21,
2023. The meeting is planned to be held after 3pm. We will notify you assoon as the details are set. The(Kaiin no tsudoi) will also be
hosted on the same day! Please look forward to this special occasion.

会員の集い

Announcement: BDP magazine (February 2023)
BDP began the issue of their magazine to share more about theiractivities with the world. The next issue is planned to be in April. This
month’s magazine is available in Japanese as well! We hope to shareabout the situation at BDP, and am hoping for you to feel moreconnected with the 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/▶︎Invitation to the 86th Kokusai Rikai Seminar“Made in Bangladesh”
A Bangladesh event will be held in Yao City,
Osaka at the Kokusai Koryu (Internationalexchange) Center. “There is an increasing
number of students from Bangladesh who study
in Japan, and Japanese companies are
expanding to Bangladesh. Would you like tojoin us to deepen our understanding of issues
such as social discrimination, gender
discrimination and poverty through the public
viewing of Made in Bangladesh, and a lecturefrom a guest speaker from Bangladesh?”▶︎Date and Time：Saturday, April 15th, 13:00-16:00 (gate open12:30 ）▶︎Place：Yao City Shogai Gakushu Center・Big Hall ※15 min. walkfrom Metro Yao Station▶︎Audience：Above middle school Free
▶︎Maximum number of participants：100 people (order of sign up)▶︎Sign up：Sunday, April 2〜Friday, April 14 via phone, visit, orGoogle form

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ACEF is participating in the Tokyo Women’s
University Festival Bazaar
On Saturday, April 29th, ACEF is participatingin the Tokyo Women’s University FestivalBazaar (Enyuukai, hosted by alumni) andcontributing with our Bangladesh handicrafts
shop. The Handicraft working group memberand ACEF Youth volunteers will be at the standselling our goods so please come by! (the event
will be held from 11:00-16:00)

ACEF Youth：

ACEF YOUTH second meeting was held→

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 consisting of such members. We had our firstmeeting with the student volunteers.

At ACEF Youth, everyone's passion andskills are used, whether it is updatingsocial media, working with handicrafts
from Bangladesh, etc... If you areinterested in taking part at ACEF, pleasefeel free to contact us at the email below!
email: public@acef.or.jp

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