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KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATION

265「多文化フェスタみぞのくち」について

There’s going to be an event called “TABUNKA FESTA MIZONOKUCHI” where foreign residentsof Kawasaki, people with disabilities, and everyone else can gather together, have a good time, and makenew friends.
It’s going to happen on Saturday, October the 28th from 10 am to 3 pm. The location will be theroof of the NOCTY building in front of Musashi-mizonokuchi Station on the JR Nambu and Tokyu
Denentoshi Lines. (That’s the building that houses the Mizonokuchi branch of Marui Family.)
There will be dancing and music from Okinawa and from overseas, as well as sign language
dancing. There’ll be food from Brazil, Iran, Pakistan, India, and other countries, and there will be a
bazaar with goods from all over the world.
For more information you can call the Takatsu Civic Hall at 0 4 4 – 8 1 4 – 7 6 0 3.

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外国人児童の私立学校入学について

If you have a child who is a foreign resident of Kawasaki, and you intend for that child to enter amunicipal elementary or junior high school in April next year, please go to your local ward office orbranch ward office now for a consultation. Children will be able to begin the first year of elementary
school if they were born between April 2nd, 2000 and April 1st, 2001. Children will be able to begin thefirst year of junior high school if they are on track to graduate elementary school by March of 2007.
In addition, in November of this year at city-run elementary schools there will be health checkups
offered for children who are beginning elementary school next year. Please inquire about these at yourward or branch ward office as well.
More information about enrolling your child in public school for April 2007 is available at your local
ward office. Or you can contact the city’s Board of Education, Health Education Section (the KYOIKU IIN
KAI KENKO KYOIKUKAin Japanese) at 2 0 0 – 3 2 9 3.

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共同募金運動について
This year again, the red feather Community Chest fund drive is being held all across Japan.

Itwill continue through December 31st.
The donations collected will be used with care to fund social welfare institutions and activities,
including ones in your own community.
Volunteers will go door-to-door to collect donations, and will also take contributions on the street, inworkplaces and schools, and other places as well.
When they ask you for your support, please do what you can to help out.
You can get more information about these fundraising activities from the Kawasaki office of theCommunity Chest of Kanagawa Prefecture.

It’s called the KANAGAWA KEN KYODO BOKIN KAIKAWASAKI SHI RENGOKAI JIMUKYOKU in Japanese, and their phone number is 2 3 3 – 1 9 0 7 .

New Counseling Services for non-Japanese will start in October, 2006 at thetwo ward offices. The same services will continue to be provided at theKawasaki International Center. The schedule of consultation services are asfollows:
Asao Ward OfficeLanguage

DayKawasaki Ward OfficeHour＊ Language

ChineseTuesday

9:30-12:00＊

ChineseTagalog

Wednesday

14:00-16:30＊ Tagalog

EnglishThursday9:30-12:00＊

EnglishDay

Hour

Tuesday

14:00-16:30

Wednesday 9:30-12:00
Thursday

14:00-16:30

Issued by The Kawasaki International Association
2-2 Kizuki Gion Cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-0033 Kawasaki International Center
Tel 044-435-7000 Fax 044-435-7010 Ｅ-mail:kian@bremen.or.jp HP URL:http://www.bremen.or.jp/kian/