The Asia Christian Education Fund

2022 June

ACEF Newsletter
June, 2022
Thank you for your avid support for the ACEF mail news. We are happy to update you about our activities inJapan and Bangladesh. Today, we hope to share with you 5 articles on our most recent updates, along withnews on what is currently happening in Bangladesh.

✨ What's New!✨① Foreword: “Providing education regardless of where you’re born” (Akiko Anzai② Bangladesh Curry party was held on June 27, 2022
③ Message from university students who participated in the Service Learning progra④ Call for 2022 summer donation⑤Updates on national ooding in Banglades※The Japanese PDF version of this newsletter can be downloaded from our homepage.
URL→ https://acef.or.jp/mail_mag_2022june/

Foreword: “Providing education regardless of where you’re born” (BoardMember: Akiko Anzai)“Children are born into this world, unable to choose where. Today, children in Japan are unlikely to face life
threatening dangers in their ordinary lives. In Japan, there is no war, most children are not starving to deatheven if their nancial situation is far from wealthy, and most children have a home to sleep inside at night.
Children are able to spend their days safely and protected in kindergarten and day cares if both parents areworking. Children of registered Japanese citizens most de nitely receive an entrance letter from schools.
The literacy rate is 100%. After primary school, students continue their education into secondary and highereducation, they acquire certi cates and gain jobs, some take over their parents’ businesses. Countless
opportunities are open to them, whatever career they want to pursue. This is the ordinary life for children inJapan, and we expect children from other countries to have similar experiences. In reality, however, life isvery di erent. Children from some countries have no choice to work to support their families, many areunable to access education or choose to receive education due to their environment. Recognizing this reality
shows us that there are many sorrows outside of what we see from our perspective. Unless children are ableto access and receive education equally regardless of where they are born, this world will not experience m)

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complete peace. As a mother myself, I am hoping to reach out to those who are in need, for a brighter andpeaceful future.” (Akiko Anzai)

The Curry Event was hosted on June 27!
On Monday, June 27, a cooking event was hosted by the service learning students. It was a special
opportunity, especially since it has been di cult to spend time together in person due to covid for the past
few years. Students together with special guests from ACEF cooked the spicy and avorful Bangladeshi curry
together. Participants also tried on salwar kameese and had a Q&A time learning about Bangladesh. It was a
successful and joyful time for all participants!

Message from participants in the Service Learning Program: 2022 Spring
ACEF welcomes several students every year for the Service Learning program, where students study about
service through hands-on experience in cooperating organizations. For this spring term, we welcomed 4students from International Christian University and 2 students from Aoyama Gakuin University. Although
it was only a month long experience, each of the students worked diligently and learned about Bangladesh,
about ACEF and our cooperation with BDP, and worked together with ACEF. Today we will share themessages from the students at Aoyama Gakuin University(Aoyama Gakuin University, Year 2: H.Toyoda)“I chose ACEF since I was interested in the practical teaching program. When the actual program began, I
was surprised by how di cult it is to build a whole classroom lesson. I was unsure if we could really do it,
and was very nervous about it. However, the sta from ACEF helped us by giving us hints and advice that wecould not come up with, and thankfully, we were able to do the lesson as planned. I want to continue
searching for ways I can relate to and work with people who live in far away lands with di erent
environments, just as we have taught the students.
(Aoyama Gakuin University, Year 2: M.Ishii)“In the beginning, I had never heard of the organization ACEF, nor did I have any knowledge about thecountry Bangladesh. I was very worried about having to teach and share with students about ACEF’s vision.
However, I was introduced to many people I have never imagined I would be in contact with, such as those
who worked in the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, and the BDP school teachers. Through theseencounters, I was able to learn about Bangladesh from a new perspective aside from the stereotypical ideas I
had before. In the classroom lesson, we did an activity where students in Japan write letters to the students
in Bangladesh. Seeing the students write the di cult Bangla letters with such liveliness inspired me.
Although it was a short experience in the limited class time, I feel like I have contributed somehow throughmy own studies and preparation about Bangladesh and ACEF’s vision such as “dignity” and “co-existence”, aswell as this rare opportunity of actually teaching the younger generation.

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Call for 2022 summer donations
The 42 schools and approximately 4,000 students in Bangladesh are supported by your donations. Due tothe drastic devaluation of yen and global increase of living costs, ACEF is in a very nancially di cultsituation. Please continue to support us, even after the devastating spread COVID. The summerdonations are open until September, through credit card payments, Amazon Pay, and bank transfers. TheURL below will direct you to the donation page. Thank you for your continued support
https://syncable.biz/associate/ACEF1990/donate

Updates on national flood disaster in Bangladesh
The ooding which has caused severe damage in North-Eastern India and Bangladesh are said to be theworst in twenty years. According to the June 27 report by UN Bangladesh, 7,200,000 people in 9 districts
have su ered from this ooding, 1,680,000 families are experiencing ooding in their homes, and 480,000people are currently evacuating. 1,520,000 people from 5 districts are said to need support in the upcoming
days, and the Netrokona district which BDP operates is also included in those areas.
According to the BDP report, 2 BDP schools are out of use due to the ooding, and 170 students area ected by this disaster. BDPis asking for your help.
Donations can be made throughcredit card payments, Amazon
Pay, and bank transfers. The URL
below will direct you to thedonation page. (Please leave amessage as “flood reliefdonations”)Thank you for yoursupport.
https://syncable.biz/associate/
ACEF1990/donate

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