2013.11.23 12:50
Cooperative Participation in the AIDS Culture Forum（11/23 2013 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture）
On Saturday, November 23rd, we provided Tomodachi Curry® at the "AIDS Culture Forum in Rikuzentakata" held in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture to cooperate in making it a lively event.
Rikuzentakata First Junior High School was the venue, and in the school's premises there are temporary housing and Rikuzentakata Clinic.
The aim of this event is to provide awareness on HIV/AIDS to the young generations, and it has been held for six years since 2005 and organized by Rikuzentakata Junior Chamber, Rikuzentakata City Hall, and Ofunato Health Center of Iwate Prefecture. It was discontinued for two years due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, but this year it was brought back after three years.
The event began at Rikuzentakata First Junior High School's gym with a performance by the artist Funny Pig from Rikuzentakata which warmed up the atmosphere of the venue. There were many participants from early on, and by the talk session began the gym was full of participants with more than 150 people.
We provided Tomodachi Curry® at this event thanks to our relationship with Dr. Mikihito Ishiki of Iwate Prefectural Takada Hospital, and the request was to prepare about 200 servings. We did the preparations the night before at the Senmaya International Club (SIC) and made Tomodachi Curry® on the day of the event outside the venue.
Mr. Kyosuke Tachibana of Sendai Akiu Spa Hotel Iwanumaya joined us from the day before at the Senmaya International Club by staying the night and it was a great help. He was very efficient and we truly appreciate it.
Additionally, Mr. Yoshihiro Kanno, the director of Senmaya Branch of Ichinoseki City Hall, kindly presented us with a donation to assist in the event, and sent four staff from the Branch office to the venue to help us. We take this opportunity to extend our appreciation.
Dr. Tabata, the director of Iwate Prefectural Takada Hospital also came and joined the talk session.
Tomodachi Curry® was scheduled to be provided at 12 noon after the lecture in the morning was over. We were to provide the curry within a limited time which was until 1p.m. when the next lecture began, but we were relieved to have been able to complete it in time. We were happy to hear many people telling us "It was delicious."
"Class on Life", lecture by the "night watchman teacher" Mr. Osamu Mizutani
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