"To foster peace, one friend at a time."
World Friendship Center was founded by Barbara Reynolds on August 7th, 1965
(20 years after the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima) to provide a place where people from many nations can meet,
share their experiences and reflect on peace.
World Friendship Center has continued Barbara's vision of serving the Hiroshima community
and visitors to the city in a variety of ways.
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The Tanimoto Peace Foundation, in partnership with the Hiroshima World Friendship Center, is offering an Internship Scholarship to up to three motivated individuals to come to Hiroshima for one month. The purpose of their study is to learn about, research about, participate in and write about one of the four pillars of the Tanimoto Peace Foundation: History, Peace Education, Art and Spirituality. The internship will take place from July 4 – August 1, 2020 in Hiroshima, JAPAN. Qualifications: The TPF Intern should be: 18 years old at the time of arrival in Hiroshima Interested in the history of Hiroshima and the atomic bomb Open-minded and adaptable to new situations Well-organized…
Yu-ai Friendship Newsletter of the World Friendship Center, NPO WFC ReflectionNatalie Kuca(Translated by Mikiko Shimizu) At the end of May, one of the WFC board members, Tachibana-san invited me to visit a social welfare center in the area that had history with zainichi Koreans, which was one of my fields of interests in Japanese studies. Tachibana-san had worked in the day care at the center, and he was able to arrange for the director of the center to give us a tour of the facility and tell us about its history. By the end of the meeting, my interest was piqued and I offered to volunteer at the center once…
Yu-ai Friendship Newsletter of the World Friendship Center, NPO Experiencing Hiroshima through the World Friendship CenterYovana Milosevic(Translated by Sumiko Kanetsuna) Briefly living in Hiroshima, Japan and staying at the World Friendship Center is easily the biggest blessing in my life. I encountered an entirely different culture by living in it for a month and a half, and there were surprises waiting for me at every corner. I was able to participate in daily discussions involving peace, compassion, kindness, and debates on current world issues. I attended numerous lectures on not only Hiroshima’s history specifically, but also about how it has been represented in the media over time, what the current…
いつも皆様よりWFCへのあたたかいご支援を賜り、大変ありがとうございます。感謝申しあげます。
ＷＦＣでは、４月１９日から、新型コロナウイルス感染拡大防止のため、閉館し、行事、活動を停止してきました。広島県の緊急事態宣言解除に伴い、英会話クラスを再開しましたが、感染防止ためのガイドラインを設け、追加対策を講じ、他の活動についても７月１日より順次再開いたします。
皆さまのご理解とご協力を、どうぞよろしくお願い申しあげます。また、急遽、開催が中止される場合もありますので、ご了承ください。
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**「WFCにおける新型コロナウイルス感染防止対策」**
マスクを着用してください。
検温を実施します。
消毒をお願いします。
三つの密を避けます。
感染が拡大したら活動を停止します。
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感染防止ためのガイドライン：
**１．マスク**
会話中を含めマスクの着用をお願いします。スピーカー（被爆証言者、講師等）が、長時間話すために、マスク着用が困難な場合は、聴衆との間のソーシャルディスタンスを通常より広く取ってください（三密の回避参照）。
**２．検温**
スタッフ（館長を含む）、すべての来館者の検温を実施します。３７度以上又は本人の平熱より５分以上高い場合は、入館できません。また、体調の悪い方は、来館を控えてください。
**３．消毒**
母屋の玄関、英会話クラスに、アルコール消毒液を用意しますので、来館、退館の際は、使用してください。
館内の会合、英会話クラス終了後、テーブル、椅子、ドアノブ等、アルコール消毒を実施します。
**４．トイレ**
母屋、英会話ルームのトイレのタオルは、当面撤去し、ペーパータオルを備えますので、使用してください。各自、ご自分のハンドタオル、ハンカチを持参されることも助かります。
**５．三密の回避**
**密閉**
玄関、窓を常時開けて、換気を行います。酷暑期、酷寒期はエアコンを使用しますが、同様の換気を行います。
**密集・密接**
すべての活動において、ソーシャルディスタンス（２ｍ）を取ることをお願いします。座る場合は、横並び、又ははす向かいに座ってください。
会話中もマスクを着用してください。
**６．軽食**
複数人が集う英会話クラス、会合、活動中に軽食を取ることは避けてください。
**７．活動停止**
広島において急激な感染拡大の傾向がみられる場合、県からの営業休業要請、外出自粛要請が出された場合、全国的な感染拡大の第２波、第３波が発生した場合、活動を停止することがあります。
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Thank you for all you and your theatre organization are doing to spread the word about the threat of nuclear arms and war in your world.
Greetings. I recall well my visit to the Center during my month-long exploration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1984. Folks here may be interested in my upcoming major book on how Truman and the Pentagon sabotaged the first Hollywood drama about the bomb, MGM's "The Beginning or the End." This my 3rd book related to this subject, including one written with Robert Jay Lifton, "Hiroshima in America." Also this week I finished directing a film based on a previous book, on a closely related subject, "Atomic Cover-up." Best wishes to you, and more on the book here:
Early Response to Upcoming 'Atomic Bomb' Book
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So grateful for your ways of publicizing the enormous destruction of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki!
Congratulations Greg, I can't wait for release of the final version of the film!