What I think recently. (Yuka)

Hello. I’m Yuka.

 

Today I want to write about what I think recently.

I remember that I have written one blog on this homepage before.

 

 

I participated in the work camp at Bishnupur leprosy colony for the first time when I was a first-year student of university.

Before I went to India and joined the work camp, I wrote my thoughts on the blog.

 

Today, I read the blog again. It has been two years since I wrote the blog.

It seems that I were shining with hope and joy.

 

 

 

 

 

Today, I know what I didn’t know at that time. And I’ve had a lot of experiences since then.

However, there may be something what I lost.

So, I made up my mind not to forget what I thought at that time. That was my starting point.

 

 

There is one more thing in my mind.

 

I think that “WAPPINESS” changed my life.

If I had not participated in the work camp, I wouldn’t be who I am today.

So, I want to return the favor.

 

 

Thank you for reading! Have a nice Day!

 

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It’s time to join us!

What is a “leprosy colony”?

It is a society with people who are isolated from society due to leprosy.

 

In the colony, people live with less than $1 per day .

We conduct several activities for their independence.

 

There are many ways you can support them as a team with us.

↓ ↓ Join us now from the below ↓ ↓

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Why I’m taking part in work camp in Manipur. (Sakura)

Hello! I’m Sakura.I have joined work camp 3 times in Manipur.

 

There are 2 reasons why I’m taking part in work camp in Manipur.

 

First is that I want to solve dustbin problems. In namaste! activities, we made some dustbins at Manipur.Now the garbages on the road is decreasing because of it and some dustbins are already full.

 

However villagers don’t move it. They burn it to make it smaller. It’s bad for health…

And in the future the time will come to quit our activities at Manipur… So I think that when we make some facilities,we have to make some system which can run only with villagers.

It should be sustainable for villagers!

 

Then, Mr.Das(the chief of Manipur) and Eriko Kajita(the director of Wappiness) and some members of Namaste! conducted meeting about the dustbin problem.
We decided that Wappiness will conduct job support with TOTO(electric car) and a part of the sales will spend to garbage disposal. It was in my second time to join the workcamp.

 

Second is that I want to approach discrimination problems.So we conducted a research to villagers.It was about discrimination and how villagers feel about Manipur.
Most of villagers did not claim about discrimination but about their houses, health and jobs.

 

I felt the situation of Manipur as leprosy colony is getting better.
However some villagers, especially lady, said to me about when they tell about they are living in leprosy colony to their friend, they worry about how these friends see them.

 

I think it’s deep problem of leprosy.
Manipur is better than other colonies that we conduct work camp.
But there are still some problems of leprosy.
The 2 reasons are why I was taking part in work camp and will continue to go to Manipur.

 

 

Thank you for reading!  See you again!!

 

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It’s time to join us!

What is a “leprosy colony”?

It is a society with people who are isolated from society due to leprosy.

 

In the colony, people live with less than $1 per day .

We conduct several activities for their independence.

 

There are many ways you can support them as a team with us.

↓ ↓ Join us now from the below ↓ ↓

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Intern students join our activities!!

There is a good news!
From this March, two new members joined our team as intern students.
They will work in India for a year.

 

They will run and update this blog and some social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter).
Don’t miss it!

 

 

 

<Their profile>

Name: Sakura Yagi
Undergraduate Student (third year)
Character: Cheerful
Like: Singing, Listening to music

 

 

 

 

Name: Yuka Watanabe
Undergraduate Student (fourth year)
Character: Talkative
Like: Sleeping, Singing

 

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It’s time to join us!

What is a “leprosy colony”?

It is a society with people who are isolated from society due to leprosy.

 

In the colony, people live with less than $1 per day .

We conduct several activities for their independence.

 

There are many ways you can support them as a team with us.

↓ ↓ Join us now from the below ↓ ↓

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