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TUWAKUZE AFRICA JAPANESE
EMBASSY VISIT
Event Leader: Majune Socrates
Executive Summary:
Tuwakuze Africa held its first ever Japanese Embassy visit on 27th May 2016 as per the
Tuwakuze Africa Strategic Plan-2016 (Office of the Mentorship Coordinator). The aim of
the excursion was to give the students exposure to the Japanese culture.
Summary of the Activities:
The excursion was held on 27th May 2016 at the Embassy of Japan. The total number of
participant was 35 (29-students from Bethsaida school, 3 teachers, 1 Tuwakuze Africa volunteer and 2
Tuwakuze Africa Board members).
This was not only an exciting opportunity for the participant to interact outside the
classroom setting but also an opportunity to learn the Japanese culture. Some of the
activities that participants were involved in included:
 Introductory clip on Japan and its culture
 Introduction to the Japanese Language
 Origami - Japanese art of paper folding
 Shodo – Japanese art of calligraphy
 Traditional Japanese Games
 Quiz on Japan

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Financial Implications:
The expenditure for this event is as follows:
Budget Actual
Variance
AnalysisNo. Item Qty
Cost
per
unit Total Qty
Cost
per
unit Total
1 Soda 38 40 1,520 39 45 1,770 250
2 Biscuits 2 300 600 2 300 600 0
3 Sweets 2 120 240 2 100 200 (40)
4
Transportation
(one 35 seater bus)
2
way 3500 7,000 2 way 3,300 6,600 (400)
5 Contingency
5% of total
cost of
budget
500
Gift 1,300 (200)
6 Miscellaneous 1,000
Total Cost 10,860 Total Cost 10,470 (390)

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Photo section:
Image 1: Pupils and Teachers try out step one of Origami-Folding papers.
Image 2: Pupils try out step one of Origami-Folding papers.

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Image 3: Ms. Edissa (L), Ms. Risper (M) and Mr. Joseph (R) pose with their Origami boxes

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Image 4: Mr. Majune poses with an Origami box.
Image 5: Pupils and Pastor Kamau follow proceedings about Japanese culture
Image 5: Pastor Kamau (L), Ms. Risper (L), Ms. Edissa (R), Mr. Majune (M) and Teacher Hila
(R) pose for a photo

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Image 5: Pastor Kamau (L), Mr. Majune (L), Ms. Risper (L), Teacher Hila (M) and Ms. Edissa (R)
pose next to the Samurai
Conclusion:
This event achieved its objective of exposing Pupils that Tuwakuze Africa supports. As a
result, Tuwakuze Africa featured in the April – June 2016 Japanese embassy Bulletin,
http://www.ke.emb-japan.go.jp/files/000176498.pdf. This visit offers a platform for
future excursions for Pupils to Embassies and other places that Tuwakuze Africa deems
fit.
Based on the success of this event, Tuwakuze Africa will sponsor three Pupils to contest
in the annual Japanese Language Speech Contest for 2017. This event occurs between
March and April and it has two segments, the Japanese language speech contest and the
Japanese cultural contest. Pupils will participate in the latter segment.
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