Osaka Jogakuin College Spring 2007 Peace Dialogue Contest 1st place presentation
by students of Professor Steve McCarty

A dialogue discussing whether to build another atomic power plant in a city in Japan or to conserve energy. Students created this dialogue before there was actually a big earthquake later in the summer that disabled a major atomic power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Company in Niigata Prefecture. Students of English as a Foreign Language can read the script while listening to the podcast. First click this link to open the script in MSWord format. Return to this page just to start the podcast below, then go back to read the script while listening.

This is an interview with Sri Lankan Chan Wanduragala. She was an organizer of a November 23, 2005 fundraising event at Osaka Castle for survivors of the recent Pakistani Kashmir Earthquake. Osaka Jogakuin College teachers, students and others cooperated with a Japanese NGO called the Asia Volunteer Center (AVC). An AVC team recently visited Balakot, a village a few kilometers from the epicenter. The Osaka Castle event drew 128 participants and pledges of contributions from yet others. Organizers hope to raise about US$5,000 for the earthquake victims as winter approaches. Besides listening to this interview on the cross-cultural and humanitarian issues involved, for more information see this page at the Asia Volunteer Center Website.