世界をつなぐ越境者
~Beyond the hill today, Beyond yourself tomorrow~
普通科(進学型単位制)
〒605-0000 京都市東山区今熊野悲田院山町5-22[MAPを見る]
TEL. 075-561-4142 FAX. 075-551-9046
HELLO Village Week IIが今日から始まりました!今回のテーマは「Crossing Borders」(越境)です。この言葉にはクラス,学年,バックグラウンド,世代などの異なる様々な人々と交流しながら,生徒たちに何かに挑戦してほしいという意味が込められています。今日から一週間続くHELLO Village Week IIでは,そうした機会を提供できるようなイベントをたくさん用意しています。
さて,本日の放課後に行われた最初のイベントは「JICA Presentation」です。助産師としてアフリカのガーナで2年間青年海外協力隊として活動されたミーコさんにお越しいただき,病院も医療機器もなく医師もいない地域で,それまでに培ってきた経験と知識だけで助産師として働き,無力感を感じながらも出産を見守ってきた日々についてお話しいただきました。
生徒たちはミーコさんの興味深いお話しを聞いた後,Q&Aセクションで様々なことを質問していました。例えば「医療従事者としてガーナで働くとしたら,大学を卒業した後すぐに現地へ行く,日本で経験を積んだ後に現地に行く,このうちのどちらがいいですか」という生徒の質問に対して,ミーコさんは間違いなく後者だと回答され,経験を積まないうちに現地に行っても何もできないというのがその理由でした。生徒たちは,言語も文化も異なる場所で2年間助産師として働き,現地の人々と深く交流してきたからこその貴重な話を聞くことができ,自分の将来や進路などについて考えるいい機会を得ることができました。
HELLO Village Week IIは今日から来週の16日(水)まで一週間続きます。明日は放課後にALTたちによるプレゼンテーション「Japanese Culture around the World」が予定されています。
HELLO Village Week II started today! The theme this time is ‘Crossing Borders’. We chose this word because we want students to challenge themselves in a situation where they interact with other students from different classes, people with different backgrounds or from a different generation. In HELLO Village Week II, we will offer various events that enable students to have such experiences.
Today, there was ‘JICA Presentation’ as the afterschool event. We welcomed Miko who was a member of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers and worked as a midwife in Ghana for two years. She had to work in a region where there were no hospitals, no medical devices, no doctors, and felt helpless because the cutting-edge medical knowledge she had acquired in Japan had no use there. Although working in Ghana was the hardest time for her, she told that, in retrospect, that was also the most fulfilling and precious time.
After Miko’s fascinating story, students asked many questions in Q&A section. One question from a student was ‘If we work as a medical staff in Ghana, which is better, (i) to start working there as soon as possible after graduating a medical school, or (ii) to work and get experience in Japan first and then work in Ghana?’ Miko’s answer was (ii) because a medical staff without any practical medical knowledge and experience can do nothing there. By listening to a real story only someone who worked in a different country and had deep interactions with people there can tell, students got a good opportunity to think about what they want to do in the future.
HELLO Village Week II lasts for a week until 16 th. We are planning to have the second event ‘Japanese Culture around the World’ tomorrow afte rschool.