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We will be screening “A Man Called Ove” (a Swedish movie) in our next charity movie festival in October. Through descriptions of warm-hearted and comical interactions between neighbors, the movie reveals there is a story and a sadness behind an isolated angry old man, Ove. Lingering, it reminds us to cherish people around us. We will also be holding a charity bazar in which social welfare workshops will participate too. We will sale advance tickets from early August.   ●Title: A Man Called Ove (Original title: En Man Som Heter Ove, Sweden, 2015) ●Date: 13 October 2017 ●Screenings:   (1) 11am  (2) 2.30pm  (3) 6.40pm-8.40pm 　* We will also be holding […]

We held our 74th charity movie and bazaar on June 3rd at the Hitotsubashi Hall. Blessed with great weather, almost 800 people came to the event. Supported by 46 volunteers, our bazar ended a great success. We would like to express hearty thanks to all individuals and organizations for their understanding and supports, as well as to all participants of our event.  

We held a charity classic concert featuring Quartet SISLEY on January 7. Quartet SISLEY played uplifting music including well-known classical pieces and their own original compositions, which helped everyone get into the festive mood of the New Year holidays.  Throughout the evening, the members of the quartet engaged the audience in a friendly dialog about their music. The concert hall was filled with the warm glow of their beautiful music.

An ISSJ social worker visited Ushiku Immigration Center with an interpreter on 9 December. We met 6 asylum seekers and did counselling for around one hour each.

Mieko Ishikawa, General Director and Yuko Enomoto delivered a lecture about family based care for children who are in need of social care at the seminar which was held by Rikkyo Univiersity Institute of Social Welfare.