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Hello everyone.
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Hello.
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in the area of the Jonancho Association.
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such as dementia.
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So of course I accepted.
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I visited the school and with the sixth grade class
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I talked about residents with dementia residents living on their own
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and the map we had created.
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The students listened closely to my presentation.
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After my presentation
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the students went home and talked with their mothers.
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The students took notes on what they discussed with their mothers
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then the notes were used in a survey which the school showed me.
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It is wonderful to be presenting here in my own neighborhood.
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Here are some of the mothers' comments
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It would be too embarrassing to tell neighbors about dementia in the family.
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It's one of the things that I feel are too personal to tell neighbours.
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Answers like that were common.
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The students asked some questions in response
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How can we find these people?
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If their families keep quiet how do we find them?
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I had thought that for the kids
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the issues on the community care map such as dementia and isolation
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would be hard to comprehend.
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I am very grateful.
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But when I actually started speaking in class
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the children listened to me very intently.
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I was very impressed and touched by the way they were trying to learn.
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Well I suppose
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that it's the beauty of education that I was able to experience.
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In the meantime at the end of class
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some students showed an interest in helping the community.
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There were six students
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who formed a team called Jon 6.
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They started volunteering to help the association.
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What does a community association do?
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All of the members of Jon 6 were girls.
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How are these kids going to help? was my initial thought.
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Then one day the Jon 6 team came to the association
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and asked to help the elderly residents.
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They wanted to cook and serve refreshments at one of our gatherings for the elderly.
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Wait a minute these are sixth graders! Can they really do these things?
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Deep down I had my doubts.
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Yet a few days later all six members turned up.
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They cooked a meal
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they served it to the elderly who were at the gathering.
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A community association is a residential organization in Japan.
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They chatted with the elderly during the meal.
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My first impression was that maybe the kids were doing this
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just to make the elderly happy
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or they find the activity itself interesting or amusing.
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Their actual intention was though to contribute to the community
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by serving refreshments and chatting with the elderly.
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Later on the members of Jon 6 came to us once again.
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They said We want to help. Let us know what we can do.
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So recalling that our newsletter was about to be discontinued
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I asked the kids if they wanted to work on it.
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Residents manage the activities.
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They said Leave it to us. We'll do it.
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They began working immediately.
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The students printed several issues of the newsletter.
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It is still in print today
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with no sign of discontinuing.
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Because of the kids getting involved in the neighborhood association
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diverse generations started taking part in our town festivals.
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When the kids participate so do their parents.
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Even the elderly who aren't usually very active join in
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actively participating talking to the kids.
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It is there
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My hope is that these kids in the near future
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will become an integral part of our community
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to discuss our social problems and handle them together
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that these kids
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will lead future community associations.
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I'm glad I've been able to sow the seeds for that.
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However when we talk about getting help from the youth
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we're talking about the young adults
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who can take over the community association now.
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Not the kids.
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that people connect and build communities
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When these young adults take over
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I trust they will be responsible.
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We must not insist that they continue to do things as we did.
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We should let them manage the community in their own ways.
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Even if the solutions we are using now are not going to be repeated
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whatever challenges the community may face in the future
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kids will play their part in helping to overcome them.
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Thinking about the future for ourselves and kids
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I want us to work towards a future
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in which elderly people with cognitive and physical disabilities
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through preserving traditions cultural activities and festivities.
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live in completely supportive communities.
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Let's pursue this.
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Thank you very much.
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When I first joined the association
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Until last March I worked for the Jonancho Association in Anjo city.
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I worked as the elementary school patrol.
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This will be my 14th year.
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That’s so long isn’t it? 14 years!
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And then the students I used to watch over
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