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＞ＴＯＰ ＞ＵＷＰ ≫２００５春NEWS JOURNAL
２００５春NEWS JOURNAL
Vol. 2, No. 5, 18 Apr 2005
Scarborough, Maine, USA |
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Follow the Tour
North America
Scarborough, Maine, USA
14 Mar 2005 - 20 Mar
2005
Scarborough, Maine, located in southern Maine, was named for the same
town in England.
The settlement of Scarborough was one of the earliest made on the New England
coast. John Jocelyn, writer, botanist and English nobleman, came to Scarborough
in 1663 to visit his brother Henry Jocelyn, who had settled on Prout's Neck. His
visit lasted eight years. His writings offer the best history of that time. He
wrote that the province of Maine had plenty of magistrates, husbandmen and
planters, but very few skilled craftsmen.
The town incorporated in 1658, and today as a population of 17,000.
Scarborough's sandy beaches and the rocky coastline were made famous by a local
artist, Winslow Homer.
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Tom Coreynen, Belgium, and Allison Myers, staff
member from the United States, prepare dinner for the "upper class" at the
Hunger Banquet
Mehmet Baha, Cyprus, and Kozue Tashiro, Japan,
prepare food for the Hunger Banquet
WorldSmart crew lives a new experience during the
Hunger Banquet
Scott Reeder, United States; Luka Planinc, Slovenia;
Farrah Payne, United States; and Joanna Nelson, United States, look at the
photos at the exhibition
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Community Impact Day
WorldSmart Students Go Hungry;
Learn about Global Hunger and
Poverty
By Hugo Ariza
Sanchez,
Mexico
External Relations Assistant
Scarborough, Maine -- On March 15, some host families and community
members, plus the 60 WorldSmart Leadership Program members were able to
participate in the first Oxfam America's Hunger Banquet, one of three hunger
banquets that are going to be held throughout this tour. Few people left the
Hunger Banquet with full stomachs, but everybody left it with a bigger
understanding of what global hunger and poverty is, and with the motivation to
be an active person in this world issue.
Before the hunger banquet started, there was an exposition with some photos
from Tim Hyne, who presented some of his pictures taken part of the "Doctors
without Borders" program in Argentina. This exposition was an excellent way to
start participant reflections and get prepared to what was about to start.
Each participant drew a ticket randomly, which assigned them the place they
should be sitting in. Fifteen percent of the people were in the "high-income"
place, and were served very complete meals consisting of salad, chicken,
vegetables, desert and juice. The next twenty-five percent were in the
"middle-income" section and ate a simple meal of rice and beans. The sixty
percent in the "low-income" place, besides waiting in line to be served, got
only small portions of rice and water.
While eating, participants viewed a presentation with global hunger
statistics and powerful images. The Power Point, along with instrumental music,
was played during the hunger banquet to make this time of reflection more
impacting. While all of this was going on, one of the high income class
participants wanted to share her food with a low class participant, (which was
her child) but, due to the nature of the event, was not allowed. This response
demonstrated that the goal of the hunger banquet was being achieved.
After the meals, we got to interact among ourselves in order to exchange
points of view about what had just happened, and to make the reflection richer.
Finally, to finish up with the hunger banquet, we had the honor to hear the
president of the Scarborough Rotary Club, Phil Mancini, who shared with us his
experience and perspective about global hunger.
I think that we achieved the goal to simulate and dramatize what currently
happens to many millions of people around the globe who are chronically hungry.
As an organizer of WorldSmart's Oxfam Hunger Banquet, I hope this event has
inspired the participants to actively pursue social change, educate others, and
help to find solutions to end poverty and hunger.
Thank you to the hunger banquet team who fundraised for Oxfam $350, and who
made of all this possible: Alexis Bell, the United States; Hiroko
Ochi, Japan; Kozue Tashiro, Japan; Silvana Jud, Switzerland;
and Mehmet Baha, Cyprus.
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Hiroko Ochi, Japan (near back) shows students from
Scarborough Middle School how to make paper cranes
Crystal Sanderson, Canada, shares information at
Scarborough Middle School
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Community Impact
Scarborough Middle School Students Benefit
From Instruction by
WorldSmart Crew
By Crystal Sanderson, Canada
Community Impact projects for our North American
tour have been mainly aimed at school-aged children. This week we finished our
tour of the United States on a high note at Scarborough Middle School.
Scarborough Middle School is not your typical U.S. public school. A few years
ago, the state of Maine purchased laptops for every seventh and eighth grader.
The school has wireless Internet access, so when the students are working on
projects or taking notes, they just pull out their personal laptops to work on,
all of which are kept in a recharger box.
The school is divided into five wings. The wing I was in was the only of its
kind in the school, since it was for students who chose to study with other
grades. My class, Mrs. Allen's, consisted of approximately twenty students from
the sixth, seventh and eight grades. The feel of the class was like family, as
everyone treated each other with respect, and the older students helped out the
younger ones. These students were very knowledgeable about computers and
technology, something I knew very little of when I was their age.
Each wing of the school was studying different regions of the world. My wing
was North America, so I was matched up with a class who was studying Canada. It
was great being able to share my country knowledge with these students and give
them first-hand information instead of just reading it out of a book. I brought
them souvenirs of Canada, including flags, magazines, pins, and postcards to
share a piece of my home country with them.
Scarborough Middle School was a wonderful end to our North American Tour. We
got the opportunity to share our cultures with them and they in return taught us
about theirs.
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WorldSmart crew eating Chinese food in Scarborough,
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Personal Development
My Advance Work in Scarborough
"Although I am Chinese, I have no idea about ordering Chinese food this
time."
By Rebecca Chen,
China
When you saw this
title, you may wonder why. The reason is not only because I have no idea of the
American Chinese food, but also no idea of ordering food for a big diverse
group. Following is my story when I was doing my advance work in Scarborough,
Maine, USA.
As a part of our personal development in our WorldSmart program, Crystal
Sanderson from Canada and I left the crew and went to Scarborough to do our
advance work there. Generally speaking, advance work is when two of the students
go to a city one week before the crew and gets ready for the crew, which
generally includes looking for host families, checking facilities, arranging
meals and so on. To order meal for the crew seems like it would be the easiest
part of the job, but I found it to be difficult.
Since Chinese food is very popular among the crew, no doubt, I should arrange
a Chinese meal for the crew in my city. After several calls, we decided to
choose a local Wok-Inn restaurant. The next thing was to go to the restaurant
and order the food. I never realized it take us more than one hour to make the
order for the crew.
When I saw the menu, I totally got lost. I didn't know what Lo-Mein was. I
didn't have any idea of what Buddha Delight looks like either. Moreover, the
owner didn't speak Mandarin. So I didn't have any advantage in being Chinese and
of ordering the Chinese food. Fortunately, they have pictures of the meals. We
figured out what was what.
However, to decide what and how many to order for is also hard. Since our
group are so diverse, people have different diet habits; for example, I like
vegetable and Crystal likes chicken. And we also have about 10 vegetarians. In
order to make sure the total cost is under our budget and every one has enough
food to eat, we discussed for a long time. Finally, we decided to order sesame
chicken for meat eaters and Buddha Delight for vegetarians, and vegetables,
rice, ando-Mein for everyone.
On Tuesday, I was so nervous whether our crew would like this meal. When
everyone enjoyed the lunch, I was so happy. I am happy that our crew liked the
meal; I am happy that I learned lots from the experience of advance work.
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The WorldSmart crew arrives in Japan
Staff from Japan gives us specifics about how to
arrange a Japanese bed
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Travel Day
Students Manage Marathon Trip
From United States
to Osaka, Japan
By Tomi Otudeko, Nigeria/United Kingdom
The travel
day from America to Japan actually encompassed three days. Our travel day
started on Saturday, 19 March beginning at 7:30 p.m. when host families began
dropping the crew off at the staff hotel in Scarborough, Maine. As the coach
wasn't expected to leave till 2 a.m. Sunday morning, many of the students spent
the time resting for the journey ahead, while others watched the movie, "The
Incredibles," (which I highly recommend!)
At 2 a.m., our journey to Japan started when we took a coach to Logan Airport
in Boston. We arrived at Logan Airport just after 4 a.m. and began the process
of checking in. We boarded a United Airlines flight to San Francisco, which took
off approximately 30 minutes late due to technical difficulties. Our flight from
Boston to San Francisco took 6 hours, which further reinforced my view that I
have only just began to comprehend how immense the United States of America is.
Once we arrived in San Francisco, it was mayhem. We had an hour to board the
plane with 63 people who had no boarding passes. The crew rushed from the local
terminal to the international terminal. On arrival at the international terminal
we were all issued our new boarding passes, and then had to go through airport
security. The final leg of our San Francisco adventure saw the crew make a mad
dash through the international terminal to our gate. We all managed to make it
on the aeroplane with no time to spare. Japan, here we come!
The journey from San Francisco to Osaka took 11 hours and many of the crew
took advantage of the spare time and caught a few winks of sleep.
We arrived in Japan at 4:30 p.m. Monday, the 21st of March. On arrival in
Japan, we were whisked off to a youth hostel to get some rest. The staff of the
youth hostel gave us a welcome ceremony, complete with candles and Japanese
games and songs, which lasted for 30 minutes. After the ceremony, we all had the
chance to have a shower in our first Japanese cultural experience-a Japanese
bathhouse of sorts. Our three-day trip from the United States to Japan was
finally over, and all were glad to see a bed and pillow.
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Nagoya Castle
in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan |
Follow the Tour
Asia
Nagoya, Aichi
21 Mar 2005
- 27 Mar 2005
Hiroshima, Hiroshima
28 Mar 2005 - 2 Apr 2005
Arao, Kumamoto
3 Apr 2005 - 9 Apr 2005
Omura, Nagasaki
10 Apr 2005 - 16 Apr 2005
Kumamoto , Kumamoto
17 Apr 2005 - 23 Apr 2005
Suita , Osaka
24 Apr 2005 - 30 Apr 2005
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