School Global Education and Tanzania Library Project

This page introduces JAT-related activities including African global education programs held at schools in Aichi, participatory lessons for junior high school students led by international intern speakers, African cultural exchange through mancala, and Kyocho Elementary School’s support for a library in Tanzania.

These activities helped children not only learn about the world, but also think about what they could do for international cooperation and turn that learning into action.

School Global Education Program

Through dialogue with international speakers, teaching material sets, and presentation activities, the program aimed to help children feel the wider world more closely.

Lessons through Direct Exchange with International Speakers

In the global education programs, international speakers and student speakers visited schools and introduced their cultures, daily lives, schools, food, and values.

Through questions, quizzes, and group discussions, children encountered real-world perspectives that they could not learn from textbooks alone.

• Cultural introductions by international speakers
• Use in English classes, integrated studies, and related subjects
• Group discussion-based lessons
• Development of intercultural understanding, expression, and communication skills

School Exchange with Speakers from Africa

Speakers from Africa and other international backgrounds visited schools and introduced African cultures and daily life to children. These exchanges helped children begin to think of distant countries as part of a world connected to their own lives.

Later, these learning experiences led to children’s own actions, including used-book sales, T-shirt exchange, and support for a library in Tanzania.

African Cultural Exchange through Mancala

Through mancala, a game that can be enjoyed without relying on language, the project created spaces for cultural exchange where both children and adults could participate.

Tanzania Library Project

Students at Kyocho Elementary School learned about the educational environment of children in Tanzania and took action as “international cooperation we can do” by collecting used books and selling them at a local festival.

The proceeds were used to support a library in Uswaa Village, Tanzania. Messages of thanks and records of exchange were received from the local community, showing that the children’s actions supported learning across borders.

This was not simply a donation activity. It was an important practice in which international understanding learned at school was turned into children’s own action.

Supporting the Educational Environment in Uswaa Village

In Uswaa Village in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania, children faced challenges in accessing books and learning materials. Library support was an educational support activity that aimed to provide local children with books and learning opportunities.

Although many students lived in Uswaa Village, there was a shortage of accessible library spaces and enough textbooks. Supporting the library space and the purchase of books was an important effort to support children’s learning.

“International Cooperation: What We Can Do”

The activity in which Kyocho Elementary School students learned about library support in Tanzania, thought about what they could do, collected and sold used books, and delivered support funds was featured in a Grade 5 moral education textbook by Mitsumura Tosho.

The activity was introduced as a practice in which children learned about global issues, acted with support from their local community, and connected their efforts to educational support overseas.

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The Value Shown by This Textbook Feature

This activity was not simply an international exchange event. It was recognized as an educational practice that helped children think about “international cooperation we can do” within school education.

It is also a record connected to the values HHHJapan emphasizes: multicultural coexistence, education, international cooperation, and collaboration with local communities.

The major significance of this activity lies in the fact that children learned about the world and became involved in society through actions close to them.

Activity Photo Gallery

Representative photos of school global education, mancala cultural exchange, and Tanzania library support.