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Activity report for September ( latter half)

Following on from the previous article, here is the activity report for the latter half of September.

■ 4, 11 and 18 September: exchange workshops between Melbourne University students, and local people and university students.

Collaborating with the University of Melbourne, an online exchange event was held between a local elementary school and a shopping street. A variety of information was mutually introduced to each other.

Children introduced their own families and local people explained the features of the shopping street. University students explained Melbourne's shopping streets.

■23,24 September: crafts workshop with Goda-san from Graf

A crafts workshop was held with Goda-san, an Osaka-based design company that has supported the Ishibashi Commons project in a variety of ways. Participants created their own creations based on their own ideas.

■27 September: "mental health crisis" study meeitng

A study meeting on 'Kokoro(mental)' was held in Ishibashi, inviting various experts on Kokoro(mental). Various social issues related to the 'Kokoro' were discussed.

■ 29 September: Orientation for new internship students

An orientation was held for students who will participate in the internship which will start in October. Alumni and locals also joined us. We had a fun time and got a good start.

■ 30 September: viewing and volunteering at a local elementary school, sports day

We took part in a sports day at a local elementary school and volunteered at the event. We were able to interact with the parents while cleaning up the venue.

We had a lively conversation about the differences between sports days in each country.

■ 30 Sept: Japanese food culture workshop by Aiko-san from Japan Food Studies College

We visited Aiko-san, who is a researcher and promoter of Japanese food culture, at her kitchen studio in Ishibashi.She gave us a lecture and cooking workshop on Japanese food.

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This was the activity report for the second half of September.