As promised in this post, last Wednesday, 5th August, I went to Shibuya in Tokyo where I attended the Table For Two (TFT) event aimed at raising funds for purchasing the necessary facilities and building a kitchen in Mwandama, Zomba, Malawi. TFT provides meals at a number of primary schools in this area.
The event was well patronized. I met a lot of people and I made more than 15 new friends. Unlike the Tokyo CGM Night where participants are predominantly gaijin (foreigners), at the TFT event, apart from me, the rest of the participants were Japanese. Kozue Matsuda was the Master of Ceremonies. She did a great job. I envy her because she is pera pera (good) at both Japanese and English. When I am with her, she speaks fluent North American English. But on this day, she was speaking fluent Japanese with jokes here and there.
Mr Masa Kogure, the Director for TFT, made a great presentation about TFT’s work in Uganda and Malawi. He asked the people to make donations towards the kitchen project in Malawi and from what I saw the response was overwhelming. After the donations, as the only Malawian at the event, I was asked to make a few comments. I spoke in Japanese and English. I thanked the people for the donations. Here are the photos from the event:
At the reception
There was a lot of food
He is cooking Nsima, Malawi's and many African countries' stapple food
Nsima with beans (nyemba in Chichewa)
I had a good chat with the two ladies
As you can see from the flags, apart from Malawi, Table For Two school meals are also served in Rwanda and Uganda
The Director for Table For Two International, Mr Masa Kogure's presentation
Everyone listening attentively to Mr Kogure's presentation
After the fundraising exercise, people pasted stickers on the drawing on the wall
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackEvidently, a great occassion! Thanks for sharing Clement.
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Clement Nyirenda says:
August 11th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
@Chomora: I really wanted to take you to this event but it was on short notice. I tried to make desperate attempts to reach you by phone but I guess you had gone for the boat cruise with Mori. Next time, I will make sure that we go together.
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Nice pictures, and nice post. It seems like a very worthy cause.
I ran across your blog from techjaws.com. I’m in IT, and I’ve been interested in Japanese culture since I did some tutoring several years ago. I haven’t managed to learn the language though, so I’m impressed with your doing it in 4 months.
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That looked like a great event with great people and great food. Thanks for sharing!
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