Colombia

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Happy Birthday to Colombia!

2018-07-20

Bogotá, the capital and largest city of Colombia. *Photo from Wikipedia July 20 is Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Colombia from Spain in 1810. The Spanish set foot on Colombian soil for the first time in 1499 and in the first half of the 16th century initiated a period of conquest and colonization, ultimately creating the New Kingdom of Granada, with as capital Santafé de Bogotá. Independence from Spain was acquired in 1819, but by 1830 the “Gran Colombia” Federation was dissolved. What is now Colombia and Panama emerged as the Republic of New Granada. The new nation

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We hope to help other areas around the WORLD, not just in Japan.

2012-08-17

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Angela Ortiz (USA) Part2 Director of Administration of O.G.A. For AID Interview with Angela Ortiz, who’s been supporting people in the devastated area in the Northern part of Japan since 3.11 Earthquake occurred, still continues. In this part, we tell you about her team’s long-term projects for supporting residents in Tohoku. *Part1… click here! *Interview at Sea Side Center (Minami-sanriku, Miyagi Pref) 日本語 Photos by O.G.A. For AID   Supporting evacuees by farming In June 2012, we applied for NPO / Ippan shadan houjin (general incorporated association) status. We used to

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“Japan is home. we’ve been here for too long, to do anything other than stay.”

2012-08-17

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Angela Ortiz (USA) Part1 Director of Administration of O.G.A. For AID My Eyes Tokyo flew to Tohoku finally in the summer 2012. We wanted to see an American woman who’s been supporting the 3.11 earthquake evacuees and residents in a quake-stricken area since the disaster occurred. And we wanted to say thank you to her. Isao Tokuhashi, My Eyes Tokyo organizer, sent a friend request to Angela Ortiz on Facebook in 2011 because he was going to ask her to tell us what was going on in Tohoku at that

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Niki’s Kitchen has strengthened family ties and has brought us closer.

2011-07-03

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi & Tomomi Tada Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Camila Furuhata (Colombia) Colombian cuisine instructor (She’s been in Japan since ’96) My Eyes Tokyo brings you interviews with teachers from Niki’s Kitchen. It’s a cooking school in which foreigners teach their homeland dishes to Japanese people. The 7th interviewee is Camila Furuhata from Colombia, who is gentle and has a brilliant smile just like an angel. We were the ones who got healed by her smile and couldn’t help asking her kiddingly, “Can we stay here and have dinner tonight?” Then she told me with a big

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People never need my activities; that’s my ideal world.

2010-04-16

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Hector Sierra (Colombia) Founder of “Artists Without Borders” （He’s been in Japan since ’93) We can’t say that we’re in peace. The guns never fall silent and people release gunfire in any number of places. There is a man who walks through the conflict regions with crayons and drawing papers. His name is Hector Sierra, the founder of the Tokyo-based organization called “Artists Without Borders”. Sierra is from Colombia, a country struggling with civil war. The reason he came to Japan is because he was attracted to security and prosperity of the country.