H ow to H elp Us We would like to invite you to become a new member of our center Membership Period - (1 year, starting in April) Types of Membership (values for 1 person)

Full Member – (12000¥ / year) Group Supporting Member – (10000¥ / year) Supporting Member – (3000¥ / year) Student - Youth Supporting Member – (2000¥ / year) (After october of the 1st year of membership, the fee payment of half the period is done.) Members Benefits Receiving of KFC News informative Discount in the center’ s main courses

10% discount in any center’ s publication H elping in the Administr ation of the C enter

You can help us as volunteer, working with languages and technical information related activities according to the projects we develop. You can also support our activities with donations.

Opening H our s (I nstitutional Office) Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 18:30 Opening H our s (Day Ser vice C enter – H ana no K ai)� Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 17:30 Postal T r ansfer Account Number: 00990-4-18945 Account Name: Tokutei Hieiri Katsudo Houjin - Kobe Teijyu Gaikokujin Shien Center (Center of Support to Foreigners Living in Kobe - Private Non-Profit Organization) B ank Account Bank Name: Minato Ginko Branch: Nagata Account Type: Hutsu (normal) Account Number: 1692060 Account Name: Tokutei Hieiri Katsudo Houjin - Kobe Teijyu Gaikokujin Shien Center (Center of Support to Foreigners Living in Kobe - Private Non-Profit Organization) Bank Name: Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Ginko Branch: Oohashi Account Type: Hutsu (normal) Account Number: 3989561 Account Name: Tokutei Hieiri Katsudo Houjin

- Kobe Teijyu Gaikokujin Shien Center (Center of Support to Foreigners Living in Kobe - Private Non-Profit Organization)

I nstitutional Office Private Non-Profit Organization

Kobe Foreigners Friendship Center – KFC Chief of the Executive Board: Kim Songiru

Address: 653-0038 Kobe shi, Nagata ku Wakamatsu-cho 4-4-10, Asutakuesuta Kita Tou (North Building) 502

Phone: 078-612-2402 FAX: 078-612-3052 E-mail: kfc@social-b.net

Web page: http://www.social-b.net/kfc

Day Ser vice C enter – H ana no K ai Hyogo Ken Register Number: 2870601172

Address: 653-0038 Kobe shi, Nagata ku Wakamatsu-cho 4-2-5, Asuta Pier, Shin Nagata Esuta Garden, 2nd floor

Phone/FAX: 078-612-2408

K FC – W ho W e A re and W hat W e F ight For * Kobe Foreigners Friendship Center (KFC) is a civil non-profit group that works to build a society where people with many cultural backgrounds, sharing the same area can actually live together. *Soon after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake two groups of volunteers, the Hyogo Ken Teijyu Gaikokujin Seikatsu Fukkou Center (Center of Recovery of Life for Foreigners Living in Hyogo), and the Hisai Vietnam Jin Kyuen Renraku kai (Group of Communication of Vietnamese Victims' Rescue), went beyond their activities related with victims and began to offer support in daily-life matters for foreigners. In 1997 both groups were unified creating the KFC. *Nowadays in Japan, a country with a history of colonization of Asia and with a society of global economy, there are many people who are away from their birthplace, who immigrated looking for a new place to live with their families. In spite of that, generation after generation, the Japanese society continues to pay little attention to these so-called ethnic minorities. History shows that the majority, or people with power in a society, fight for their own interests and tend to oppress any kind of minority. Therefore, it is necessary for a society, in order to protect its diversity and the rights of its citizens, to value people's individuality (an equality that recognizes differences). Foreigners who are permanent residents in Japan have a role in the country's daily-life. They also are members of Japanese society. Wishing to finish with prejudice and discrimination, and to build an ample multicultural society, KFC moves forward with its activities.

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What we do

Consultation

We give support on subjects related with jobs, housing and issues related with daily-life.

Advice of specialists Help with hospitals and public offices' forms Consultation related with problems in education issues and others.

Project NIHONGO (Japanese Language)

Now, permanent residents can learn to communicate and express themselves in Japanese. We provide a place where it is possible to learn Japanese with the help of volunteers. Man to man lessons (once a week, from mon to sun, 1.5 hours each lesson) Group lessons - students and volunteers' exchange associations Place for volunteers to do training, to study and to do preparatory courses Preparation of material to study Japanese and others

Children Support We develop projects to help foreigner children to develop their sense of identity and independence like: Activities to support children in school Exchange Projects Guidance to enter in high school Japanese language classes and others Hana no Kai (Support to Elder People)

We are developing a project to build a place dedicated to elder zainiti Coreans. Besides that, we have:

Management of the Hana no Kai Day Service Center

Communication Support (project developed with Kobe city hall) Activities related with excursions and hanami (cherry-blossom viewing) Appreciation of traditional musical instruments and folk songs, recreation activities, and etc

Proposals and Suggestion to Related Institutions

We want to build a society where the minorities' point of view is properly regarded. To achieve that, now we are:

Demanding the creation of institutions able to protect human rights Proposing policies to achieve a multicultural society Promoting projects developed in cooperation with other organizations

Research and Surveys We have been doing researches related with:

Minorities' History, their present situation, life conditions and culture Institutions and the system surrounding minorities Publication of reports about minorities conditions in Japan

Group of Specialists and Staff This center, offers, to those who need, specialist's advices, (experts with diploma and certifications) in several fields. In the present moment, we have the following specialists: lawyers, architects, tax accountant, judicial scrivener, group of trade support, medical department, physicians, scholars, specialized labour organizations.

Activities and Achievements 1995

Great Earthquake Hanshin-Awaji (Jan/17) Hisai Vietnam Jin Kyuen Renraku kai (Group of Communication of Vietnamese Victims' Rescue) starts its activities (Jan/30) Hyogo Ken Teijyu Gaikokujin Seikatsu Fukkou Center (Center of Recovery of Life for Foreigners Living in Hyogo) starts its activities (Apr) The Fukkou Center is transferred to the Takatori Relief Center (Oct)

1997 KFC starts its activities (unification of the Hisai Vietnam Jin Kyuen Renraku kai and Hyogo Ken Teijyu Gaikokujin Seikatsu Fukkou Center) (Feb/11) Start of multi-language orientation activities Japanese language Study Support begins Research and survey of foreigner permanent residents problems begins Development of proposals to materialize the minorities' opinions begins

1999 Beginning of the project to create a space to elder zainiti Koreans (Kobe Hana no Kai) Opening of a facility to give foreign children classes of computer drawing

2001 Winner of the annual prize of incentive Volunteer Square KFC starts to act as the organizer of the network of NGOs in projects cosponsored by Hyogo Prefecture Opening of a facility where short courses of I.T. to foreigners can be done

2002 Winner of the prize Kobe shimbun shakai sho Opening of a facility to the project of supporting ethnic small business

2003 Kobe Hana no Kai is unified with KFC becoming KFC Hana no Kai

2004 Certification of Private Non-Profit Organization (Aug)

2005 Opening of the Day Service Center (Hana no Kai)

2006 Winner of the prize Genki Up Daishou Winner of the prize Kobe Social Venture Award

Publications 1999

America ni mo tomodati ga itte yokatta I KFC Study Tour Report

2000 America ni mo tomodati ga itte yokatta II

KFC Study Tour Report Japanese language text book for zainiti Vietnamese

2001 Book of FM Japanese Language for zainiti Brazilians Zainiti minorities Studies I (Teaching to South America Japanese Descendent their Mother Tongue)

2003 Japanese language text book for Spanish speakers Zainiti minorities Studies II (Conditions of Medical Care for Zainiti Foreigners) Care Guidebook for Elder Zainiti Koreans Report of the 2002 Seminar tiiki kokusai ka wo kangaeru

2004 Report of the 2003 Seminar tiiki kokusai ka wo kangaeru

2005 Zainiti minorities Studies III (Living Rights of Zainiti Elder People) Report of the 2004 Seminar tiiki kokusai ka wo kangaeru

2006 Report of the 2005 Seminar tiiki kokusai ka wo kangaeru