Jun 17, 2025
On the 6th of June, in honour of the funds raised towards the Myanmar earthquake disaster relief effort, a presentation ceremony was held at Japanese University of Economics, which is within the same umbrella as Linden Hall High School.
Representatives of the high school students who participated in the fundraising were also in attendance.
The funds gathered in this fundraising were thus entrusted to Professor Katsuyuki Imoto of the college of economics in the Japan University of Economics, who has been engaged in humanitarian activities in Myanmar since 2011.
The magnitude 7.7 earthquake, which originated in the central part of Myanmar, inflicted sever damage to the region, resulting in roughly 7,700 lives were lost, and more than 200,000 forced into evacuation (as of the 4th of April 2025).
In response to this situation, students from the Japan University of Economics, accompanied by students from our own school, went into town to raise funds on the streets, successfully raising 1 million yen from the local people (as of the 16th of June 2025)
Beginning with Professor Imoto, appearances were made by head of the student volunteer club 'Omoide', Ryuya Yamasaki, the adviser for said club, lecturer Masahiro Yanase, foreign students from Myanmar, Myo Thiha and Htoo Aung, as well as two students from our school, Theresa Tsuzuki of year 7, and Otsuka Yosuke of grade 11.
At the beginning of the ceremony, the adviser of the student volunteer club, Professor Yanase, gave a report on this round of fundraising. After that, greetings were given from the students involved in the fundraising.
After thanks was given to Mr. Otsuka and Ms. Tsuzuki for their thoughts and assistance for those forced to flee from the earthquake, and for those lost to it, as well as thanks for the goodwill of those who gave their financial assistance to the survivors, the wishes for the revival of Myanmar were given, and each representative gave indexes of the support given to Professor Imoto.
Professor Imoto stated that "Shan State, due to it's geographical traits, is hard for aid to reach, resulting in a situation where I'm often told 'professor, please help us' by the Pao people living there. When, in the middle of this situation, I heard that the Japan University of Economics and Linden Hall High School were
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