Teaching English at JVDCB
Do you speak English? Then you can teach English! That is, you can help visually-impaired adults build up their English skills as they retrain for jobs at the Japan Vocational Development Center for the Blind and Low-Vision (JVDCB) in Yotsuya. Classes are taught on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1:00 to 2:30. Please consider joining our group. For information, contact Vicky Muehleisen at vicky@waseda.jp or Kozue Handa at khanda@nifty.com.
Save the Date for our next General Meeting.
VVI’s next General Meeting will be held online on Saturday April 12 at 10:00. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us.
English Conversation Partners (ECP)
ECP for high school students at the Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired University of Tsukuba, is a program where native English speakers are paired up with an interested student. The requirement is the willingness to chat with a student once to twice per month for about 30-40 minutes, via Zoom or phone. This time the program will run from May to September. Please contact Nancy Tsurumaki at nancytsurumaki@gmail.com if you are interested or have any questions about the program. An online training for interested people can be provided with conversation starters and tips from previous volunteers focusing on what worked best for them.
Life is Climbing Movie Event on April 19 at 14:00
A special event to celebrate VVI’s 50th Anniversary will be held on April 19. Please see the event page for details.
Co-chairs: Nancy Tsurumaki and Eri Nakase
Contact: volunteersvi@cwaj.org
