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VVI’s 50th Anniversary in 2025

In 2025, CWAJ celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Volunteers for Visually Impaired (VVI) Committee providing unique and meaningful programs in English for Japanese with a visual impairment. Please check out our beautiful slider, on the top of

EOC June Meeting

Date: sometime in JuneVenue: St. Joseph’s Home for Children By the time you read this we’ve had a special Easter class at St. Joseph’s Home for Children, which took place in April. No exact date has been decided

FSC June Meeting

We plan to hold a program for graduates-to-be in June. We will inform you as soon as we have all the details. Co-chairs: Michiko Motomura, Fukuko TakahashiContact: fstudentscircle@cwaj.org

VVI June Meeting

Teaching English at JVDCBDo 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

Volunteers for Development Team

Volunteer opportunity: If you have experience in the corporate world, please join us in Development!  We invite Members who can attend networking events and collect corporate and professional contacts to join our team! CWAJ has many new opportunities

Spotlight on Suz Wilkinson

Tasmania is famous for its rugged forests and delicious produce, and it’s also my husband’s and my home state.  We grew up with a backdrop of kunanyi (Mt Wellington), with blistering cold southerlies from Antarctica in the winter,

April Greetings

Dear CWAJ members, Spring is here and I hope you are enjoying the special, treasured sakura! As President, I continue to look out for progress on our five goals for the year:  raise 13 million for Scholarship in

Board

2025 March Board Meeting Highlights

The Board discussed the following at the March 5, 2025 Board Meeting:       The March General Meeting is going to serve as the bi-annual meeting of the CWAJ General Incorporated Association (GIA) bi-annual meeting. We need

Volunteers Wanted!

Our friendly Center Managers are looking for friendly helpers to keep things running smoothly! What you’ll do: Sort incoming mails, place them in the right mailboxes, and keep the room clean and secure.Time commitment: Just one hour every