Report of Visions of Harmony
The members of BRIDGE CLUB have a common dream to achieve “Peace and Co-existence” throughout the world by promoting “Respect and Understanding” amongst all people. BRIDGE CLUB members also strive towards a strong network of “Global Citizens” free from religious, political and economic constraints. To promote this dream, we spread our “Visions of Harmony” as the Common activity for 2009-2010, sharing our cultures and the APCC experience with people around the world. Led by the Peace Ambassadors of the 2009 APCC, this photo exhibition travelled around the world and it returned to Fukuoka, Japan for the 22nd Asian-Pacific Children’s Convention.
* Each of the participating countries/regions in PA Camp 2009 sent three photos (one to satisfy each of the following three categories: country’s culture, nature and APCC experience) for this exhibition.
* There were two identical exhibitions together in two different countries and that simultaneously travelled around the world. The countries were divided into two groups: the Panda group started with Hong Kong and the Crane group started with Hawaii. There were altogether 24 countries.
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Name of BC |
Group Name |
Exhibition date |
Exhibition Place |
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Hawaii |
Crane |
Aug 20- Sept7, 2009 |
Hawaii State Public Library |
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Hong Kong |
Panda |
Aug 26- Sept 3, 2009 |
TSEUNG KWAN O CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, HONG KONG |
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Atlanta |
Crane |
Sept 19 – 20, 2010 |
Japan Fest at Gwinnett Arena |
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Laos |
Panda |
Sept.23- Oct. 1, 2009 |
Jicafe (Lao-Japan Communication Plaza)
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Fiji |
Crane |
Oct 22-23, 2009 |
Veiuto Primary School, Suva
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Thailand |
Panda |
Oct 16-18, 2009 |
TK park |
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Kiribati |
Crane |
Nov 20 & 24, 2009 |
Taaken-Bairiki Primary School, Bairiki Tarawa |
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Sri Lanka |
Panda |
Nov 14- 15, 2009 |
Cultural center, Mirigama |
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Vanuatu |
Crane |
Dec. 9-14, 2009 |
Port Villa Town Library |
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Maldives |
Panda |
Dec 4- 5, 2009 |
Hiriya School |
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New Zealand |
Crane |
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India |
Panda |
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Rajwada Palace (12 – 8pm) Hotel Tuli International & Hotel Center Point ( 10 am – 9 pm) |
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Australia |
Crane |
Jan 18- Feb 6, 2010 |
Toorak Library, 340 Toorak Road, South Yarra, Victoria |
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Pakistan |
Panda |
April 24-25, 2010 |
Provincial Arts gallery Quetta Balochistan |
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Indonesia |
Crane |
April 13-15, 2010 |
SDN Menteng 02 Elementary School |
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Nepal |
Panda |
Feb 2- 7, 2010 |
Nepal Art Council |
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Singapore |
Crane |
March 23- 26, 2010 |
DBS Building; Singapore Conference Hall
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Bangladesh |
Panda |
March 4- 7, 2010 |
Bangladesh Shishu Academy; Stamford University; Aporajeyo Bangladesh(an rehabilitation centre for streetchildren); Magnolia International School and Activity Centre |
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Malaysia |
Crane |
April 13-19, 2010 |
Bandar Seri Putra Primary School |
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Bhutan |
Panda |
April 12-18, 2010 |
Harmony Centenany Youth Village |
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Philippines |
Crane |
May 9, 2010 |
Pacific Village Clubhouse |
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Mongolia |
Panda |
May 3-12,2010 |
Mongolian Children’s Palace |
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Taiwan |
Crane |
June 5-13, 2010 |
No47, Sihwei Rd. Hsinchu City, Taiwan, R.O.C. |
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Russia |
Panda |
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Japan |
Panda |
July 3, 2010 |
Fukuoka Civic Hall |
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Japan |
Concluding Exhibition |
July 24, 2010 We are the BRIDGE Festival, 2010 |
Fukuoka City Hall, 1F Lobby |
VOH was not organized in New Zealand and Russia.
Total Number of Visitors in VOH exhibition: 38899＋
Total Number of JAs`, PAs` attended: 267
Archive of Comments from Visitors:
* happy to see the international youth reach out to other children around the world free from political or religious restrictions.
* photos were inspiring, reflects a good deal of harmony, bridging the world humanity gap, very much informative, unique collection and expressed sincere astonishment.
* learn more about Asian-Pacific countries though they were just some part of the whole
* It was like take a tour of each country without traveling there.
* good activity to promote people share our cultures, natures and experiences.
* excited to know about different countries and cultures, which they didn’t even know of existence.
* gain the knowledge on the culture and the nature of different countries.
* very impressed with the professionalism of the photos and their diversity.
* Exhibition place got such a good response from the exhibition that they would like to host it again next year.
* interested in knowing more about the cultural differences in every country.
* even interested in purchasing the pictures to add to their own photo collection.
* would like to visit the countries in Asia-Pacific.
* appreciated the effort of BCs’ in promoting multicultural exchange.
* expressed their interest and willingness in participating in BC activities in the future
* interested to join as the member of BC.
* Parent feel happy to lets their kids to learn about “ORIGAMI” in the VOH activity.
* how they can get their 11 year old kids to be involved in the yearly APCC programs as they concluded that APCC's cause is a noble and enriching one.
* APCC and BCIO should showcase their work and feature their activities more prominently throughout Asia through Media channels.
* opportunity to remind former participants of APCC and attract them as members.
* could learn about the countries where JA (that I will accept) is from.
Some BCs` faced difficulties while organizing VOH.
* Finding an exhibition spot was a huge problem
* Organizing at better places require more financial commitments.
* did not receive the photos so had to re-print all the photos
* some countries had to organize VOH during school holidays so it`s difficult to gather school children
* did not have enough members to keep attention during VOH to explain about APCC, BCs`, VOH to the visitors.
The concluding VOH exhibition was held during 22nd APCC Performance event by BC Japan.
The Common activity 2009, Visions of Harmony, completed with a huge success Thank you everyone for your great cooperation.
