Summary: Through letter writing, we aim to 1) Contribute to Peace in the world; 2) Promote Friendship within the community; and 3) Improve our Culture.
Description: The Pen Friend Clubs of Japan are organizations of young boys and girls exchanging letters with friends within and outside the country and thus enjoying various activities through friendly correspondence. The members are mainly elementary, junior or senior high school students. For over 50 years, the Pen Friend Clubs of Japan has matched wonderful pen friends for Japanese and non-Japanese boys and girls from all over the world.
- Facilitator(s): Emiko_Asada
- Country: Japan
- Facilitator(s): Hiromi_Yabuuchi
- Country: Japan
- Languages: English, Japanese
- Student Age Level: 5-11, 12-14, 15-18
- Contributions: We contribute to peace in the world, promote friendship within the community and improve our culture.
- Outcomes: The participants of the project can learn and understand about the culture, school life and so forth both their own country and others’. They also learn the skill of language, what is more they will have a long life friend.
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