What　motivate　them？

What is NPO Japan Ethiopia Students Conference (JESC)?

JESC was established with the hope of building the equal relationship between Japan and Ethiopia, not the one-sided relationship with assistance.

In Ethiopia, we exchange and discuss with Ethiopian students, also visit Plantation/Agriculture project Coffee field, elementary school with the support by JICA etc. In Japan, we introduce the actual circumstances of Ethiopia and the results of the project and hold the study session by students. Other than that, we open café for school festival, attend and organize various kinds of events that are relative to Ethiopia and Africa. We also collaborate with embassy to hold a coffee ceremony…and so on.


Let’s feel familiar with Ethiopia! Interview a member of JESC from Ethiopia, Esparow!!

-What is your image of Japan like?

I think Japanese has a nationality of punctuality and diligence.
I can’t believe that their economic standard was same as ours a half century ago.


-What is the dream of yourself and your friends?

I want to be the motive power for the development of our nation. By becoming a lawyer or a businessman, we have a common dream of leading the country and becoming the model of the people. I think we are the hopeful generation.


-Did anything change after knowing JESC?

I was thinking that there was only one way to solve the problems of Ethiopia which was to make an effort inside the country. But JESC made me realize that to build the favorable relationship with other countries is very important to develop our country.
In the world of globalization, it was a great chance to think about the future of Ethiopia.

-Thank you!

What about the future of ours, JESC?


We are pursuing the realization of exchange and discuss in Japan with welcoming Ethiopian students, not only that we Japanese students visit Ethiopia.
By feeling local culture, tradition, and sense of value at the original place, we will get to acquire a bigger point of view and see from both sides of aspects. This will lead to solve the problems of both of the countries.
We will keep challenging many things with students’ natural vigorous curiosity and flexibility in order to develop and prosper both countries. (President of JESC Nobuhiko Kamiya)

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to achieve the connection beyond the border.

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The Japanese Fast Food?!

The store’s most recommendable dish is Mushi Zushi Set, named “Fufu Mushi” (couple steaming” (1,500yen), with a big Teacup steamed egg pudding and conger eel, which have been loved since the store opened in 1866.

Their Teacup steamed egg pudding is as big as a “donburi” bowl and has an enough volume. There are 9 ingredients in it such as tender Ooyama chicken with boiled fish paste, their original crunchy Fu, etc.

Although I can’t help thinking it’s too enough already, the steamed sushi which comes with the teacup steamed egg pudding also gives super rich taste with the soup of Shiitake and vinegar worked into rice pretty much. Also, on the top of rice, exquisite balance of sweet flavored juicy eel and twist-cut egg, and shrimp paste fry won’t let your chopsticks stop!!

Actually the main store is located in Nagasaki. Nagasaki used to be the only city that had the door to the world back in Edo era which led to be exerted on lots of influence from other foreign cultures．Because of this situation, it was rather easy for them to get rare ingredients such as sugar back then and this is why their original and rich food culture was established.

to achieve the connection beyond the border.

In Japan, there are quite a few student associations which were established on the purpose of the achievement of international exchange and amity. However, practically, the connection between them hardly exists and each of them has been isolated to each other. In 1998, the students who feared of this situation established Student Conference Network. (ＳＣＮ)
At that time, only few members were joining this association, after having pursued the settlement of network for mutual enlightenment, mutual understanding and mutual cooperation, now it has its 11-years history, with being consisted of many associations such as ALSA (The Asian Law Students' Association), Japan-India Student Conference, Japan-Vietnam Student Conference, Japan-China Student Conference, Japan-Korea Student Conference, Japan-Kenya Student Conference, and International Student Association (ISA), Japan Norway Student Forum, and RING.

The role of SCN is, with Network, to support International Exchange Associations which is doing academic activities which take their free position as students. It is significant for exchanging and sharing information effectively to create the connections among all of the International Youth beyond the border, with breaking the conventional isolated situation of each student association.
“Information sharing” is necessary for the improvement of the quality of each association activity. That would bring motivation to their activities by stimulating to each other.
The procedure of the creation of SCN-To break the border and to connect-
That might be a universal challenge which is something to do with international exchange itself.
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