AHAN Bangladesh Fundraising Seminar

March 18th, 2006

 

Soon after his return from Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Mongolia, Homma Kancho announced a fundraising seminar for AHAN Bangladesh to be held at the end of March. This seminar was opened exclusively to Nippon Kan’s newest white, yellow and green belt members. Homma Kancho commented “I teach here at Nippon Kan many days every week while I am here and I also worry about student finances so when it comes to seminars, I prefer to invite special guest instructors to give students a chance to experience other instructors here at Nippon Kan.

It has been almost three years since Homma Kancho instructed a seminar at Nippon Kan and about sixty white, yellow and green belt members lined up early; excited to attend this special event. Homma Kancho shared with students not only his expertise in Aikido technique but also shared with students his latest experiences in Asia. He explained in detail about his thoughts on AHAN (The Aikido Humanitarian Active Network) of which he is Founder, and ongoing projects world-wide.

After the seminar, students were treated to a dinner catered by Domo Restaurant, at which Nippon Kan Instructors were invited to join in for a fun time of conversation and communication.

This seminar proceeds will go towards funding a program for supplying Bangladesh orphanages with rice to feed the hundreds of children that depend on them each year. The first goal is to supply six tons of rice over the next twelve months. The rice will be purchased in Bangladesh after an AHAN Bangladesh distribution system has been put into place. It is also planned to allocate computers to Bangladesh from Nippon Kan’s used computer redistribution program. We are currently researching shipment container procedures to Dhaka.

Link here to an article by seminar attending student Steve Lacks.

Link here to an article by seminar attending student Simon Shadowlight .