August 5th, 2008
Children receive keiko gi from Ayako Nakata, Japanese Colombia Culture Center Director.
Last spring Homma Kancho and Nippon Kan AHAN General Headquarters organized a fundraising campaign to supply practice uniforms (keiko gi) for children from low income families in Cali, Colombia. In this campaign, pounds of fresh Colombian coffee beans brought back from Colombia by Homma Kancho on his first visit to Cali, were given to donators as gifts for supporting this campaign. On August 5th, 2008, the 40 AHAN keiko gi were presented to the children and photos were sent to Nippon Kan Headquarters documenting the event. The keiko gi were donated for children who’s families could not afford such luxuries for their practice of Aikido and Karate at the Japanese Colombian Culture Center.
Link here to Homma Kancho’s article “Aikido and the Community” about his experiences with the children of Cali, Colombia last spring.
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- The children are happy!
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- Trying on the brand new keiko gi.
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- Posing for the camera.