The Okinawa Airakuen Exchange Center Teachers is a place where teachers from elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools in the prefecture can deepen their understanding of the history of Airakuen and Issues related to leprosy We will be holding a course for
The contents include a lecture on basic knowledge and policies regarding Hansen's Disease, lectures by Leprosy recovered persons, tours of Inside the sanatorium and exchange hall, and workshops.

Outline of the event

[Date and Time]
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Registration opens at 9:30 AM / Starts at 10 AM / Ends at 5 PM

【venue】
Okinawa Airakuen Community Hall Lecture Room

【subject】
Elementary school, junior high school, and high school teachers

【Entry fee】
free

schedule

10 o'clock
Opening (greetings, schedule, self-introduction)
Moderator: Osamu Tsuji

10:30am
workshop
Photo language (30 minutes)

11 o'clock
Lecture (1) “Medical history of leprosy”
Seiichi Gido (Chief, Social Awareness Division Hansen's Disease Museum)

12 o'clock
Lunch break (12:25pm DVD “What I want to tell you from Airakuen” free participation)
*Please order a bento box when you apply for participation, or use a nearby cafeteria.

13:00
Lecture (2) “Current status of Former leprosy patients”
Hiro Taira (Retirees/Exchange Center Planning and Management Committee)

14:00
Tour Inside the sanatorium and exchange hall
Tour divided into 2 to 3 groups

15:50
break

4pm
Class practice introduction
Kiyotaka Yonesu (Teacher at the elementary school attached to the University of the Ryukyus)

16:30
Exchange of opinions, filling out questionnaires

5pm
Closing