Tag Archives: Japan

After the Tsunami: Update, NBC News Coverage

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Win Smith

In After the Tsunami: Making a Difference, I shared my niece Anne Smith’s reports on her work with a group helping tsunami victims in Japan.  The group, volunteerAkita, was started by English language teachers (known as “ALTs”) working in the Akita … Continue reading →

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After the Tsunami: Making a Difference

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Win Smith

My niece, Anne Smith, is an Assistant Language Teacher (“ALT”) who helps teach English to children in Japan for the Japan Exchange and Teaching (“JET”) programme. She is based in Odate in the Akita prefecture. This in the northwest of … Continue reading →

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