A New Year's greetings from Ethiopia

Through our alumni mailing list, we have received the new year's greeting from Mr. Moges Hiluf Abrha, Ethiopia. The card is so beautiful, so I put it here with his message.
As for your referece, the new year's day of Ethiopian calender falls on September 11 in Gregorian calendar.
The message reads:

Dear all OIC staff, ex-training participants
I wish you Happy and prosperous ehtiopian New Year!
Especially to 2004 trainees and Tokumura San
Regards,
Moges

Moges Hiluf Abrha
Training and Communication Specialist,
Rural Capacity Building Project (RCBP)Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD)



Thank you, Moges san.
We wish you all the best, too.

After 5 years...

As a training of instructors, I signed up to an international conference on health promotion and education which was held in Makuhari, Chiba Pref. Believe it or not, I got a contact from one of previous MTEC participants in 2004, saying he is again taking a training in Japan...Chiba.
His accomodation is really close to the convention venue. Who would miss this precious chance to see each other??


Mr. Bandara and myself at Kaihin Makuhari Sta.
I'll write some more later...

E-mail from a previous participant in Tanzania

So far since 1995, MTEC (including the period as AVT) has conducted nearly 90 training courses, accepting almost 850 participants from 89 nations.
We received an e-mail this morning from one of them in Tanzania, as a response to to the inquiry mail in alumni.

Thanx for the note.
I am 2002 August-Dec Course participant of Digital Video Production at OIC, since then the course has helped alot and have taught others. We have a small TV station at our University where I work. I am the Incharge of the station and All my staff are now convesant with non-linear video editing. Thanks alot!!

Juma S. Kachemela
DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION COURSE 2002

Thanks, Kechamela san.We wish you and the TV station make fruitful success!

221. Blooger in Thailand

This is Mr. Tawatchai Hanjirakajon from Thailand. He was in MTEC in early 2003, the course "Multimedia Production For Education (B) 2002".
He recently left his comment in MTEC blog, then I got to know that he also has his own blog.
Upon his permission, I am happily announce his blog here!




To link, please click on his name! Mr. Tawatchai Hanjirakajon
He has been writing his blob mainly in Thai (this is one of the advantages of Blogger), but he wrote me he would add English as well for us!

34. Messages from MTEC family members in the world

In the rush of our responsibilities, there is endless things to do. The e-mails and pictures from our alumni, as introduced below, soothe us like a breeze.
Thank you so much for your current information, and we are also looking forward to hearing from each of you!

This is Mr. Adel M'henni of Tunisia, in Production of Audiovisual Communications Media (A) 1997 Course. He runs through the life, both in job and marathon.

Here is Mr. Obed Mule of Kenya, in Digital Video for Education and Dissemination 2005 Course. Obed san, carrying an elephant's dried dung over his head! WOW!
He wrote:
A year ago and a time like today i was as busy as a bee running up and down to gather vital documents, filing travellinmg documents, chasing air tickets, my visa, name it, to travel to Okinawa International Centre (OIC), South of JAPAN. It sounds just like the other day but its months away. Am so glad to share these fond memories with you today because i enjoyed every moment, and i would love to visit, or may be stay forever. Once we met, and we became friends, and thats one fact i take seriously.