Support for admission to Junior High School - Night Classes

 A.P.F.S. supports the admission of children residing in Japan to Junior High School - Night Classes. On March 1, as a volunteer, I accompanied a 17-year-old man from Bangladesh to the Setagaya Misyuku Junior High School - Night Class to take an entrance interview. As a result of the interview test, admission from April 6th was admitted. 

He will be graduating from the school after taking classes in Japanese for one year and other subjects in the second year. After graduating, some will go on to High School. Some of Japanese who were unable to complete compulsory education and to fully study at Junior High School for some reason are studying at the night class.

I was deeply impressed by the kind and patient response of the teachers to him who could not fully understand Japanese. At the same time, I was impressed with Japan's education system. 

I am looking forward to seeing how much his Japanese level will improve in half a year and a year later. 

Today, I did the procedure of the provisional release at the Yokohama District Immigration Bureau

 As always, finding a guarantor for provisional release is a high hurdle for detainees. When we hear the guarantor, I think that Japanese people generally have a scary impression, such as being forced to take over their debts if they make a mistake. Another factor to avoid becoming guarantor is the need to submit private documents such as resident card, taxation certificate, and balance certificate to the Immigration Bureau. Moreover, the Yokohama District Immigration Bureau this time requires the submission of copy of the family register and resume in addition to the documents required for provisional release at the detention facilities at Shinagawa and Ushiku, so it is more difficult to ask for a guarantor to show the guarantor’s family relationship, educational background, and even work history to the immigration bureau.

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For the time being, I was able to complete today’s procedure without any problems. While looking sideways at the sea, I will return to the office in Itabashi, where the sky is narrow. 

Member is volunteering today

 It’s been a year since we updated our blog. 

Today, the member who has completed the provisional release renewal at the Immigration Bureau is volunteering at our office. 

It takes a lot of time and effort to send our newsletters for times a year. Most of volunteers are at home now because of the corona, so we are doing our best with only small number of staffs, but it takes longer than usual to send. 

A strong helper came today and we are really saved ♪