Merry Umbrella Project in バンダアチェは無事終了。

天気はMerry晴れ。朝から赤道直下の太陽がギラギラ。
8:30AMにインドネシア青少年赤十字が集合して、
いよいよ本番に近いリハーサルを繰り返す。
昨晩チェックしたことをリーダーのトノさんに説明。
すぐ理解してくれた。

10:30AM、いよいよこのProjectの本番開始。
MCはPMIの女性ムルハイマンさん、
PMIアチェの州知事イドルスさん、
PMIバンダアチェのカマルさんの
Merry Projectへのお礼のスピーチ。

そしていよいよ水谷のスピーチ。
アタマはアチェ語で
「PEO HABA（お元気ですか？）」
「今日からこの津波で打ち上げられた
絶望の船を希望の船にしましょう！
そして平和なMerryな街にしましょう！」
とメッセージした。

6月に850人を撮影してほぼ4ヶ月、
このバンダアチェに笑顔の花が咲いた。

丁度3日前には、
ドイツの赤十字のトップが
テロに会って重傷とか・・・
ここバンダアチェはこの子ども達の幸せのためにも
平和の街になって欲しい。
子ども達の笑顔は未来への希望です。

100本の傘は本日一斉に
平和とMerryの願いを込め傘は何回も開き、
大きな希望とともに青いバンダアチェの空に開きました。

アチェの皆さん、
本当に素晴らしい笑顔をありがとう！

From A Ship of Despair To A Ship of Hope

Merry Umbrella Project in Banda Aceh is perfectly done!

The weather was Merry clear. Right in the equator
the sun shines brightly since morning.
The members of Indonesian Youth Red Cross
gathered on 8:30 a.m. We keep practicing to make
the real ceremony perfect. We explained things we
considered yesterday to Tono, the leader of Youth Red Cross.
He was fast to get our points.

10:30 a.m. The real ceremony began.
The MC was a woman from Indonesian Red Cross
called Ms. Murhaiman.
The head of the branch of Indonesian Red Cross for Aceh province,
Mr. Idrus, and the head of the branch of Indonesian Red Cross
for Banda Aceh, Mr. Kamar Husaman gave
a speech and thanked Merry Project.

A speech from Koji Mizutani follows those speeches.
He began the speech by greeting everybody
inAceh’s local language: “Peo haba?”, means “How are you?”
“From today and now on, let’s change this ship of despair,
which was brought here by tsunami, to a ship of hope!
And let’s make this town as a peaceful and merry town!” he said.

The smiles of 850 people whom we took the pictures
in last June was blooming like flowers in Banda Aceh.

We heard that 3 days ago the head of German Red Cross
was injured because of a terror. For the sake of children
and their happiness, we strongly wish that this town, Banda Aceh,
will turn into a peaceful town.
The smiles of the children are our hope for the future.

With this hope for peace and merry,
we unfolded the 100 umbrellas altogether again and again.
The umbrellas was unfolded together with this wish
under the blue sky of Banda Aceh.

People of Aceh, we really thank you for your wonderful smiles!