Enlisted to nurture friendship

By Wang Shanshan | China Daily | Updated: 2007-04-12 07:05

Junko Suzuki's family and friends were worried about her safety when they learnt in 2005 that she was going to be a volunteer in China.

The decision, in the first place, was not hers. The kindergarten teacher had just got married in Tokyo, and wanted to go to an African country when she registered with the Japan International Cooperation Agency to China (JICA) to be a volunteer.

A girl waves Chinese and Japanese flags to welcome Premier Wen Jiabao at Tokyo's Haneda Airport yesterday. Reuters

Two years later, Suzuki feels more than happy; she feels a sense of fulfilment teaching children between three and five in a Chongqing kindergarten. The joy of demonstrating them how to fold a sheet of paper into an animal, a bird or a flower is overwhelming for her.

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