SEISA Africa Asia Bridge 2024

Nobel Peace Prize and SAAB of the Japan Council
of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Hidankyo)

Some people have warned that cataclysms occur in the world in approximately 80-year cycles, and that the 2020s will be one of those cycles. Indeed, the 1780s saw the American Revolution and the French Revolution, the 1860s saw the unification of Italy and Germany and the U.S. Civil War, the 1940s saw a world war, 2022 saw the Russian-Ukrainian War, and 2023 saw the start of war in Palestine and Israel.
It is of great significance that the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Hidankyo) has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at a time like this. The reason for the award is “for your continued efforts to realize a world without nuclear weapons, and for your eyewitness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again. Inheriting the Hibakusha's desire for peace, we must continue our efforts to achieve “peaceful coexistence in the world
How can this “peaceful world symbiosis” be built? I believe it can be done by those who can keep the three promises: “Understand each other,” “Leave nobody out,” and “Make friends.
SEISA Africa Asia Bridge, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, is an initiative in which SEISA members who keep these three commitments spend one year learning about Africa and Asia together, thinking together, and acting togeth- er to achieve the SDGs (17 international goals for sustainable development) by 2030. The aim is to understand the world that the international community is aiming for by achieving the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) by 2030.
We hope that all participants will understand that the SAAB activities embody the educational philosophy of Honorary Chairman Yasuo Miyazawa and that they will be able to experience various events while imagining that children with the SEISA spirit will be dispersed throughout Japan and other parts of the world to pass on the concept of “Global Symbiosis” to others. We hope you will enjoy the various events and experiences.

Chairperson of SAAB2024 Executive Committee(former Director, JICA-Africa),
Kazuhisa MATSUOKA

SEISA STUDENT SUMMIT　Declaration Statement

一 ． 私たちは、SDGsの目標である「貧困をなくそう」「飢餓をゼロに」に重点を置き、廃棄される食品や物資を有効活用することで、アフリカやアジアの貧困地域における飢餓問題の解決に取り組みます。
星槎の仲間とともに、フードロス削減やフードバンクを通じた食料支援や募金活動を実践し、貧困や飢餓を減らすことを目指します。
We focus on the SDGs goals of“End Poverty”and“Zero Hunger and work to solve hunger problems in impoverished areas in Africa and Asia by making effective use of discarded food and goods.
We aim to reduce poverty and hunger by practicing food aid and fund-raising activities through food loss reduction and food banks together with our fellow SEISA members.

一． 私たちは、アフリカとアジア諸国の伝統、文化、宗教、言語、環境について、知って繋がることで相互理解を深め、若い世代として積極的に交流を重ね、世の中を牽引していきます。
私たちは、今後もSAABを継続開催し、星槎の理念「人を認める」「人を排除しない」「仲間を作る」を実践・継続することで、多様な価値観を受け入れ、偏見や差別のない、汎用な社会平和な世界を実現し繁栄させていきます。
We hope to deepen mutual understanding between African and Asian countries by knowing and connecting with each other about their traditions, cultures, religions, languages, and environments, and as a young generation, we would like to lead the society through active exchanges with each other.
We will continue to hold SAAB in the future, and by practicing and continuing the SEISA philosophy of ‘Understand each other,’ ‘Leave nobody out’ and ‘Make friends’ so that we can accept diverse values and prosper to realize a versatile, socially peaceful world without prejudice and discrimination.

一． 私たちは、SAABを通じて10年間にわたり、アフリカやアジア諸国に関する知識やSDGｓ達成に向けた取り組みについて、深く学び、知見を広げてきた。これからは、その学びをいかし、自らの目線と視点から適宜発信していきます。
2025年に横浜市で開催されるTICAD9では、星槎で培った学びを活用し、社会に貢献できるよう努力していきます。
We have been deeply learning and expanding our knowledge about Africa and Asian countries and their efforts to achieve the SDGs over the past 10 years through SAAB. We will now use what we have learned to disseminate messages from time to time from our own perspective and viewpoints.
We will make every effort to contribute to society at TICAD 9, which will be held in Yokohama in 2025, by utilizing the learning we have accumulated at SEISA.