Aeon Karatsu Cheers Club(Groupe)   

*Participant name

Toru Saito(chaperon)
Shinnosuke Saito

*Country/Region

Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, Japan

*Type of Group

 Others (Activity organized by a private firm)

*Number of total members of your group/project

Currently 20 persons       

*Number of regular participants in activities

14 persons in average     

*Characteristic of members

We have members from different parts of the island such us Imari City, Kasuga City, Dazaifu City (Fukuoka Prefecture), and Tamana City (Kumamoto Prefecture). Initially we were all from Karatsu but eventually those kids whose family moved out of town keep on participating in the activities, thus our meetings are like having class reunions.

*Theme(s) of your group/project

*Biodiversity, *Nature Conservation

*Missions and activities of your group/project

Our goal is to make the famous "Tamashina River" a clean and beautiful river where salmons can live.  We hope the salmons will come back to our river again. Our major activities are to clean the river, plant trees in the upper part of the river, and to let other people know about our activities.

*Characteristics of the group/project activities

We are really proud to have a river where salmons run up. Our activities are well supported by the fishermen's union, landlords, JA, and the tourist association.

*Most importnat way of thinking of your group/project for environment

"Without trees there are no mountains. Without mountains there are no rivers. Without rivers, we will never have a bountiful sea."

*Major publications and articles

 Our activities were once introduced by the local Saga Shimbun.

*Impression of Children's World Summit for the Environment 2005 Aichi

We learned the importance of English, the common language in the Summit.However meaningful our activities are, if we did not have the means to communicate,there will be no significance in making action.  

*Others

Two of the members started learning English to improve their communication skills in international events.