GLH received exciting updates from our partner Dr. Gerardo Avalos, that the structures/procedures for regional hub system functions for Latin America are now in place at the University of Costa Rica (UCR). The next country seeds will be sent to through is Mexico. Please look out for updates regarding all the new communities we will reach thanks to UCR!
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School of Biology, University of Costa Rica - Regional Hub
Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio Brenes, San José, San Pedro
On a private visit to Japan, Dr. Warner from the University of Costa Rica visited GLH in Hiroshima.
Organized by Dr. Gerardo Avalos, main campus planting ceremony at the University of Costa Rica.
“We had a large audience in attendance, along with the main authorities of the University of Costa Rica, including its Director, Dr. Carlos Araya Leandro, and representatives from the Embassy of Japan and the Costa Rican Foreign Service. The speeches were filled with inspirational messages and words of hope.”
It is with great pleasure that we welcome the University of Costa Rica as the GLH Regional Hub for Central and Latin America. We are especially thankful to Dr. Gerardo Avalos without whose passion and commitment to the hibakujumoku this milestone would not be possible. We are looking forward to collaborating with him and his team to spread the message of peace and resilience with more partners in Latin America, which can pride itself in the Treaty of Tratelolco, safeguarding the region as a nuclear-weapon-free zone. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki trees will surely thrive happily there.
Some exciting updates from Dr. Gerardo Avalos:
Ready to plant their first two ginkgos, one in the Japanese Garden at the Lankester Botanical Gardens in Cartago, the other on the main campus of the University of Costa Rica. They are also coordinating with the Japanese Embassy in Costa Rica, and hope to hold the planting ceremonies around August 6th, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
As part of this project, we are developing a children's book (for ages 5–8) inspired by the Ginkgo story […] This book is being translated into multiple languages—12 so far—thanks to a dedicated international group of volunteers, mostly young students, who are generously contributing their time and expertise.
– Dr. Gerardo Avalos
Dr. Avalos also plans to translate the book into two indigenous languages in Costa Rica, as well as producing a physical book and an online version (which will have all translations as well as background music).
I hope to spread the word about building a culture of Peace and a future in which humanity will not have to face the possibility of annihilation due to atomic weapons and weapons of mass destruction.
– Dr. Gerardo Avalos
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