リバースメンター活動 -楽器寄贈を通じて平和について考える- Reverse Mentoring Project: Reflecting on Peace Through Instrument Donations

9月24日(木) GKA中高等部で、群馬県内で集められた楽器を中米エルサルバドルへ寄贈するための楽器引渡し式が開催されました。詳細は以下のURLからご覧いただけます。

https://www.jica.go.jp/domestic/tokyo/information/topics/2026/1586128_69987.html

　群馬県の高校生が知事の相談役となって高校生の目線でアドバイスや政策提言をする制度「リバースメンター」の一員として昨年度活動された本校高等部3年生の大津里穂さんは、中学2年生の時のJICA高崎分室での職場体験をきっかけに4年間にわたり国際協力に関する活動に取り組んできました。GKAでの楽器収集では、中等部3年生の田村瞳奈さんと巽月乃さんと共に、JICA海外協力隊経験のある教員の助言も受けて校内に呼びかけ、生徒や保護者の皆さまのご協力のもと65組の楽器が集まりました。来年2月には、県内で集まった100組の楽器がエルサルバドルの協力隊員の活動先へ届けられ、併せて平和講演会も県内で開催される予定です。

　1つの経験から学びを広げるGKA生らしい活動でした。これからも1つ1つの学びの機会を大切にできる生徒たちであって欲しいと思います。

On Thursday, September 24, GKA Secondary hosted a handover ceremony for musical instruments collected across Gunma Prefecture to be donated to El Salvador in Central America. For more details, please visit the link below.

https://www.jica.go.jp/domestic/tokyo/information/topics/2026/1586128_69987.html

Riho Otsu, a Grade 12 student at GKA, participated in Gunma Prefecture’s Reverse Mentoring program last year. Through this initiative, high school students serve as advisors to the governor, offering advice and policy recommendations from a young person’s perspective.

Riho’s journey into international cooperation began with a work experience placement at the JICA Takasaki Branch when she was in Grade 8. Since then, she has been involved in various international cooperation activities for four years.

As part of this project, Riho led the call for musical instrument donations at GKA, working alongside Grade 9 students Hina Tamura and Tsukino Tatsumi. With advice from a teacher who had previously served as a JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteer, they reached out to the school community. Thanks to the generous support of students and their families, a total of 65 musical instruments were collected.

In February next year, 100 musical instruments collected across Gunma Prefecture are scheduled to be delivered to the project sites of JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteers in El Salvador. A peace lecture is also planned to be held in Gunma Prefecture.

This initiative is a wonderful example of how GKA students build on a single experience to deepen their learning and take meaningful action. We hope our students will continue to value each learning opportunity and use it as a starting point for further growth.