School for international volunteer workers to open

School for international volunteer workers to open

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 4 shows the building of a new training center for international volunteer workers in the town of Tetta, Okayama Prefecture, which will be formally opened Sept. 8. The school to be run by a group affiliated with the Association of Medical Doctors in Asia (AMDA), will train personnel in emergency relief operations with AMDA's in-house medical doctors and volunteers serving as instructors. The school was converted from a closed-down municipal elementary school.

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