The Sydney JET Alumni Association (Sydney JETAA) provides information and support for returned JET Programme participants across New South Wales and in the Northern Territory. We also organise Japan-related social activities for JET alumni and people currently participating in or interested in applying for the JET Programme.


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NEW
2011 JETAA Oceania Regional Conference

Sydney JETAA welcomed delegates from JETAA chapters throughout Australia and New Zealand to the 2011 JETAA Oceania Regional Conference. The conference was held at the Vibe Hotel Rushcutter's Bay, from 11 to 13 November 2011.

The following presentations were held:

Report on JETAA International Conference (2.3mb)
JETAA Vic/Tas/SA - Web Branding and Creating a Sense of Community (1.7mb)
JETAA Qld - Keep in Touch 2.0 (433kb)
JETAA Auckland - Using Social Media to Build Community (2.9mb)
JETAA WA - Wordpress and Web Design (3.4mb)
JETAA Wellington - What Happens in Wellington... (8mb)
JETAA Canberra - Social Networks vs. Mailing Lists (211kb)

Fateful Choice on a Day of Disaster: Rikuzentakata mayor Futoshi Toba discusses his struggle to balance his duty to his family and to his town in the aftermath of the March 2011 tsunami.



Resources

**NEW** If you are going to Japan this year, theJETting Off to Japan 2011 guide is full of advice on what to do before you go, what to take with you and what to expect from life on the JET Programme.

If you have recently returned from the JET Programme, then our JETing Back from Japan 2010 guide is available to help you settle back into your life in Sydney.







JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI

Last updated 20.15 AEST, 13 September 2011

Sydney JETAA extends its sympathy and best wishes to the people of Japan, as well as to JET participants and their families.

Sydney JETAA member, Sharon van Etten, recently returned to her community in Iwate on the JET Alumni Visit Tohoku Program (sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japan Tourism Agency). Read about how the people of Iwate are rebuilding after the earthquake and tsunami at Sharon\'s blog. And read more stories as other former JETs from around the world return to Tohoku at jetwit.com.


If you wish to make a donation, you can do so via the Red Cross Japan and Pacific Appeal:
http://www.redcross.org.au/japan2011.htm

Messages of support for the people of Japan can be posted on the Japan Foundation Sydney website:
http://www.jpf.org.au/