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昨日このコーナーでATCAインターナショナルのご紹介をしたら、さっそく代表のマルガレータ・ワイセルさんからメールをいただきました。ちょっと長くなりますけど、ご紹介しますね・・・英語ですけど。

…Naturally I remember you, how could I possibly forget? That I did not forget Toyota Vista in KOCHI shows this picture, taken two weeks ago in Rangoon, Myanmar. A bus from Tokushima. there are many old busses
from all regions of Japan.

I sent out my New Years letters before my trip to Burma last December. Mr. Treude in Nagano takes care of ATCA, and I am happy he does. I have no other help right now.
So I wish you, all your colleagues, all TOYOTA VISTA STAFF IN KOCHI and especially all who are helping ATCA, a very successful and happy, healthy and peaceful New Year 2003! Your mail made me very happy. How wonderful all your internet pages!

So I am happy that you are so faithful, still helping ATCA. You know that our world is not peaceful, and that the indigenous peoples are the ones most suffering from all this. They are the last members of society.
But they are very lovely members, as you know. I was in Manila last May, but I only closed my house. I have so much work in Indochina now, in Laos, Myanmar, Vietenam, and the old projects doing very well in Indonesia, in Jolo - yes, in Jolo, Philippines, and in Zamboanga, in Tawi-Tawi, but I only have written contacts and e-mail with bishop
Lampon in Jolo. Unfortunately Zamboanga and the South is so terribly dangerous, that we can not even visit it.

But in the meantime I have so many other groups to help, and the Lao people as well as the Burmese people are most lovely. I reteurned from Burma four days ago, just the night before New Year. It was so wonderful, but so terribly poor. The actual military regime does not give any freedom - nor food - to the people. What is happening, nobody knows precisely, it is worse than what we know. Laos is better in many ways, in Northern Laos I can work with the German project, and help where they can not help. I enjoy the remote tribal people, and also the most wonderful temples in Laos and Burma. I just visited Mrauk U in Northwestern Burma, very ancient temples, forgotten and far from this world.

We just started an official office ATCA ITALIA in Southern Italy. It is in the place my sister lives. Some city councellors and business men from Southern Italy were interested about our work with tribal people.

Great to hear from you! I hope to see you sometimes. Let us see!

Thank you and all your volunteers for your kindness and faithfulness to my work.

Your
margareta