Participant's Speech at Course Closing Ceremony

Technology for Solid Waste Management with Recycling Promotion for Sound Material-Cycle Society new!


Thanks speech at closing ceremony

Aug.7‚ 2026 Closing Ceremony

Participant：Ms. GALVAO DA SILVA Maria Juliete (from Brazil)

Ten trainees from eight countries (Bangladesh‚ Brazil‚ Cote D’Ivoire‚ Indonesia‚ Lesotho‚ Sri Lanka‚ Tajikistan‚ Viet Nam) gathered at JICA Kyushu in Kitakyushu for seven weeks from Jun.21. to Aug.8‚ 2026. Technical training on solid waste management was carried out.

Thanks speech by Juliete-san


Visit to Kitakyushu Eco-Town Center
Dear lecturers‚ Coordinators‚ KITA and JICA representants‚ Invited guests‚ and my dear classmates from the eight countries here represented

It is a great honor to be here on behalf of all participants to express our gratitude for the opportunity given to us by JICA to participate in this amazing training course organized by KITA.
We all have acquired valuable knowledge from the lectures and technical visits during these seven weeks that we have been here in Kyushu Prefecture‚ and today we feel privileged and grateful for the successful completion of the training course Technology for Solid Waste Management with Recycling Promotion for Sound Material Cycle Society.


Group Photo after Waste Collection Experience
Within the next few days we are going back to our countries and of course‚ we will face many challenges‚ but we are ready to contribute substantially for the improvement of our solid waste management realities back home.
We will also bring in our hearts lifelong memories from the great time we spent together‚ and I am pretty sure we will keep in touch‚ and remember‚ if we came to Japan‚ I hope we will have opportunities to visit one another in Brazil‚ Côte d'Ivoire‚ Lesotho‚ Tajikistan‚ Sri Lanka‚ Bangladesh‚ Indonesia and Vietnam.


Visit to Nihon Shigen Ryutsu‚ Ltd.
So ladies and gentlemen‚ I wish this training can be life changing for all of us in our cities through our work together with our team mates.
Finally I would like to thank Yamaguchi san for the coordination of this training‚ Kubota san and Yuki san‚ thanks for supporting us everyday‚ being so kind and patient‚ specially for the meaningful contributions and advice to improve our Action Plans.
And last but not least‚ I also would like to thank all the staff members working behind the scenes and for those that organized this closing ceremony as well.
Thank you dear lecturers‚ thanks JICA and KITA‚ thanks all participants‚ thanks Japan.
Arigato Gozaimasu!