WFC’s new base near Peace Park, available for accommodation and seminars, open to the public
Dec. 8, 2024
by Hiroshige Nishina, Staff Writer
On December 7, the World Friendship Center (WFC), a non-profit organization that has moved its office and base for international peace exchanges to a site in Naka Ward, Hiroshima, held an open house to unveil the inside of the facility.
The WFC, relocated from Nishi Ward, is now equipped with seminar rooms and simple accommodations in a part of its building. Bradley Cox, 60, and his wife Susan Cox, 59, the resident directors, gave a tour of the simple accommodations for nine people and other rooms, and then treated visitors with homemade fruit punch.
Sumiko Kanetsuna, 76, a volunteer guide at Peace Memorial Park and a resident of Mihara City, delightedly said, “The rooms are modern and clean. It is close to Peace Memorial Park, which will make it easier to guide guests around Peace Park.”
The WFC was founded in 1965 by the late Barbara Reynolds, an American peace activist, and since that time has conveyed the realities of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima through testimonies of A-bomb survivors and seminars. Next year marks the 60th anniversary of its founding.
Mr. Bradley Cox says with a sense of determination, “I want the facility to serve as a base for peace where visitors from overseas can deepen their thoughts and desires for the abolition of nuclear weapons.”
(Originally published on December 8, 2024)
On December 7, the World Friendship Center (WFC), a non-profit organization that has moved its office and base for international peace exchanges to a site in Naka Ward, Hiroshima, held an open house to unveil the inside of the facility.
The WFC, relocated from Nishi Ward, is now equipped with seminar rooms and simple accommodations in a part of its building. Bradley Cox, 60, and his wife Susan Cox, 59, the resident directors, gave a tour of the simple accommodations for nine people and other rooms, and then treated visitors with homemade fruit punch.
Sumiko Kanetsuna, 76, a volunteer guide at Peace Memorial Park and a resident of Mihara City, delightedly said, “The rooms are modern and clean. It is close to Peace Memorial Park, which will make it easier to guide guests around Peace Park.”
The WFC was founded in 1965 by the late Barbara Reynolds, an American peace activist, and since that time has conveyed the realities of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima through testimonies of A-bomb survivors and seminars. Next year marks the 60th anniversary of its founding.
Mr. Bradley Cox says with a sense of determination, “I want the facility to serve as a base for peace where visitors from overseas can deepen their thoughts and desires for the abolition of nuclear weapons.”
(Originally published on December 8, 2024)
