Peace Speaker, Koko Kondo at ISB
Koko Kondo, birth name Koko Tanimoto, is a prominent Atomic Bomb survivor, and is the daughter of Kiyoshi Tanimoto, a Methodist minister famous for his work for the Hiroshima Maidens. Both appear in John Hersey's book, Hiroshima.
In 1955, both appeared on the popular television program This Is Your Life where they were placed in the uncomfortable position of meeting with Captain Robert A. Lewis, copilot of the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The video of this episode is available online.
Kondo has espoused global peace in such places as Iraq and Russia, and speaks frequently at American University in Washington, D.C., her alma mater.
When Koko was living in the United States, she lived with Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck, who greatly influenced her personal work with Japanese orphans.
Koko Kondo and her family have worked with many peace and global educators around the world, including President Jimmy Carter, Bishop Desmund Tutu, Albert Einstein, among many others.
Source: Koko Kondo and Wikipedia
Koko Kondo spoke at the 2015 BEIMUN conference and ISB. She connected and related to topics in English, Science, History and Humanities in grades 5-12, while sharing her powerful story.
In 1955, both appeared on the popular television program This Is Your Life where they were placed in the uncomfortable position of meeting with Captain Robert A. Lewis, copilot of the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The video of this episode is available online.
Kondo has espoused global peace in such places as Iraq and Russia, and speaks frequently at American University in Washington, D.C., her alma mater.
When Koko was living in the United States, she lived with Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck, who greatly influenced her personal work with Japanese orphans.
Koko Kondo and her family have worked with many peace and global educators around the world, including President Jimmy Carter, Bishop Desmund Tutu, Albert Einstein, among many others.
Source: Koko Kondo and Wikipedia
Koko Kondo spoke at the 2015 BEIMUN conference and ISB. She connected and related to topics in English, Science, History and Humanities in grades 5-12, while sharing her powerful story.
