Havana, October 17 (RHC)-- The Japanese Peace Boat will arrive to Havana on Saturday, October 21st, with the objective of promoting nuclear disarmament and environmental sustainability in the world.
This is their 95th world trip, which includes 23 ports in 19 nations. Representatives of the Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, ICAP, will welcome the over 700 visitors from the five continents.
Tokuko Kimura, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bomb attack against Japan in 1945 will be one of the participants. He travels around the world to tell of the horrible stories inflicted by the U.S. with its bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
A Forum in favor of disarmament and in favor of peace will be held at Casa de la Amistad with a representation of the participants, directors of the Peace Boat, ICAP and the Cuban Peace Movement and Cuban youth.
Voices of the victims of the nuclear attack will be on hand, a Youth Messenger for Peace and Cuban doctors that have offered their medical services to victims of natural disasters will offer their experiences as well as the personnel that participated in aiding people in the recovery process of Hurricane Irma.
The passengers will carry out a program of activities including visits to health, education, senior citizens and tourism centers and exchanges with university students.
Its first visit to Cuba was in 1990, its most recent stop was New York departing from Iceland with stopovers in Nassau, Bahamas, Habana, Cozumel, Cristobal, Corinto, Hawaii, Yokohama and Kobe.
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