May 23, 2007
Venus CRUZ
The Japanese Esperanto Institute is issuing a special invitation to 23 Asian Esperanto activists to take part in this year's World Esperanto Congress in Yokohama. In the April issue of the Japanese magazine La Revuo Orienta JEI has published statements by each of these people. I am reproducing them here, in English translation, one by one.
The next listed activist is Venus CRUZ of the Philippines. Cruz is a 32-year-old worker in an association that helps women.
Esperanto and I
I started learning Esperanto three months ago. Mr. Bharat GHIMIRE ofered the course, and now I am treasurer of the Esperanto Association for the Philippines.
World Esperanto Congress and After
Because our Esperanto Association is very new, I have many aspirations for it. I hope that it will be helpful in the growth of the Esperanto movement in the Philippines. We hope to teach dozens of people, who will also teach other people. I want to grow our membership. This will be possible through plans and mechanisms of our association. We will teach, recruit and strengthen our association.