How IH London raised £2390.40 for the Japanese Red Cross!

Here's IH London student Tomoko outside the Japanese Embassy yesterday. Tomoko and Nobuyuki from Student Services were at the Embassy to present a cheque for £2390.40 to the Japanese Red Cross relief appeal.


To raise the money IH London students and staff got together for a special Help Japan event at the school. It was a chance to try out our origami and calligraphy skills, to play games (picking up beads with chopsticks is as hard as you'd think), to sing karaoke and to eat sushi and specially decorated cupcakes.


Check out the IH London photostream for more photos of the afternoon. There was also a raffle with some impressive prizes that went a long way to helping us raise £1465.20 on the day. Then IH London matched that amount bringing us to our grand total.

All around the event, students and staff displayed pictures and videos to show how Japan was affected by the disaster. The images were a reminder of why raising money was so important - and a worthwhile reason to buy more cupcakes.

IH London social programme for May is online now!

This month's rundown of cultural events in London ranges from Frequency, UAE artist Kholoud to an exhibition of photographs by German film director Wim Wenders through to live music from French DJ David Guetta. Each of the events has been selected by our dedicated Modern Languages Social Programme Co-ordinator to increase your exposure to the language you are learning with us at IH London and give you an insight into a country's history and culture.

Take a look at the social programme at the IH London website to see how you could be spending your free time this month.