World Friendship Center, Hiroshima, Japan

The World Friendship Center (WFC) Hiroshima, Japan http//:www.wfchiroshima.net was founded in 1965 by Barbara Reynolds, a U.S Quaker peace activist. Her purpose was to bring about friendship, understanding, and a desire to work for peace by bringing together international guests to Hiroshima, to meet with victims of the A-bomb. Today WFC is staffed by a volunteer American couple serving for two years as Bed and Breakfast hosts as well as English teachers, along with a bi-lingual Japanese secretary. WFC is supported in the U.S by the Quakers, Mennonites, and Church of the Brethren.