Mayors for Peace invites young officials and others from member cities to Hiroshima for an internship program. The purpose of this internship is to deepen understanding of the activities of Mayors for Peace, to strengthen cooperation with member cities, to deepen understanding of the reality of the atomic bombing, to share Hiroshima's desire for peace, and to promote activities to achieve lasting peace in the world, in their own cities after the internship is over.

＜Overseas member cities＞

　For two weeks this year, from January 11-25, we hosted Mr. Richard Outram from Manchester, England, a Vice President City and Leader City of Mayors for Peace.
　Mr. Outram was engaged in administrative duties, such as disseminating information via SNS and collecting signatures calling for all states to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the earliest date.
　He deepened his understanding of the reality of the atomic bombing through a visit to Peace Memorial Museum and Listening to testimonials of atomic bomb survivors. He also visited the Hiroshima Municipal Funairi High School and presented Manchester's peace initiatives.
　Mr. Outram commented, "Through this internship, I was able to learn in depth about the activities of the Secretariat of Mayors for Peace," and "After returning home, I hope to work more closely with the Secretariat to achieve our common goal of nuclear weapons abolition."

＜Domestic member cities＞

　From February 1 to 3, the Mayors for Peace Secretariat hosted 17 interns from member cities in Japan.
　The interns deepened their understanding of the reality of the atomic bombing by visiting Peace Memorial Museum, listening to testimonials of atomic bomb survivors, and participating in a Atomic Bomb Memoir Readings. In addition, group work was conducted to share the efforts and issues of each member city and to prepare draft plans for peace promotion projects.
　Interns commented, "My awareness of peace has improved and my attitude toward it has changed," and "It was good to learn not only about Hiroshima but also about the efforts of other municipalities." 　We will follow up with the participating cities to encourage them to apply what they learned from this internship to peace promotion projects in each member city, and we hope to further strengthen cooperation among member cities to revitalize the activities of Mayors for Peace.