Seventeen students gathered in their clubhouse at Kansai University of International Studies finish reviewing enlarged photos for an exhibition at their autumn campus festival. Then they move on to the next important task -- who should draft the text to accompany the photos and how it should be worded.

Focus must be on "international volunteerism for development as we saw it," said one student. "We'll let visitors understand clearly that volunteer work is one particular form of North-South cooperation that we have in mind."

It's still "too general," another breaks in. "We should be more specific." Yet another student adds, "I don't think anybody will object if we go ahead with the original plan and put special emphasis on the future of Paaralang Pantao and the well-being of squatters we met along the single-track railroad."