Help with maintenance for the bamboo forest around the [Hyappou-kan] community space, as well as community building. Additionally, we will help children with their homework at [Terako-ya] after school and organize international exchange events.
Accomodation & food:
Volunteer house (Japanese style). Simple self-catering. Meal is cooked by volunteer by turn. Shared room.
Location & leisure:
1 hour by bus from Sendai Station. Situated on the East of Miyagi Prefecture with Kitakami River stretching through from North to South. Inland area thrives with rice cultivation while coastal area flourishes with fisheries and aquaculture.
Leisure:
Exchange with the locals, sightseeing, etc.
Requirements:
Need High motivation to work for disaster area and respect the local culture and way of the local organization!
Organizing international exchange events for local family, like international cooking etc.. One of main work is maintenance of arround community cafe and community space (Hyappyo-kan), like cleaning up, picking weed etc..
Accomodation & food:
"Huge volunteer house (Japanese style). Simple self-catering. Meal is cooked by volunteer by turn. Having own room each family."
Location & leisure:
1 hour by bus from Sendai Station. Situated on the East of Miyagi Prefecture with Kitakami River stretching through from North to South. Inland area thrives with rice cultivation while coastal area flourishes with fisheries and aquaculture.
Leisure:
Exchange with the local families, to join summer festival, to see fire works, sightseeing, etc.
Study theme:
How to reconstruct the community from the Earthquake disaster.
Requirements:
- Need motivation to work for disaster area and respect the local culture and way of the local organization!
Volunteers will have some farm works like harvesting vegetables and pears while visiting local schools to provide international class for 9-14 years Kids. Volunteers have opportunities to show your culture, music, dances and games to Kids. Please bring a lot of ideas about songs, games and dance etc.
Accomodation & food:
Sports Center with bed. Meals will be provided from the facility.
Location & leisure:
Center of Tohoku area (northern part of Japan). It is surrounded by beautiful mountains and river, is famous for fruits!
Leisure:
Exchange party, excursion, Homestay etc.
Study theme:
Revitalize the isolated community suffering from depopulation with good practices in your country.
Requirements:
Responsibilities, group cooperativeness and high motivation are necessary. Volunteers have experienced the activity with kids are welcome! Respect for the local culture.
Volunteers will 1) harvest sunflowers with the students (age 6-12) in the abandon field to be utilized mainly as cooking oil, 2) help to run the English speaking classes in the elementary school as a part of new attractions of the school and 3) work in the farm such as wine grapes.
Accomodation & food:
Sharing house. Meals (you can enjoy local fresh vegetables and Gibier!) will be cooked by volunteers by turns. Sleeping bag is necessary.
Location & leisure:
Shinko district has about 2,000 inhabitants and is located in the south west of Nagano city, in the north east of Nagano prefecture. The climate is colder than low land especially in the evening and morning. Rice and apples farming is the main industry.
Leisure:
Experience program to cook local dishes, exchange party, excursion on a free day, etc.
Study theme:
What are attractions of Shinko?
Requirements:
High motivation to work with kids and outside. Similar types of experience and Japanese speaking skill are welcome! Volunteers need to accept and enjoy vegan food. Motivation letter is needed!
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