Organized together with the 'Organization of Green and Water' founded in 1992. This organization was established to advocate for the importance of the prairies and forests in our eco-system. They work around Iwami Ginzan, a silver mine which was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007. The organization wants to care for the forests and prairies. It is important to continue to care for our forests after we have disrupted the eco-system. Extension of bamboo forests is a serious problem in Japan.
Work:
We will do various works to maintain and protect the forests such as cutting bamboos and grasses, burning grasses, etc. Empowering NEET youth (Communication with them, they can get confidence by the experiences of meeting foreign people, to talk, to do activities.)
Study part:
Similar kinds of activities of forest care, protection and youth empowerment in each country. Bring some info from your country.
Accommodation:
At a house named 'Yukimi-ru', which is the centre of NEET youth members.
Location:
About 250 km northwest of Osaka near the Sea of Japan.
Travel terminal:
Osaka - 9 hours by train from Tokyo, 6 hours by bullet train or 12 hours by overnight bus.
Leisure:
Visiting schools, cultural exchange parties, home stay.
Special Requirements:
Volunteers shoud be nterested in nature conservation.
NB:
Volunteers will receive pocket money of 20,000 yen per month.
Organized together with the 'Organization of Green and Water' founded in 1992. This organization was established to advocate for the importance of the prairies and forests in our eco-system. They work around Iwami Ginzan, a silver mine which was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007. The organization wants to care for the forests and prairies. It is important to continue to care for our forests after we have disrupted the eco-system. Extension of bamboo forests is a serious problem in Japan.
Work:
We will do various works to maintain and protect the forests such as cutting bamboos and grasses, burning grasses, etc. Empowering NEET youth (Communication with them, they can get confidence by the experiences of meeting foreign people, to talk, to do activities.)
Study part:
Similar kinds of activities of forest care, protection and youth empowerment in each country. Bring some info from your country.
Accommodation:
At a house named 'Yukimi-ru', which is the centre of NEET youth members.
Location:
About 250 km northwest of Osaka near the Sea of Japan.
Travel terminal:
Osaka - 9 hours by train from Tokyo, 6 hours by bullet train or 12 hours by overnight bus.
Leisure:
Visiting schools, cultural exchange parties, home stay.
Special Requirements:
Volunteers shoud be nterested in nature conservation.
NB:
Volunteers will receive pocket money of 20,000 yen per month.
Host organization is Hinode Taiyo no Ie (HTI), home for mentally challenged, that was used to be isolated from the local community since the locals were afraid & against to its construction in the late 80s. We have been creating a "bridge" between locals & HTI by the workcamps through which the locals have met the challenged people and removed prejudice step by step. They have Samurai house that is used for a training of vols. and a rental facility for organization of conferences, gatherings, lodging etc.
Work:
You will advertise for groups to use Samurai house (updating the website, to make a brochure, etc.), coordinate to host the groups, plan new hosting programs, assist other staff members to help the daily life and work of the mentally disadvantaged people.
Study part:
Management of welfare facilities, mixture between social welfare and ecology.
Accommodation:
Single room of Samurai house (very traditional Japanese house!) where meals are often provided (No vegetarian!).
NB:
Pocket money is 30,000 yen per month.
Location:
Mountain side with natural surroundings, about 50 km west of Tokyo.
Travel terminal:
Tokyo (90 min by local train).
Leisure:
Participation in the seminar for volunteer coordinators, exchange with the local people, etc.
Special Requirements:
Speaking good Japanese, strong motivation to work with the host, respect to the local custom and life, flexibility, friendliness, positive mind and those who likes children and also creates new activities. Experience of similar types of work is welcome!
Organized together with Terakoya Hojosha (TH) which runs an alternative school for children not going to the formal schools since 1999 and has hosted the workcamps and long term vols. from NICE. The giant earthquake hit the eastern part of Japan on the 11th March by which (including tsunami and fire caused by the earthquake) over 27,000 people have either died or been missing and in Aizu area (located very far from the sea and so, had almost no damage), about 10,000 people are displaced mainly from the coastal part of Fukushima prefecture mainly to escape from danger of radioactivity from the nuclear power station in addition to the damage by the earthquake itself and its tsunami. In the shelters (sports centers, schools, public halls, etc.), most of stuffs for basic needs are sufficiently provided, so the needs for support is shifted to mental care and other life activities. Especially, children (25% of the people there) need further mental and educational support. TH is supporting the children in 2 places and would like to develop the actions with NICE, the local college and the social welfare association.
Work:
We will mainly take care of the children in the shelters and temporary houses by organizing sports and creative/ artistic indoor activities, watching them for safety. We may so some other work such as separating the life stuffs, talking with the elders, helping the projects of TH (environmental education, farming, etc.). Be ready to do anything needed and work hard for a long time!
Accommodation:
We will spend most of our free time (incl. meals) in the office of TH and sleep in a house kindly offered by the local people which is located 10 min. walk from the office of TH. We will cook our meals by ourselves. Sleeping bag is needed.
Location:
Aizu Wakamatsu city is located in Aizu Basin with rich nature, farming lands and cultural heritages. About 100 km from the power station, so no serious danger for radioactivity (that's why people have moved here), but some are still quite nervous, that's why children are playing inside. It is colder than Tokyo, but the summer can be quite hot.
Terminal:
Tokyo (4.5 hours from Tokyo by the highway bus)
Leisure Activities:
This is totally different from usual workcamps, so please don't expect any cultural/ leisure programs by the organizers.
Special Remarks - very important!:* Qualification: Vols. need to be fulfilled in all of the following points... + Speaking Japanese language fluently is preferable. + Those who like children. Experience of activities with them is preferable! + Those who can manage the activities and life by themselves + Those who can consider others feeling and accept their difficulties + Those who can adapt themselves well in simple and hard life conditions + Those who have flexibility, patience and can respect local ways + Skills for cooking, medical care, arts are welcomed!
* The very aim of the project is to improve the local situation that should be the first motivation than inter-cultural learning, group solidarity, etc. Vols. need to submit the motivation letters with the application forms.
* The project starts on Mondays and finish on Sundays and the minimum period is 2 weeks, so the applicants need to fill in the period on the application forms according to this rule.
The bus leave Shinjuku in Tokyo at 09:
30, so vols. need to arrive at Tokyo by the Sunday night and can come back there in the Sunday afternoon.
* We welcome longer term volunteers! We have to limit the places for non Japanese speakers (3-5 in maximum in the same period).
* There are possibilities to stop/ change the activities/places depending on the situations and even if it is happened, we will try to accommodate the vols. in different projects depending on their needs/ wish.
* Vols. need to pay transportation to/ from the project (from Tokyo, about 7,000 yen for the return ticket by the highway bus), fare in the public bath (390 yen though we cannot anyway take a bath every day). There is no fee, we will provide the meals and accommodation by free by using the donation (while Japanese vols. pay some fee for the fund) though you are of course welcomed to raise & bring any amount of donation!
Organized together with the 'Organization of Green and Water' founded in 1992. This organization was established to advocate for the importance of the prairies and forests in our eco-system. They work around Iwami Ginzan, a silver mine which was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007. The organization wants to care for the forests and prairies. It is important to continue to care for our forests after we have disrupted the eco-system. Extension of bamboo forests is a serious problem in Japan.
Work:
We will do various works to maintain and protect the forests such as cutting bamboos and grasses, burning grasses, etc. Empowering NEET youth (Communication with them, they can get confidence by the experiences of meeting foreign people, to talk, to do activities.)
Study part:
Similar kinds of activities of forest care, protection and youth empowerment in each country. Bring some info from your country.
Accommodation:
At a house named 'Yukimi-ru', which is the centre of NEET youth members.
Location:
About 250 km northwest of Osaka near the Sea of Japan.
Travel terminal:
Osaka - 9 hours by train from Tokyo, 6 hours by bullet train or 12 hours by overnight bus.
Leisure:
Visiting schools, cultural exchange parties, home stay.
Special Requirements:
Volunteers shoud be nterested in nature conservation.
NB:
Volunteers will receive pocket money of 20,000 yen per month.
Host organization is Hinode Taiyo no Ie (HTI), home for mentally challenged, that was used to be isolated from the local community since the locals were afraid & against to its construction in the late 80s. We have been creating a "bridge" between locals & HTI by the workcamps through which the locals have met the challenged people and removed prejudice step by step. They have Samurai house that is used for a training of vols. and a rental facility for organization of conferences, gatherings, lodging etc.
Work:
You will advertise for groups to use Samurai house (updating the website, to make a brochure, etc.), coordinate to host the groups, plan new hosting programs, assist other staff members to help the daily life and work of the mentally disadvantaged people.
Study part:
Management of welfare facilities, mixture between social welfare and ecology.
Accommodation:
Single room of Samurai house (very traditional Japanese house!) where meals are often provided (No vegetarian!).
NB:
Pocket money is 30,000 yen per month.
Location:
Mountain side with natural surroundings, about 50 km west of Tokyo.
Travel terminal:
Tokyo (90 min by local train).
Leisure:
Participation in the seminar for volunteer coordinators, exchange with the local people, etc.
Special Requirements:
Speaking good Japanese, strong motivation to work with the host, respect to the local custom and life, flexibility, friendliness, positive mind and those who likes children and also creates new activities. Experience of similar types of work is welcome!
Organized together with the 'Organization of Green and Water' founded in 1992. This organization was established to advocate for the importance of the prairies and forests in our eco-system. They work around Iwami Ginzan, a silver mine which was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007. The organization wants to care for the forests and prairies. It is important to continue to care for our forests after we have disrupted the eco-system. Extension of bamboo forests is a serious problem in Japan.
Work:
We will do various works to maintain and protect the forests such as cutting bamboos and grasses, burning grasses, etc. Empowering NEET youth (Communication with them, they can get confidence by the experiences of meeting foreign people, to talk, to do activities.)
Study part:
Similar kinds of activities of forest care, protection and youth empowerment in each country. Bring some info from your country.
Accommodation:
At a house named 'Yukimi-ru', which is the centre of NEET youth members.
Location:
About 250 km northwest of Osaka near the Sea of Japan.
Travel terminal:
Osaka - 9 hours by train from Tokyo, 6 hours by bullet train or 12 hours by overnight bus.
Leisure:
Visiting schools, cultural exchange parties, home stay.
Special Requirements:
Volunteers shoud be nterested in nature conservation.
NB:
Volunteers will receive pocket money of 20,000 yen per month.
Host organization is Hinode Taiyo no Ie (HTI), home for mentally challenged, that was used to be isolated from the local community since the locals were afraid & against to its construction in the late 80s. We have been creating a "bridge" between locals & HTI by the workcamps through which the locals have met the challenged people and removed prejudice step by step. They have Samurai house that is used for a training of vols. and a rental facility for organization of conferences, gatherings, lodging etc.
Work:
You will advertise for groups to use Samurai house (updating the website, to make a brochure, etc.), coordinate to host the groups, plan new hosting programs, assist other staff members to help the daily life and work of the mentally disadvantaged people.
Study part:
Management of welfare facilities, mixture between social welfare and ecology.
Accommodation:
Single room of Samurai house (very traditional Japanese house!) where meals are often provided (No vegetarian!).
NB:
Pocket money is 30,000 yen per month.
Location:
Mountain side with natural surroundings, about 50 km west of Tokyo.
Travel terminal:
Tokyo (90 min by local train).
Leisure:
Participation in the seminar for volunteer coordinators, exchange with the local people, etc.
Special Requirements:
Speaking good Japanese, strong motivation to work with the host, respect to the local custom and life, flexibility, friendliness, positive mind and those who likes children and also creates new activities. Experience of similar types of work is welcome!
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