Let's organize cooking/ English speaking classes in the primary school of the depopulated area! Create a sun flower field with the kids:) Enjoy healthy & tasty vegan!

Background: This workcamp has been organized since 2016 with the local group, coordinated by the ex. Director of NICE who lives here since 2015. Shinko district is surrounded by the mountains and has serious ongoing depopulation and aging, that is a common issue in most of the country sides (or even the whole country!) of Japan. In 2016, volunteers worked for nature farming and creating a trail in the mountain where we can enjoy amazing view of Japanese northern Alps! In 2017, they helped to run some classes in the primary school which is in crisis to be closed down by the shortage of children. So, this year, we will continue our activities in the school to promote their global education, to increase the attraction of the school and to activate the community.

Work: Volunteers will 1) seed the sunflowers with the students (age 6-12) in the abandon field which will be converted into oil after the harvest as renewable energy as a pilot project toward a future industry/ employment, 2) help to run the cooking and English speaking classes and 3) work in the organic rice fields with full of biodiversity and continue the trail maintenance.

Study theme: How can we maintain the schools in the depopulated area?

Nagano

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.

Terminal: The nearest international airport is in Tokyo. From Tokyo to the meeting point, it takes 3 hours by the bullet train or 5 hours by bus. Volunteers need to arrive at the airport in Tokyo (Narita or Haneda) by 08:00 on Jun. 04 and can leave there after 19:00 on Jul. 17.

Public hall.
Meals (attention: only vegan food is possible!) will be cooked by volunteers by turns.
Sleeping bag is necessary.

English (Japanese is also welcomed!)

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본 워크캠프 활동을 바탕으로 구체적인 참가동기, 관련 경험 등을 영문으로 작성한 지원동기서(Motivation Letter)를 신청서 작성 시 첨부해주시기 바랍니다.
▶파일형식: Microsoft Word
▶파일이름: 워크캠프 코드-영문이름(ML)
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▶분량:1장(자유양식)
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Motivation letter is needed

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본 워크캠프는 참가자 간의 문화교류활동 보다는 지역사회 발전과 현지인과의 교류에 초점을 맞추고 있습니다. 참가가 수가 적을 수는 있으나 지역사회 발전과 현지인과의 교류 측면에 중점을 둔다면 의미 있는 경험이 될 것이며, 다음의 분께 특히 참가를 권장합니다.
-현지인과의 교류에 관심이 많은 분
-유동적인 활동 일정에 유연하게 수용할 수 있는 분
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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

Experience program to cook local dishes, farm stay, etc.