📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Organized together with is aeuroAkame no Satoyama wo Sodateru Kaiaeuro(ASSK), a local environmental NPO, since 1998. In an area between Osaka and Nagoya, there were plans for a golf course and disposal of industrial garbage, but the local community has stopped them with the aeuroWoods Trustaeuro movement. The group was formed in 1996 to collect donations to buy and protect the land, to build an eco-resort to enjoy nature, to maintain forests, to create a pond for dragonflies, etcaeuro
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will do a various working to care of the forest such as cutting trees and amp; branches, maintaining the footpaths etcaeuro Volunteers will take care and harvesting mushrooms and chestnuts. Volunteers also support to organize some environmental events (e.g., to collect edible wild plants, nature observation) in their field.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Single room, in the pension named aeuroEco Resort Akameaeuro. Volunteers cook by themselves.
📍 About the location
About 60 km east of Osaka. There are famous falls nearby that many hikers visit.
ℹ️ Additional information
Other activities : Participation in the local events, many opportunities to learn the local wisdom, etc. Sightseeing, short trip (hot springs, famous places here).Participation fee : 12,000 yen per one month (6,000 yen from the 4th month) to be paid on their arrivals. There is no fee for vols. from the NGOs charging no fee in their LMTV projects to NICE vols.Term : If you want to end on another day (either shorter or longer), please choose among the following dates and clearly write on your application form; 04/08, 05/13, 07/01, 08/05, 9/22, 10/28, 12/14, 01/13