📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
A very passionate university professor from Okayama University of Science launched this project together with CIEE Japan for the first time. Her vision is to give her students (many are in education major) more chance to open their eyes to the outside of the world and to use English as a tool to understand people from a variety of background. By committing deeply in a camp, students will actively involve with the training and find many positive things to become a professional teacher in their future.
💼 What the programme involves
- In cooperation with Japanese university students from Okayama University of Science (About 20 students), volunteers manage and plan cross cultural communiaction seminar& English education seminar for Japanese teenagers (middle and high school students)
※A camp leader will also be selected by the university.
- Cleaning and pulling weeds
- Interacting with Japanese locals (mainly students and children) using English
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation: Japanese RYOKAN
Facilities: bed rooms, shower, laundry, restroom, free Wifi are available. No kitchen.
Meals: All meal will be provided/or cooked by volunteers (TBD). Not available for vegetarian and people who have food allergy.
📍 About the location
Okayama city is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. Although the accommodation is located in rural area, it is very comfortable to live as it is not as busy as other metropolitan cities. It is also accessible to Shikoku, Sanyo and Kansai area. Those for who want to explore those areas can visit there after the project. You will be able to have experience modern Japanese culture through interaction with local people. They give a friendly welcome to you. Okayama is very safe area and really nice place to stay.
⚠️ Requirements
A motivation letter (more than 10 sentences long) is required. Please include your interest, motivation, experience and strength of yourself in English or Japanese.
Volunteer should bring clothes suitable for the work, shoes, hat/cap, bug protected spray, medicine for insect bites, cold and painkiller, bath towels, facial towels, toothpaste, brush, shampoo and conditioner, seasonings that represent your country (salt, garlic, paste, sauce or pepper) Also please bring some English textbooks you used in junior high school or high school of your country. A credit card may not be useless in this area. Please prepare at least 30,000 JPY if you want to go sightseeing during free-day.