📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Facility for the mentally disabled people “you-en” is located rural area but very close to central area. There are Japanese old styles houses and beautiful land scape. Mentally disabled people (ex. cannot go to school or work, social withdrawal etc.) can adjust daily rhythm and find their own skills in “you-en”. For example, they make herbs and vegetables in the garden and make accessories, miscellaneous goods, antique furniture etc. in the facility. They do not have enough opportunity to communicate with various people (Foreigners etc.). Volunteers are excepted to consider their feelings and do activities together. It makes their feelings proactive and positive!
💼 What the programme involves
Empowering people who have disabilities (Communication with them, they can get confidence by the experiences of communicating foreign people, to talk, to do activities)
🏠 Accommodation on site
Share the rooms in the facility named "you-en", it is the disabled people center.
You will cook by yourselves. Lunch will eat together with members in the center.
📍 About the location
Hiroshima City, capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, has a population of about 1,200,000. This city is the largest city in Chugoku region. Hiroshima is the best known as the first city in history to be targeted by a nuclear weapon
⚠️ Requirements
*Language :English and Japanese.
The communication between locals and volunteers will be used simple English and Japanese. Some level of Japanese speaking skill as well as high motivation to learn and speak Japanese language is needed.
*Other requirement : Respect for the local cultures and way of the local organization. Open mind and flexibility.
ℹ️ Additional information
*Other activities : Join the center events, many opportunities to learn the local wisdom, etc. Sightseeing, short trip (historical museums, temples and shrines).
*Participation fee : 12,000 yen per one month (6,000 yen from the 4th month).
(*No fee for vols. from the NGOs charging no fee in their LMTV projects to NICE vols.)
*Term : If you want to participate in dates other than the above (either shorter or longer), please choose your start / end date among the following seminar dates.
[ 06-07 Jul. / 03-04 Aug. / 28-29 Sep. /13 Dec. ]
