HOSHINO (FUKUOKA)

This project is actively working for SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and SDGs 15 (Life on Land), organized together with a local group formed for this project since 1999. Hoshino village has received the first prize at the national contests for visibility of beautiful stars in the sky and terraced paddy fields. In spite of the towns natural heritage, depopulation, especially of youth, is a serious problem here similarly with many other parts of the country side in Japan. This project aims to activate village by helping forest conservation and organizing cultural exchange events with locals and international vols. Last year local host start international workcamp for 20 years. At that time, Local host s son was baby, but now, he also join this workcamp as one of coordinator. He want to continue this workcamp like his father. Workcamp sprits continue to next generation.Outcome of this workcamp: Please see the long term goal of this project as ""Local SDGs"" at https://www.slideshare.net/nice-workcamp/e2-67954554 (only Japanese for the moment, but you can at least enjoy the pictures). In 2019, 12 vols. from 5 countries did a good job