INO (SHIMANE)

This project is actively working for SDG 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing) and SDGs 4 (Quality Education), organized together with local community center in Ino area. Ino area is remoted area in Shimane and faces the problem of depopulation. Local group is trying to reactivate this area by inviting people from another area of Japan and foreign countries. Especially kids here don t have enough experience of international interests, which local group think it s important for kids growth. And also, local group is trying to turn mountain area to place where people can have a fun each other by cutting trees as a maintenance. And create opportunity of communicating with local elderly people to encourage them by inviting volunteers to elderly facility and playing games. Outcome of this workcamp: The number of families who join in kids camp which is organized by volunteers is increasing and local kids are looking forward to meeting volunteers every year. Please see the long term goal of this project as ""Local SDGs"" at https://www.slideshare.net/nice-workcamp/18-121518725 (only Japanese for the moment, but you can at least enjoy the pictures). In 2019, 10 vols. from 4 countries joined well.