KODOMO-MURA (OITA)

This project is actively working for SDG 4 (Quality Education), organized together with ""Kodomo-mura Project"" since 1998. ""Kodomo-mura Project"" has been organized a summer kids camp named Kodomo-mura (means Kids Village) for 30 children aged of 8-15. Children will join some outdoor programs, cook for themselves and live in the tent to learn about independence, sensitivity, group cooperation, global understanding and interest in different cultures. Volunteers need to prepare to spend 24 hours with children for this period (except for a few days off). This project continue 22 years now. Many volunteers joined this program through NICE. Some of them became camp staffs. They support NICE volunteers. It is ideal type, previous volunteers support new volunteersOutcome of this workcamp: Please see the presentation made by the volunteer for the IVS contest in Japan; https://www.slideshare.net/nice-workcamp/w3-67953038 (only Japanese for the moment, but you can at least enjoy the pictures). In 2019, 4 vols. from 3 countries were well integrated into the activities