OI 1 (TOKUSHIMA)

This project is actively working for SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), organized together with the local group since 2019. This village has been welcoming ""ohenro (pilgrims)"" who visit 88 temples in Shikoku since long time ago. The pilgrims walk through this village before visiting ""Kakurin-ji temple""; the 20th temple out of 88 temples of the Shikoku Ohenro Pilgrimage. However, there are problems which should be solved such as aging and depopulation of the community these days, and locals haven t been able to find solutions for those problems. On the other hand, since more and more people from overseas visit for the Shikoku Ohenro Pilgrimage locals are trying to find new ways for ""omotenashi (hospitality)"". We would like to have more ideas to preserve our village with a long history and think of new ideas for hosting pilgrims, and start out with what we can do now.Outcome of this workcamp: As it was very first workcamp here last year, 6 vols. from 4 countries came into local community as a pioneer and tried to contribute for the local, the local host also enjoyed exchanging own culture. The local host wants to spread workcamp s attraction to the local community and decides to accept volunteers in this year.