Peace program and Kochi Village Life /HIROSHIMA
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About the project
Peace program and Kochi Village Life /HIROSHIMA
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This year is 72nd memorial year after the nuclear bombing were thrown in the city of Hiroshima in 1945. It is still recorded as first and remains the only time nuclear weapons were ever used in a war. Every summer, Hiroshima City University hosts a 4 days FREE peace camp on their campus ground in Asaminami area in order to provide volunteers and visitors a place to stay (since hotel price goes high and all booked before/after the Aug 6th). They believe peace camp is not just an accommodation, but also a place new people meet up and interact with one another. During the camp, people seek an opportunity to think about world peace, a society with no violence and no nuclear weapons. At the Peace memorial ceremony, Hiroshima city mayor and other VIP guests give a speech and the message from the United Nations Secretary-General will be delivered as well.
It is a joint project with KUSUNOKI childcare center, Hiroshima University and Kochi town in Hiroshima. CIEE Japan has been organizing this project since 2008 and it is going to be 10th anniversary in this summer.
KUSUNOKI Childcare center (JAPANESE) http://qoonea.com/kusunoki/index.html
Student NPO “TSUNAGARI” (JAPANESE) http://operationtsunagari.jp/
💼 What the programme involves
- Take a good care of children at KUSUNOKI childcare center for a week
(have them take a shower and a nap. prepare snacks, read them a book, help summer festival, take children to the park)
-Participate and offer a silent prayer to 70th Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony and its related events in August 6th
-Take turns in wood chopping, cooking, planning an event (have an open air concert, do fireworks, make candles, sendoff lanterns and “KAIDAN” Ghost Stories telling during night time), pitch/clean tents. There are about 150 people (both volunteers and campers) attending the peace camp between August 4-7th.
-Attend cultural exchange workshop/discussion with Hiroshima University Students. In previous year, they made Japanese cuisine, origami, and paper fan together with International volunteers. Students are planning something new this summer
-At Kochi town, volunteers join activities to stimulate the community and accelerate communication among local and international members. More detail task to be decided.
The weather is not stable at this time of the seasons. Outdoor work (especially during camping) may change if it rains.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation:
Volunteer will stay at 3 different places
1. KUSUNOKI Childcare center – On the floor with matress (July 30- August 4)
2. Peace Camp - Tent (August 4～7)
3. TBD (August 7～12)
Facilities:
1. House or childcare center – Western room or large room with your sleeping bag. Kitchen, restroom, bathroom with bathtub, washer, internet (free wifi) , convenience store is in 1 minute, supermarket is 5 minutes away by walk.
2. You will sleep on a tent on the campus ground. Restroom is available. Volunteers take a shower at the school gym. No washer, no internet (free wifi)
3. TBD. Internet is available at the office. Supermarket is 5 -10 minutes on foot.
Meals:
1. Volunteers take turns and cook/clean by themselves.
2. Volunteers take turns and cook/clean by themselves. During camping, volunteers cook at least one big dinner for all volunteers
3. TBD
📍 About the location
Hiroshima city which has overcome and recovered from the tragedy of atomic bombing in WWⅡ is now the biggest city in Chugoku-Shikoku Region. If you would like to visit Osaka/Kyoto/Nara/Kobe area, plan your trip after the project, you will not be able to go sightseeing those tour spots during workcamp. A volunteer needs at least 10,000 JPY in cash if she/he wants to go sightseeing on free-day.
⚠️ Requirements
1. Extra fee 18,000 JPY(about 150 EURO). Please pay on arrival. This fee will be used for supporting the local partner to run this camp
2. If your volunteer cancels a project with any reason after confirmation slip has been submitted to CIEE Japan, we request your organization to find an alternative volunteer. Cancellation gives a huge impact in this project because there are many local people preparing to welcome international volunteers (They do some pre-study about the countries international volunteers are from)
3. Volunteers should study about the history of Hiroshima –Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Atomic Bomb Museum, the Atom bomb dome - before coming to Japan.
4. A motivation letter (more than 5 sentences long) is required. Please include your interest, motivation, experience and strength of yourself in English or Japanese.
Sleeping bag, mattress (at a childcare center, a floor is very hard and sleeping bag may be too thin to hurt your back), work clothes that are suitable for activities (T-shirts, pants), sneakers, toiletries, towels, hat/cap, rain wear, Volunteers are requested to introduce their own countries by showing photos and maps, teaching children’s songs and plays, or introducing recipes.
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CIEEJ1709
30/07/2017 → 12/08/2017
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
180.00 JPY ≈ 1 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
1-1 Matsubarachō, Minami Ward, Hiroshima, 732-0822, Japan
Japan
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Japan Yen (JPY / ¥)
Exchange rate
1 JPY = 0.005641 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Japan Standard Time
Local time: 21:16 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
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🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Japanese