📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This project is actively working for SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDGs 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), organized together with Shinko Youth Committee since 2016. Shinko district is surrounded by the mountains and has serious ongoing depopulation and aging (53% are aged 65 or more and 4% are aged under 15). Committee tries to slow down it by organizing various activities such as firefly festival, etc.
*Outcome of this workcamp: Since 2017, we help to run some classes in the primary school that is in crisis to be closed down by the shortage of children, so we try to promote their global education as their new attraction as well as grow sun flowers in the abandon field with the school children to be used for cooking oil that sales also supported to organize the workcamps. In 2019, 6 vols. from 4 countries organized great exchange with the students, harvested in about 1,000 m2 of sun flower field and helped fruit farms.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will 1) harvest sunflowers with the students (age 6-12) in the abandon field to be utilized mainly as cooking oil, 2) help to run the English speaking classes in the elementary school as a part of new attractions of the school and 3) work in the farm such as wine grapes.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Sharing house. Meals (you can enjoy local fresh vegetables and Gibier!) will be cooked by volunteers by turns. Sleeping bag is necessary.
📍 About the location
Shinko district has about 2,000 inhabitants and is located in the south west of Nagano city, in the north east of Nagano prefecture. The climate is colder than low land especially in the evening and morning. Rice and apples farming is the main industry.
Leisure: Experience program to cook local dishes, exchange party, excursion on a free day, etc.
Study theme: What are attractions of Shinko?
⚠️ Requirements
High motivation to work with kids and outside. Similar types of experience and Japanese speaking skill are welcome! Volunteers need to accept and enjoy vegan food. Motivation letter is needed!