Maki and Amp; Tateya
Breakdown:
- Accommodation and food: 0.00 Japanese Yen
- Transportation: 0.00 Japanese Yen
- Activities: 0.00 Japanese Yen
- Hosting organisation support: 6000 Japanese Yen
Description: This project is actively working for SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDGs 10 (Reduced Inequalities), rganized together with Kyodo Gakusha since 2000, a cooperative community where people with various backgrounds such as mentally disadvantaged, people who are tired of city life, who want to learn farming, who want to live in the nature, etc. They have 5 communities in Japan incl. Maki and Tateya and grow animals and vegetables in ecological, organic way.Maki is located in a very isolated area (not accessible for cars and we have to walk 4 km in themountains), so it once became an abandon village in 1970s and then, was revived by Kyodo Gakusha.Over 10 people incl. 2 families were living till several years ago, but less and less in these years (almost nobody in the winter), so vols. are needed even moreTateya is located on the hilly (less than Maki, but still a bit isolated) area where 30-40 members liveand mainly do rice farming as well as growing cows and chicken.Outcome of this workcamp: In 2021, for 3 short term workcamps, 15 vols. from 3 countries greatlycontributed to their farming and caring animals that was difficult to finish by the time they neededwithout volunteers See the long-term goal of this project as Local SDGs made by the previous project leader at https://www.slideshare.net/nice-workcamp/2019-ep3-188767935 (only in Japanese, sorry, but you can still enjoy the pictures)
Type of Work: Volunteers will stay and work in Maki for some days and Tateya in other days. The work will be mainly helping organic agriculture (cutting thatch, harvesting/ threshing rice, selecting beans, taking care of goats, cows and chicken) and also carrying the things from the town to Maki, renovating the trails on the way, helping the house works especially cooking, etc. Be ready to work for quite a long time (05:30-18:00 with some brakes) and hard
Study Theme: Similar type of communities in each country and their networking
Accommodation: Maki: Building for volunteers. Very beautiful cultural heritage Meals will be cooked by volunteerstogether with the community people by turns. Sleeping bag is not necessary.Tateya: Building for volunteers and a few members, 5 min. walk from the farm. Meals will be usuallycooked by volunteers by turns. Sleeping bag is not necessary.
Language: eng,
Requirements: - .Participation fee6,000 JPY (43 USD by the rate on 2022 Sep. 2nd) of NICE Volunteers fee need to be paid in advance either by Card or PayPal. This is used for the project preparation/ coordination such as thetransportation of the camp leaders while the meals and the accommodation are provided by the local host by free.- RequirementGood Japanese language is not necessary, but still welcomed. Volunteers need to be physically strong and flexible to respect the way of the local host. Motivation letter is needed
Approximate Location: Both are located in the beautiful places near Japanese Northern Alps. Maki is in about 900 metersasl. and there is something remained here that most of Japanese areas have lost in modernization.Tateya is surrounded by the farms and 40 min. walk from the train station.
Notes: Maki is located in a very isolated area (not accessible for cars and we have to walk 4 km in the mountains!), so it once became an abandon village in 1970s and then, was revived by Kyodo Gakusha. Over 10 people incl. 2 families were living till several years ago, but less and less in these years (almost nobody in the winter), so vols. are needed even more! Tateya is located on the hilly (less than Maki, but still a bit isolated) area where 30-40 members live and mainly do rice farming as well as growing cows and chicken.
See the long-term goal of this project as Local SDGs made by the previous project leader at https://www.slideshare.net/nice-workcamp/2019-ep3-188767935 (only in Japanese, sorry, but you can still enjoy the pictures!)