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Shiiba

Camp code:
JP-NIC 13.250306
Country:
Japan
Start Date:
Mar 06, 2025
End Date:
Mar 12, 2025
Topic:
13: Community life
Work Types:
Environment / Restoration, renovation
Number of volunteers:
8
Free places for Males:
1
Free places for Females:
0
Free places last update:
Jan 31, 2025
International age:
18 - 99
National age:
18 - 99
Extra fee to be paid in the hosting country:
9000.00 Japanese Yen [60 US Dollar]
Breakdown:
  1. Accommodation and food: 0.00 Japanese Yen
  2. Transportation: 0.00 Japanese Yen
  3. Activities: 0.00 Japanese Yen
  4. Hosting organisation support: 9000 Japanese Yen
Purpose of extra costs:
9,000 JPY (54 EUR by the rate on 2024 Nov. 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 the transportation of the camp leaders while the meals and the accommodation are provided by the local host by free.
Spoken Language:
English
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Description: This project is actively working for SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities) and SDGs 15 (Life on land), organized together with a local organization ''Takumashii Mirai". They live in Shiiba village, is faces serious aging society and depopulation, but it has very beautiful scenery, traditional agriculture, and traditional culture, and is one of the three most unexplored areas in Japan. They are trying restoring a campsite and renovating an old house into a share house to promote the “Self-Sufficiency 2.0” lifestyle project it is people creat their own lives. They also try to create an free space in the share house where villagers, new residents and visitors can interact with each other. They need volunteer power and ideas!

Type of Work: 1. Restoration of damaged forest trails (remove trees, repair stairs, etc.)

  1. Make firewood for Goemon bath and Sauna (chopping firewood, stacking firewood, etc.).
  2. Reconstruction of camp fields (cutting grass and removing stones, etc.) They hope that volunteers will connect deeply with nature through this activities.

Study Theme: Volunteers will get knowledge of history and traditional culture of Shiiba village. Finding ways for sustainability of a depopulated village.

Accommodation: Volunteers will sleep in a log cabin in the campsite, BASE CAMP shiiba. Meals will be cooked by volunteers together with the members by turns in a main cabin with café lounge and wood stove. Sleeping bag is not necessary. Each cabin has bedding and heater, refrigerator, kitchen, shower, and toilet.

Language: English (Japanese is also welcomed!)

Requirements: High motivation to work hard, simple life in the isolated mountain area and respect to the local culture.

Approximate Location: Shiiba village is located in the central Kyushu mountains, northwest of Miyazaki Prefecture. The population is 2,300, and about 96% of the land area is covered with forests.

Notes: *Other activities: Exchange party with villagers, Goemon bath, Sauna, Fire, skiing etc.
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