Family workcamp! This project is actively working for SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDGs 10 (Reduced Inequalities), organized 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. Tateya and grow animals and vegetables in ecological, organic way.
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.
*Outcome of this workcamp: In 2023, we had 4 short term workcamps and 1 LMTV project with 13 vols. who greatly contributed to their protecting the houses, farming and caring animals that was difficult to finish by the time they needed without 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!)
İş Tanımı
Volunteers will help their organic farm by weeding in the rice and vegetable fields, planting vegetables, taking care of cows, help their house works such as cooking, washing. Be ready to work for quite a long time (05:30-18:00 with some brakes) and hard. Kids may sometimes be separated to plan in the nature with care of some adults.
Konaklama ve Yemek
Building for volunteers and a few members, 5 min. walk from the farm. Meals will be usually cooked by volunteers by turns. Sleeping bag is not necessary.
Konum ve Serbest Zaman
Located in the beautiful places near “Japanese Northern Alps”. Tateya is surrounded by the farms and 40 min. walk from the train station.
Notlar
Study theme: 2030 goals of Kyodo Gakusha and children's growth in each country.
Other activities: Exchange program, Excursion on a free day (possibly to Hakuba, a famous tourism spot), etc.
Other: The popular documentary film for this place was broadcasted in 2015 at arayashiki-movie.jp/en/.
Konuşulan Diller
English
En Yakın Terminal
The nearest international airport is Tokyo (NRT or HNH). From Tokyo to the meeting point near the project, it takes 5 hours by express bus. Volunteers need to arrive at the airport in Tokyo by the end of Aug. 22 and can leave there from the beginning of Aug. 26.
