■AUGUST DATES TO GO TO TOHOKU!

We can take up to 80 student volunteers for each mission

• Batch 12
  - Ishinomaki, Tohno ：August 10th (wed) – August 14rd (sun)
  - Kesennuma : August 10 (wed) – August 16th (tue)
• Batch 13
  Ishinomaki, Tohno : August 24th (wed) – August 28th (sun)
  Kesennuma : August 24th (we) – August 30th (tue)

◆Reports of  previous IS Volunteer missions!

• Jay Horinouchi: Road Project: Mission #4 (May 3rd-7th)
• Lydia Humenycky: Rolling up Sleeves, the Japanese way (May3rd-7th)
• David Labi Anchor by Anchor (May3rd-7th)
• Christian Zevallos Voluntarios que levantan escombros y el animo (May3rd-7th)
• Nicolas Ballesteros SER en la zona devastada por el tsunami en Japon (May3rd-7th)
• Mark Flanigan It’s the end of the world as we know it…and I feel fine? (May3rd-7th)
• Mark Flanigan Mark’s Volunteer Report on AERA English (May 3rd – 7th)
• Raul Paucar A Peruvian and his expericence in Ishinomaki (July 8th – July 11th)

◆IS Volunteer video!

You can also check out the PHOTO GALLERY of this mission here

◆How to Apply

FILL THIS FORM (Please get permission from your school/teacher/parents BEFORE applying, to avoid cancellations)

Registration Process to become an IS Volunteer

 

 

FILL THIS FORM

◆Guidelines for applicants

［Conditions to apply］

・Be a student at an educational institution
・Men and women over 20 years, physical and mental health
・People willing to help the victims, from the point of view of the victims
・Be able to bring your own sleeping bag, work gear, and food for 4 days
・Be ready to remove the mud and clean various houses and buildings
・Be able to endure hardships such as not sleeping in beds for 4 days
・Be able to come to the Nippon Foundation Bldg. in Tokyo by your own means
・Pay the volunteer insurance fee of 1,400yen to be paid on the day of departure.

Work Description

Work type differs depending on the needs of the citizens of each location
These are some of the things that you could be doing.
- Removing the mud and clean various houses and buildings.
- Gathering boeys, shells, fishing gear in the bay
- Collecting personal belongings

Things we require you to bring

・Sleeping bag
・Food for 4 days. (example: instant noodles, snacks, instant curry)
・1 roll of toilet paper（for the toilet and runny nose）
・Masks
・Long waterproof boots (if possible, boots with metal soles)
・Rubber and cotton gloves
・Working clothes (example:windbreaker)
・Long sleeve shirts
・Goggles or sunglasses
・Flashlight
・Your insurance card
・Your Gaikokujin Toroku Card
・1400yen Volunteer insurance fee

Working place

- Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture
- Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture
- Tono, Iwate prefecture
NOTE: The working place that you will be sent will depend on the demands of the prefectures on that day.

［Gathering Location］The Nippon Foundation Building, First floor
MAP and Directions: http://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/eng/who/to_contact.html

Lodging

The Nippon Foundation Student Volunteer center will provide you with lodging so YOU DON’T NEED A TENT or HELMET
Location: Osatocho B&G Center (Ishinomaki) or Mr.Baba’s house (Kesennuma) or Tono Magokoro Center(Tono)

NOTES on the Osatocho B&G Center
・You can use the shower (with hot water as well)
・ You will be able to use a Sento (public japanese bathing place) for 500yen
・ Hot water is available to make you instant noodles and coffee in the morning
・ There’s a Seven Eleven and a Sunkus near the center (Outings after 9pm is not allowed)
・ There’s a restaurant near the center
・ There’s a vending machine inside the building that you can use as well
・ You will sleep on judo mats on the second floor

NOTES on Mr.Baba’s house
・ You can use the shower/ofuro of a nearby minshuku (for 200 yen)
・ We have portable kettles to boil water to make you instant noodles and coffee in the morning and night
・ There’s a supermarket near the house, but it closes at 18:00. There’re some soda vending machines around as well.
・ You’ll sleep on the second floor. The tatamis are usually used by the girls, the men should take some camping matsif possible.

NOTES on the Tono Magokoro Center
・It’s a prefabricated building
・There’s a supermarket and a convenience store near by (outings after 9pm are not allowed
・If you reserve the day before you can order breakfast for 300yen, and lunch for 200yen, dinner for 500yen

◆CONTACT

For English:
Nikkei Youth Network
tel: 03-6427-6988 （Mon to Fri 11am to 6pm)
mail: info(at)nikkeiyouth.com

日本語：
日本財団学生ボランティアセンター
TEL：03-6206-1529（火～土 10:00-20：00）
gakuvo.info(at)gmail.com

 

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