NICE/12-10 - Agriculture and Manual work: Volunteers needed in co-operative community in Japan

Vacancy: NICE/12-10 - Agriculture and Manual work: Volunteers needed in co-operative community in Japan
Company: Concordia
Category: Community development, Farming & Agriculture, Social Work
Dates: 03/02/2010-10/03/2010
Cost: £150 registration fee + £30 Preparation weekend fee. Volunteers fund their own travel and insurance. Volunteers pay an on arrival fee of approx. £100 that covers board and accommodation and funds the programme in the country.
Support in place: Pre-departure phone and email support; local project co-ordinators look after the volunteers; host organisation 24 hours full support ; evaluation and feedback once back in the UK.
Age limit: 20+

NICE/12-10 - Agricultural and Manual Work

Volunteers needed in co-operative community in Japan

Title : MAKI (NAGANO)

Programme : STANDARD

Project type : Agricultural work Manual work Age : 20 to 70 Places : 8 Country : Japan

Travel terminal : From Tokyo, 4 hours by express train or 8-10 hours by bus and train Dates : 03/02/2010-10/03/2010  

Location : Very isolated, but beautiful village near “Japanese Northern Alps”. It is very cold in winter.

Work : The host organisation is Kyodo Gakusha Shintoku farm, a co-operative community where people from various backgrounds, sometimes with learning disabilities, come together to live and work. There are five communities in Tokyo, Nagano and Hokkaido and they farm and keep animals in a natural, organic way. Volunteers will help the members of the farm in the village of Maki by removing snow from around their houses and carrying fire wood. They will also look after the animals and (goats and chickens), do some house work and other every day tasks.  

Accomodation : In a shared room at the farm.  Special requirements : Volunteers should be able to speak Japanese fluently. Motivation letter in Japanese is necessary. Volunteers should expect long working hours (5:30 am to 18:00). Work can be physically demanding. Volunteer: 3 international volunteers, 5 Japanese volunteers.  

Study : Farm communities around the world.