NICE laagrid Jaapanis (vanusegrupile 18+)

Host of the activity: 

IVS (International Voluntary Service) NGO based in Japan. NICE was founded on the 1990 Feb.

Organizing various types of workcamps toward Colorful & Healthy World.

Organized 6,539 workcamps & exchanged 84,561 volunteers in 33 years.

Working on Environment/ Development/ Culture/ Education/ Human Rights.

 

Aims and goals of NICE:

• To improve the social & environmental situation by direct actions!
• To empower NPOs/ local communities and raise awareness & actions!
• Promote global friendship/ cooperation and personal growth!

 

Very short term workcamps (VTSV) – 

Duration is for less than a week (1-6 days).

• Mogami 3 – location Yamagata, helping rice and kikurage cultivation and free-range poultry farms in the spring-fed Mogami; 29.04-03.05.2023
• Mogami 4 – location Yamagata, helping rice and kikurage cultivation and free-range poultry farms in the spring-fed Mogami; 03.05-07.05.2023
• Mogami 5 – location Yamagata, helping rice and kikurage cultivation and free-range poultry farms in the spring-fed Mogami; 23.06-27.06.2023
• Oi 1 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 07.07-12.07.2023
• Oi 2 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 14.07-19.07.2023
• Oi 3 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 28.07-01.08.2023
• Ino – location Shimane, interaction with Primary School students; 09.08-13.08.2023
• Oi 5 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 11.08-15.08.2023
• Oi 6 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 18.08-23.08.2023
• Oi 7 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 25.08-29.08.2023
• Oi 8 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 01.09-05.09.2023
• Oi 9 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 08.09-12.09.2023
• Oi 10 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 15.09-19.09.2023
• Mogami 8 – location Yamagata, helping rice and kikurage cultivation and free-range poultry farms in the spring-fed Mogami; 16.09-20.09.2023
• Oi 11 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 22.09-26.09.2023
• Oi 12 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 29.09-03.10.2023
• Oi 13 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 06.10-10.10.2023
• Oi 14 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 13.10-17.10.2023
• Oi 15 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 20.10-24.10.2023
• Oi 16 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 27.10-01.11.2023
• Oi 17 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 03.11-07.11.2023
• Oi 18 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 10.11-14.11.2023
• Oi 19 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 17.11-21.11.2023
• Oi 20 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 24.11-28.11.2023
• Oi 21 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 08.12-12.12.2023
• Oi 22 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 15.12-19.12.2023

 

 

Short Term Workcamps (STV) – 

STV is a voluntary service project which duration is from 1 week to 1 month (7-31 days).

• Shirakami 1 – location Aomori, volunteers will do some preparations for the tree planting ceremonies; 28.04-05.04.23
• Shirakami 2 – location Aomori, volunteers will do some preparations for the tree planting ceremonies; 17.06-26.06.23
• Maki 3 – location Nagano, organic farming; 21.06-02.07.23
• Aibahama – location Tokushima, supporting organize water festival; 11.07-18.07.23
• Yoshinogawa – location Tokushima, preparing for “Eco station; 25.07-01.08.23
• Ohara 4 – location Fukui, maintain the old houses by cleaning up; 27.07-02.08.23
• Mogami 6 – location Yamagata, manual work such as weeding, cutting undesirable trees; 29.07-04.08.23
• Shirakami 3 – location Aomori, help out and live together with children; 30.07-07.08.23
• Kurogi Youth – location Fukuoka, weeding in rice paddies; 30.07-12.08.23
• Tochigi Youth – location Tochigi, manual work such as weeding; 03.08-09.08.23
• Oi 4 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 04.08-11.08.23
• Mogami 7 – location Yamagata, helping to maintain the fields; 05.08-11.08.23
• Akame 2 – location Mie,
• Tokushima 1 – location Tokushima,
• Ogi – location Mie, cutting down trees in the forest; 09.08-19.08.23
• Ozuchi 3 – location Ishikawa, various work to activate the area and success their culture; 17.08-30.08.23
• Kamojima 2 – location Tokushima, organize events; 18.08-31.08.23
• Nishiwaga – location Iwate, removal of shrubs from abandoned fields; 22.08-31.08.23
• Maki& Tateya 4 – location Nagano, help their organic farm by weeding; 25.08-31.08.23
• Tokushima Kids 1 – location Osaka, work in the forest to maintain; 01.09-10.09.23
• Tondabayashi – location Osaka, volunteers will work in the forest to maintain; 01.09-10.09.23
• Kamimamakuchi – location Ishikawa, painting the fences to prevent wild boars; 08.09-19.09.23
• Ozuchi 4 – location Ishikawa, various work to activate the area; 08.09-21.09.23
• Tokushima Kids 2 – location Osaka, work in the forest to maintain; 13.09-20.09.23
• Maki& Tateya 4 – location Nagano, help their organic farm by weeding; 18.10-27.10.23
• Kamojima 3 – location Tokushima, organize events; 16.12-29.12.23
• Oi 23 – location Tokushima, support harvesting and shipping; 22.12-30.12.23

 

Requirements:

NICE also offers projects outside of Japan!

NICE volunteers fee –  need to pay this fee beforehand (6,000 JPY for VSTV/ STV, 12,000 JPY per month for LMTV) by 31 days before Project start.

Volunteers will need a Visa!

Get more information from the info package.