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2016 Jci Congress In Quebec, Canada
kids adventure
JCI Japan
Best Inter-organization Collaboration Project

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Entry Information
Award Program: 2016 JCI Congress in Quebec, Canada
Category: Best Inter-organization Collaboration Project

NOM Information
National Organization: JCI Japan
Shigenari Yamamoto
E-mail: japan@jci.cc

National President:

LOM Information
Local Organization: JCI Osaka
President: Sentaro Shirosaka
President Email: s-shirosaka@shoei-group.com

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Basic Information
Duration : September 30th Wed, October 5th Mon, andStaff : 126 member
Osaka Young Buddhist Association, Osaka City Board of Education,Sponsors :Osaka Police, Sumiyoshi Grand Sh
Budget : US$76,152
Profit / Loss : 0
In which UN SDG bestfit (if apply): ?:Who is benefited ?: Children living in Osaka city
Objective : The objective is to produce many active children who can: ・Regard
various social issues as their own ones. ・Become interested in different
cultures and various values. ・Believe in their potential in any situation.
・Have a big dream toward their ideal future.
Overview : JCI Osaka ran this program with the aim of producing many active
children who can regard various social issues as their own ones, become
interested in different cultures and various values, believe in theirpotential in any situation, and have a big dream toward their ideal future.
JCI Osaka let the children: 1. Experience various problems with their fivesenses that they have overlooked. 2. Exchange opinions with otherchildren of the same age who have different background not only in averbal way but also in an emotional one. 3. Enhance their potential byinteracting with people of various generations who have already achieved
their dreams with their efforts. 4. Express their will to live with energy
through experiencing various things that they have not experienced intheir daily life before.
Results : JCI Osaka examined how they could achieve its objective and how
participating children made positive change by giving questionnaires tothem. Q1. Did you cooperate with your friends in this program? A1. No:9%, Yes: 91% Q2. Did you care for your friends in this program? A2. No:12%, Yes: 88% Q3. Did you have cross-cultural experience by interactingwith foreign children? A3. No: 25%, Yes: 75% Q4. Did you challenge
various problems with your friends in this program? A4. No: 8%, Yes:92% Q5. After this program, did you have a bigger dream than before?
A5. No: 13%, Yes: 87% The results of the questionnaires above showedthat JCI Osaka could produce many active children who have a bigdream toward their ideal future.
Actions Taken : October 2014 – October 2015 1. JCI Osaka read through public
documents and literature in order to find out what the important strengthfor children is. As a result of this, JCI Osaka formulated the hypothesisthat “letting children have a big dream” is its task. 2. To test thehypothesis, JCI Osaka interviewed citizens, companies and thegovernment. 3. As a result of this interview, JCI Osaka identified thehypothesis as its actual task. 4. JCI Osaka members thought about how
they can enhance child’s potential to have a big dream. Then they foundout that formative experiences are very important and interacting withforeign people is necessary for broadening children’s future choices. 5.
JCI Osaka decided to hold “Kids Adventure” program so that bothJapanese and foreign children can easily participate in it. 6. JCI Osakabuilt a connection with foreign Local Organizations, Japanese citizens,companies and the government who can cooperate with them. 7. JCIOsaka discussed a plan with foreign Local Organizations, Japanesecitizens, companies and the government. September 2015 1. The total of48 people from Cambodia, Taipei, and Thai applied for this program.
After discussion, JCI Osaka decided to accept 17 Cambodian, 11
Taiwanese, and 5 Thai. 2. JCI Osaka held a presentation meeting on theprogram at all elementary schools in Osaka and recruited participants on
the website. 3. The fixed number of participants was 60. However, 478
children applied for this program. The participants were decided bydrawing lots. 4. 60 Japanese children and 33 foreign ones were selected.
JCI Osaka followed up these participants. September 30th and October
5th 2015 1. JCI Osaka held orientations for staff, host families andvolunteer translators. 2. JCI Osaka gave them precise instructions on
brief overview of this program. October 6th 2015 1. JCI Osaka held an

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JCIorientation for participating children and their parents to tell them about
safety measures and brief overview of this program. 2. JCI Osaka
separated the children from their parents in the middle of the orientation.
JCI Osaka let the children build up a team and deepen a sense of unity.
JCI Osaka helped the parents understand the objective of this programby answering their questions. October 9th 2015 1. JCI Osaka welcomed
foreign participants at Kansai Airport and took them to the office of JCIOsaka by bus to hold an orientation for them. 2. After the orientation, theforeign participants met their host families. October 10th 2015 1. JCIOsaka held “Kids Adventure” program. 60 Japanese children and 33
foreign ones participated in this program. 2. JCI Osaka took attendance
at Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine. Participating children had ice break time. 3.
After having lunch, participants took a class of English conversation. 4.
Participants were divided into groups and had a walk rally at Sumiyoshi
Grand Shrine. They experienced Japanese unique culture through thiswalk rally. 5. JCI Osaka had a welcome party at Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine.
Participants enjoyed Japanese food at food stalls. 6. Participants weredivided into groups and had a courage test at Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine atnight. 7. After taking Japanese traditional public bath, participants had ameeting to review what they did on the day. After the meeting, they wentto bed. October 11th 2015 1. On the second day, participants took a tram
to the tallest building in Japan “Abeno Harukas.” They experienced abackstage tour and enjoyed the view from the observatory. 2. Theywalked from Shitennoji Park to Shitennoji Temple. They collected seriesof stamps there. 3. They walked about 10km through Shitennoji Temple,
Sanko Shrine, Chokyuji Temple, Hoanji Temple, Okuninushi Shrine,
Imamiyaebisu Shrine, and Homanji Temple. 4. They walked from TaihojiTemple to Kuromon Market to get ingredients for dinner. 5. They weredivided into groups and made curry and rice at Ikutama Shrine. Judges
had each group’s curry and rice and selected the most delicious one. 6.
After taking Japanese traditional public bath, participants were divided
into 10 groups and arrived at each temple around Ikutama Shrine. 7.
They had a review meeting at each temple and went to bed. October 12th
2015 1. On the third day, participants cleaned the temples before leaving.
2. They had breakfast at Ikutama Shrine and moved to Minatomachi
Riverside. 3. Commemorative photos of all participants were taken atMinatomachi Riverside. They got on a boat and took a tour of Osaka city.
4. They got off the boat at Yodoyabashi, and observed “Tekijuku” whichused to be a school and also a house of Ogata Koan. 5. They went
through Osaka City Hall, and had a barbeque lunch at Yodogawa
riverside. 6. They walked toward Osaka Castle that was their finaldestination. Commemorative photos were taken at Osaka Castle Park. 7.
JCI Osaka held a farewell party at KKR Hotel. 8. The representative ofeach team made a presentation on this program. All children drew apicture of their dreams and made a presentation in front of allparticipants. 9. At the end of the party, JCI Osaka screened adocumentary video of this program and also a credit roll. 10. Japanesechildren went home with their parents. Foreign children stayed at KKR
Hotel. October 13th 2015 1. JCI Osaka saw off foreign children andfacilitators at Kansai Airport.
Recommendations : Japanese children experienced various things and culture in Osaka
through this three-day “Kids Adventure” program. As a result of this, 87%of participating children said that they could have a bigger dream than
before. Foreign children also participated in this program this time. As aresult of this, JCI Osaka could cultivate children’s sensitivity so that they
can become interested in foreign countries. In addition, JCI Osaka could
produce many active children who can regard various social issues as
their own, become interested in different cultures and various values,
believe in their own potential in any situation, and have a big dream
toward their ideal future. [Issues] 1. Taking children’s physical condition
into consideration, JCI Osaka had to change the planed route andaccommodations. 2. JCI Osaka didn’t tell this program’s rule properly tovolunteers, which caused inconveniences for them. [Improvements] JCIOsaka needs to hold a close hearing and simulate any situations
beforehand.

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JCIPage 3

Award Category criteria

1

Objectives, Planning, Finance and Execution

What were the This program aims to produce many active children
objectives of this who can regard various social issues as their own,
program?

become interested in different cultures and variousvalues, believe in their own potential in any situation,and have a big dream toward their ideal future.

How does this This program can cultivate children’s sensitivity. It
program align to plans to produce active children continuously in
the JCI Plan ofcooperation with citizens, companies, organizations andAction?

the government so that children have formative
experience consecutively. For the reason set forthabove, this program aligns to the JCI Plan of Action.

Was the budget an JCI Osaka could run this program without spending
effective guide formuch money to accommodations and food in
the financial
management of cooperation with citizens, companies and thethe project? government.
How does this JCI Mission This program produces many active
project advance children who can have a big dream. It also provides
the JCI Mission
development opportunities that empower young people
and Vision?

create positive change. JCI Vision JCI Osaka runs thisprogram to produce many active leaders, interact withforeign countries, and build a global network.

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2Cooperation between the Local Organizations

How did the two JCI members from Japan, Cambodia, Taipei, and Thai
organizations work were divided into teams and exchanged opinions withtogether?

each other. They helped each other and played an
important role as a facilitator to keep children safe in
the three-day program.

Describe how thetasks and planning
JCI Osaka organized the whole program. JCI membersof the project weredivided between from Cambodia, Taipei, and Thai participated in thisthe organizations. program as a facilitator.

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3

Impact on Members and Contribution to the JCI Vision

How did the By running this program, JCI Osaka could: Learn how
members of the to interact with children. Rediscover Japanese
Local
traditional culture. Realize the importance of interacting
Organizations
benefit from with the local community. Learn about foreign cultures
running this and the difference of values. Build friendly
project? relationships with overseas JCI members.
How did the By running this program, JCI Osaka could: Exchange
program advance opinions actively with overseas JCI members throughthe JCI Vision?

having contact with them for more than half a year.
Learn about foreign cultures and values so as towelcome overseas JCI members. Build a global
network.

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4Community Impact

How did the Local JCI Osaka asked for cooperation of Sumiyoshi Grand
Organizations Shrine and Osaka Young Buddhist Association so thatmeasureparticipants can stay at these places for free. JCI Osaka
community
impact? asked for cooperation of local shopping streets andcompanies so that children can have a walk rally safely.
Describe the actual Participating children will talk about their experiences
community impact in this walk rally to their friends who could not
produced by thisparticipate in it. The children who heard about theproject.

experiences want to go to the same places and will
actually go there. The local community will be
revitalized because children gather these places. By
holding this program continuously, JCI Osaka will beable to build a deeper trust with local citizens,companies and the government. It will enable JCIOsaka to get greater cooperation from them.

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5Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the Participating children will grow up to be young
expected long-term business leaders and think they are here thanks to thisimpact of thisprogram. This program can produce such businessproject?

leaders a lot. By cultivating children’s sensitivity
continuously in cooperation with overseas JCI
members, JCI Osaka will produce many children who
can challenge the world.

What changes With the aim of cultivating children’s sensitivity
would you make to continuously, JCI Osaka needs to build a community
improve the results
where local citizens, companies, organizations and theof this project?

government can nurture children in cooperation witheach other.

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