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Awards Entry

2016 Jci Congress In Quebec, Canada
Smoky Mountain Baseball Project ~Children create
positive change~
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 Tokyo
President: Shujiro Nakahara
President Email: s.n.540529@gmail.com

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Basic Information
Duration : From 09/23/2016 TO 9/26/2016
Staff : 300• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs• Baseball Officials
Sponsors :• Volunteer Community
Budget : 0
Profit / Loss : 0
In which UN SDG bestfit (if apply): ?:• Japanese citizens• Philippines citizens• JCI Tokyo
Who is benefited ?:• JCI Manila• JCI Membaers (World Wide)• Supporters of the project
Objective : JCI Tokyo and JCI Manila jointly conducted this project with the basis offollowing objectives.
1. Giving hope and vision for future to the children who live slum area
and cannot take even elementary education. Have themunderstand that their positive action can change their life.
(POSITIVE CHANGE)
2. Encouraging Japanese government and other influential private
enterprises to participate in these job training projects, which JCI
Manila continuously devote for eradicating poverty and hunger.
(ACTIVE CITIZEN)
3. Expanding the number of citizens who cooperate with this projectby reporting how serious the poverty is in Philippines to all over theworld. (ACTIVE CITIZEN)
Overview : JCI Tokyo and JCI Manila jointly conducted the following projects.
1. Press activity and support for job training facility- JCI members and supporters helped the children to gain job
skills.
- JCI members and supporters provided the children opportunities
to interact with each other.
- In order to gain more attention from media, JCI Tokyo invited
Japanese government and Japanese former professional baseballplayers.
- Many Japanese and Philippines medias, such as TV, radio andnewspapers, broadcasted our project to all over the world.
2. Smoky Mountain Baseball Project- Golden Baseball Players Club members and JCI members
donated baseball goods, taught baseball skill and had lunch withchildren from smoky mountain.
- JCI Tokyo encouraged Japanese government and Golden
Baseball Players Club to engage for the project to spread thewords or broadcast it to all over the world.
- Many media of Japan and Philippines reported and broadcasted
about the project all over the world.
3. Baseball Academy- Golden Baseball Players Club and JCI members conductedbaseball academy not only with the children from smoky mountainbut also with kids from all over Philippines.
- Practice game was taken place at the academy.
- Children interacted through preparing lunch at baseball academy.
- JCI Tokyo was cooperating with Golden Baseball Players Club,
which baseball star players belong to, targeting media would report
this project more.
- Japanese and Philippine Media (TV, Radio and Newspaper)
reported SMBP to the world.

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Results :1. Summary of hearing from the children who participated- Children have learned that it is very important to have vision anddreams to the future and act positively to make dreams come true,
practicing with famous baseball players.
- Children have learned they can have dream just like otherchildren from other cities in Philippines, playing with them innational athletic park.
- Children have learned they need to have vision and conduct
these visions to get their desired job. At the same time, they
understood importance of work.
- 15 children have got scholarship via baseball for studying atuniversity.
2. Summary of hearing from JCI members and volunteers who
participatedJapanese government, golden baseball players club’s members
and other volunteers learned the real situation of poverty andhunger, interacting with the children from smoky mountain.

3. Many medias broadcasted importance and necessity of quick
action to eradicate poverty and hunger to all over the world.
Actions Taken : 2016
• Jan : Start project planning.
• February : Selection of JCI Tokyo members and SMBP staff
meeting in Tokyo.
• March : The second staff meeting in Tokyo.
• April : Meeting of JCI Tokyo staff and senior members.
• May : The third staff meeting in Tokyo.
• June : Start to collect general participants of SMBP from Japanand Philippine.
• June : Start to collect baseball goods for Smokey mountain kids.
• August : The 4th staff meeting of JCI Tokyo.
• September : Prepare for action plan between JCI Tokyo and
JCI Manila.
• September : Project conducted. the actual schedule is described
below(Planned).
SMOKY MOUNTAIN BASEBALL PROJECT schedule• Day1
Orientation(at the hotel)
Transfer by chartered bus
Inspection tour in Smoky mountain and discussed with local
residents(at smoky mountain dream filed)
Donation reception baseball goods from Japanese 30 private
people and 3 companies, total 400 items to the children who live in
Smoky mountain.
Baseball academy(day1). 100 of 150 children, boys and girls wholive smoky mountain participated.
• Day2
Baseball game & academy(day2)
20 selective players out of Smokey mountain had competition
game versus players of Philippine National team.
2 legendary Japanese baseball players, Mr. Matsubara and Mr.
Doi taught baseball skill to 50 players from Smokey Mountain andPhilippine National team.
Donated 100 balls and batting practice net to Smokey Mountainkids.
evening of Day2: farewell party in Manila.
Recommendations : [Accomplishment]
1. Gathering supporters- Successfully gathered more than 5,000 people by using Social
network.
- Many citizens actually participated in manila. total number was
100 people from both countries.
- successfully collected baseball goods from all over japan. (400

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items)
2. Result of hearing inspection- Children learned it is very important to have vision and dreams to
the future and act positively to make dreams come true, practicing
the clinic with famous baseball players. (100%)- JCI Members decided to keep supporting and taking actions toeradicate poverty and hunger, talking and interacting with thechildren who live in Smoky Mountain. (100%)
3. Effect of press- Many media (via TV, Radio, Newspaper and Internet)) of Japanand Philippines reported and broadcasted about the project allover the world.
4. Obtain a scholarship.
- Via the baseball scholarship, 15 boys and girls entered
university.
5. Baseball technique enhancement
Their baseball technique has been improved and their softballteam won the third position out of entire Philippine softball league.
[not accomplished]
1. only 100 of 150 children participated to the baseball academy.
This project couldn’t reach 100% participation.
2. Only Japanese and Philippines media reported this project.
[action for improvement]• Encouraging JCI Manila to investigate where children live in
Smoky mountain,
who will be our target for next projects.
• For increase supporters, JCI should precisely describe what
are merits of this project.
• Encouraging other country’s media to involve this project. thatenhances credibility of this project.
Not only baseball but also other sports such as soccer and basketballorganization should be involved. That enhances credibility of this project.

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Award Category criteria

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Objectives, Planning, Finance and Execution

What were the JCI Tokyo and JCI Manila jointly conducted thisobjectives of this project with the basis of following objectives.
program?

1. Giving hope and vision for future to the children
who live slum area and cannot take evenelementary education. Have them understand that
their positive action can change theirlife. (POSITIVE CHANGE)
2. Encouraging Japanese government and otherinfluential private enterprises to participate inthese job training projects, which JCI Manila
continuously devote for eradicating poverty andhunger. (ACTIVE CITIZEN)
3. Expanding the number of citizens who cooperatewith this project by reporting how serious thepoverty is in Philippines to all over the world.
(ACTIVE CITIZEN)
How does thisprogram align to
the JCI Plan of
Action?

• Joint project with JCI Tokyo and JCI
Manila. (Collaborate & Connect)• Enhance POSITIVE CHANGE of children
through this project. (Motivate)• Create synergetic effect and sustainable impact
by lobbying influential party like Japanese
government and other organization such asGolden Players baseball Club. (Impact,
Collaborate & Connect)
Enlarge the number of citizens, who will be interested
in eradication of poverty and hunger, by reporting the
project all over the world. (Connect)

Was the budget an The all budget of this project was subsidized byeffective guide for donation.
the financial
Since the awareness of this project was widely spread,management of
the project? many people would like to support this 4 years passed

project.
How does this JCI MISSION:
project advance Successfully created POSITIVE CHANGE among thethe JCI Mission
children, who live in slum area and cannot take evenand Vision?

elementary education, by giving hope and vision for
future.

JCI VISION:
Successfully expanded the number of ACTIVE
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how serious the poverty is in Philippines to all over theworld.

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Cooperation between the Local Organizations

How did the two JCI Tokyo and JCI Manila jointly conducted theorganizations work following project for eradicating poverty and hunger.
together?

• JCI Tokyo and JCI Manila encouraged Japanese
government and private companies to participate
in this project, supporting JCI Manila to eradicate
poverty and hunger in Smoky mountain.
• JCI Tokyo and JCI Manila actively enlarged thenumber of media in Japan and Philippine, awareof problems in Manila.
Describe how the JCI Tokyo and JCI Manila discussed and decided howtasks and planning to divide tasks below.
of the project weredivided between
the organizations. JCI Tokyo• Gathering supports from all over Japan.
result: 400 items and 2 former professional
baseball players and 1 coach• Rnforming to Japanese government, medias, andindividuals.
• We planed the baseball academy itself.
JCI Manila• They made plan that children got scholarship via
baseball and entered university.
• Local accommodation planning. (transportation,
hotel, police support, meals)• Recruiting new local supporters and participants• Supporting baseball academy ,reception party ,and investigation in Smoky mountain.

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Impact on Members and Contribution to the JCI Vision

How did the JCI Tokyo members evolutionally change theirmembers of the mindsets, participating in the project and realized how
Local
serious the condition of the children who live in Smoky
Organizations
benefit from mountain is. They made their mind to keep supporting
running this the JCI Manila project through becoming active
project? citizens.
How did the JCI Tokyo and JCI Manila successfully report the
program advance problem of slum, poverty and hunger to the world as
the JCI Vision?

leading organizations with global network.

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Community Impact

How did the Local [Result of hearing]
Organizations
measure• Children learned how important to have visioncommunityand dream to the future, playing with world top
impact?

baseball player whom JCI Tokyo invited.
• Supporters and participants decided to keep
acting for eradicating poverty and hunger for nextyear, interacting with children from smoky
mountain.
• 15 children won scholarship via baseball andentered university.

Describe the actual
community impact
produced by thisproject.

• Kids are encouraged and motivated to play
baseball because of SMBP and Golden BaseballPlayers Club.
• Playing baseball teaches kids values andsportsmanship, because kids want to play
baseball they are pushed to study and do well inschool because they cannot play if they do notstudy well.
• Baseball gives children something constructive to
do instead of being only street children stealing
and doing drugs "rugby boys" Rugby is a gluethat many kids smell to get high.
Because of Baseball, 15 kids have already entered
university on a sports/baseball scholarship because of
their good grades in school and their talent in baseball.

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5Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the
expected long-term
impact of thisproject?

1. To conduct the clinic yearly, and support the
improvement of the Baseball teams in Manila tothe highest levels.
2. To attract even more attention to this programand acquire long terms sponsors to be able tosupport and supply the needs of the Baseballteams in Manila. More and more kids to go tocollege through sports programs.
3. It is expected for other poor region to besupported like this project.
4. With better education level of Smokey Mountainkids, they would earn more and the area would be
more peaceful.

What changes
would you make toimprove the resultsof this project?

1. To conduct a clinic not only with the Children,
but the coaches as well in order to continue thelessons taught by the Japanese Superstar players.
2. To capitalize on this clinic to receive even moresponsors and media partners to attract more
attention to the project to pursue even bigger
goals such as the improvement and expansion of
Smoky Mountain Baseball Project, and otherneeded facilities that contributes to the success of
the Baseball teams in Manila.
3. To invite kids from Smokey Mountain to Japanfor making them understand developed countries’situation, more motivated and have more
selection of their life.

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