Children's Learning Room by Student Volunteer Organization
Kids Volunteer Circle : 46 Students led by Saki KeiyoPrinciple 6

A commitment to encouraging global citizenship through education

1. Overview of Initiative
Student Volunteer Organization members work on learning support forelementary and junior high school students, providing them with places
where they can stay, and assisting their self-learning completely free ofcharge. The venue opens from 13:00 to 18:00 every Saturday, using theAiina campus of our university near Morioka Station.

2. Catalyst for the Children’s Learning Roo
At the end of a class on child welfare, the professor asked Iwate Prefectural University students about how
they will take the next step. There were various views such as supporting children, supporting children’s
education and “Doing what I can now”. Then, following discussions, it was decided to run the children’s
study room

3. Activity Policie•

To respect children's own style for what they want to do in thelearning space.
For example, there are various ways to use the space, such as
reinforcing school subjects which children have dif culty with,checking what they did not understand in school classes, andnishing homework. Although each child freely tackles issues intheir own way, we will support them to solve problems together anddevelop enjoyment in learning, when dif culties arise.

•To make it a cozy place for children.
To that end, we will provide an open place for everyone without
restricting students due to economic circumstances or establishing a
number of rules for using the space. In addition to school-lessons,while talking about children’s lives and hobbies, we aim to cultivate
trusting relationships and make the study room a place for children
to feel comfortable.

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4. Participant feedback on the Activit•"It's a fun and important time because I can learn school-subjects more deeply, and it also gives methings that I can't learn in school" (from a participant)•"I am so happy and sincerely grateful that my son had a new place on Saturday afternoon" (from aparticipant’s parent)

It was found that children had the need for such a study room. We feelglad to be able to open the study room, especially when we see how thechildren were able to finish their homework neatly, when children whosaid "I'm coming next week!" actually came, and when we received areport that their regular exam grades had gone up. In addition, parents
realized that they can run errands and do the household shopping inlocations around the station, which shows how the Children’s Learning
Room also offered a respite for local people raising children.

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Creating a Commotion for Volunteer Activities
Volunteer Circle : 66 Students led by Mayuko Kikuchi

Principle 6

A commitment to encouraging global citizenship through educatio

1. Overview of Initiative
The goal of the circle-activity is to build connections with the local
community and the residents who live there, through the students’volunteer support. In addition, this circle works by inheriting the knowhow of locals, a huge record of previous activities, and a passion forvolunteering which the elder graduates have gained over the years

2. Main Activities
This circle was organized for the reconstruction assistance for af icted
areas of the 2007 Earthquake in Niigata prefecture. There are 66
members from all faculties of our university. Current activities are to
support shery activities and to provide opportunities for exchanges
with people as reconstruction support for areas affected by the Great
East Japan Earthquake in 2011.

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