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2014 Jci World Congress
Primary school visit program
JCI JAPAN
Best Local Personal Skill Development Program

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Entry InformationAward
2014 JCI World Congress
Program:Category: Best Local Personal Skill Development Program

NOM Information
National Organization: JCI JAPAN

National President:

Kazuya Suzuki
E-mail: japan@jci.cc

LOM Information
Local Organization: JCI Fukuyama
President: Yusuke Kitamura
President Email: yusuke@maruka-trans.co.jp

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Basic Information
Duration : JULY 28TH, 2014
Staff : 11 MEMBERSEDUCATION BOARD OF FUKUYAMA CITY,PARENTS OF
Sponsors : STUDENTS,TRANSLATION VOLUNTEERS,LOCAL PRIMARYSCHOOLS (2Budget : SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY
Profit / Loss : NONE
In which UN MDG bestfit (if apply): ?:Who is benefited ?: 7.2 BILLION POPULATION OF THE WORLD
Objective : JCI FUKUYAMA WILL ACT TO LEAD TO REALIZE THE PERMANENTWORLD PEACE.
IN ORDER TO DO SO, JCI FUKUYAMA TOOK ACTIVE ROLE IN
BELOW ACTIVITIES.
1.TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE CHILDREN WHO LEADSNEXT GENERATION TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND TO HAVE POSITIVE CHANGE.
2.TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE CITIZENS WHO
UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
3.TO HELP THOSE ACTIVE CITIZENS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
PERMANENT WORLD PEACE.
Overview :JCI FUKUYAMA CONDUCTED THE ACTIVITY AS PART OF ASIA
YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
ASIA YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAM AIMS TO FOSTER TRUE
WORLD CITIZEN WHO CAN THINK WITH GLOBAL VIEW BY
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE TO THE
CHILDREN BY INVITING 22 YOUTH OF THE AGE BETWEEN 9 TO 11
FROM 5 ASIAN COUNTRIES INCLUDING INDONESIA, CAMBODIA,TAIWAN, MALAYSIA AND MONGOLIA.
CHILDREN FROM OVERSEAS EXPERIENCED SCHOOL LIFE WITH
JAPANESE CHILDREN BY VISITING LOCAL SCHOOLS.
JCI FUKUYAMA CONDUCTED 4 PRE-LESSONS AS BELOW TO 161
STUDENTS FROM 2 LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN FUKUYAMA CITY
BEFORE ACCEPTING CHILDREN FROM OVERSEAS AT THEIRSCHOOLS.
1.LESSON THAT CHILDREN CAN FIND AND RECOGNIZE THE CHARM
OF OUR HOME TOWN SUCH AS HISTORY AND CULTURE.
2.LESSON THAT CHILDREN WILL LEARN ABOUT COMPASSION,KINDNESS AND CARING OF EACH OTHER.
3.LESSON THAT CHILDREN WILL LEARN ABOUT MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING.
4.LESSON THAT CHILDREN WILL LEARN ABOUT OMOTENASHISPIRIT.
*OMOTENASHI SPIRITIT IS THE MIND SETTING OF HOSPITALITY WHICH IS DEEPLYINGRAINED IN JAPANESE CULTURE THAT DOES NOT EXPECT TO
RETURN. IT IS THE HIGHEST CONSIDERATION ONE CAN GIVE BY
HELPING EACH OTHER AND WELCOMING SOMEONE HEART FULLY
THAT JAPANESE ADMIRE FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
STUDENTS UNDERSTOOD OMOTENASHI SPIRIT BY TAKING PRELESSONS AND COOPERATED WITH TEACHERS TO PREPARE FOR
INTERACTION PROGRAM AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCE PROGRAMFOR THE OVERSEAS CHLDREN BY THEMSELVES.
JCI FUKUYAMA PROVIDED BELOW OPPORTUNITIES TO 22
CHILDREN FROM OVERSEAS BY INVITING THEM TO 2 LOCALPRIMARY SCHOOLS TO ENJOY WITH JAPANESE STUDENTS.
1.WELCOME CEREMONY
2.INTERACTION PROGRAM (SELF INTRODUCTION, ICE BREAKINGGAMES, HOME COUNTRY INTRODUCTION)
3.LUNCH (ONIGIRI RICE BALL, SOUMEN NOODLE NAGASHI)
4.JAPANESE CULTURE EXPERIENCE (KENDAMA GAME, OTEDAMA
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GAME, ORIGAMI AND CALLIGRAPHY)
5.FAREWELL CEREMONY*WHAT IS ONIGIRIONIGIRI RICE BALLS IS A JAPANESE FOOD MADE FROM WHITE ORSEASONED RICE FORMED INTO TRIANGULAR OR OVAL SHAPES.
*WHAT IS SOUMEN NOODLE NAGASHISOUMEN NOODLES SERVED FLOWING IN A SMALL FLUME TO
ENJOY THE NOODLE BY CATCHING THEM FROM THE FLUME AND
EAT WITH SOME SAUCE.
*WHAT IS SOUMEN
SOUMEN IS NOODLES MADE OF WHEAT FLOUR AND POPULAR IN
JAPAN AND EAST ASIA.
*WHAT IS KENDAMAKENDAMA IS A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE TOY WHICH CONSISTS OFA KEN (SWORD) AND TAMA (BALL) CONNECTED BY A STRING.
BASIC KENDAMA TRICKS CONSIST OF CATCHING THE BALL IN
THE CUPS AND ON THE SPIKE.
*WHAT IS OTEMADAOTEDAMA IS A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE CHILDREN\'S GAME.
SMALL BEAN BAGS ARE TOSSED AND JUGGLED IN A GAMESIMILAR TO JACKS.
*WHAT IS ORIGAMIORIGAMI IS THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE ART OF PAPER FOLDING*WHAT IS CALLIGRAHPYCALLIGRAPHY IS JAPANESE TRADITIONAL ART. INK BRUSHES ANDINKSTONE, INKSTICK ARE USED TO WRITE LETTERS ON PAPER.
Results :JCI FUKUYAMA PROVIDED OPPORTUNITY TO THE CHILDREN TO
LEAD NEXT GENERATION TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING TO REALIZE PERMANENT WORLDPEACE. AS A RESULT, NUMBER OF ACTIVE CITIZENS HAVEINCREASED WHO UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING.
JCI FUKUYAMA PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE
IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
1.161 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED THE PRE-LESSONS, AND THEY
COULD LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
2.BASED ON THE SURVEY RESULT, 94% OF THOSE 161 JAPANESESTUDENTS ANSWERED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND
THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
JCI FUKUYAMA PROVIDED OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AN ACT ON IT.
1.JAPANESE STUDENTS INTERACTED WITH 22 OVERSEAS
CHILDREN. JAPANESE STUDENTS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED THE
PROGRAM BY OVERCOMING THE CULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL
AND LANGUAGE BARRIER AND LEARNT THE IMPORTANCE OF
ACTING BASED ON MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
2.JCI FUKUYAMA ORGANIZED THE FUND-RAISING EVENT.
JAPANESE STUDENTS WHO HAD LEARNT THE IMPORTANCE OF
MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND IMPORTANCE OF TAKING ACTIONSCOME UP TO THE IDEA OF CONDUCTING FUND RAISING FOR THE
JCI NOTHING BUT NETS CAMPAIGN. IN ORDER TO HELP THEM, JCIFUKUYAMA PLAN TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD THE FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR THEM. 30 STUDENTS PLAN TO ATTEND THE
EVENT AT THIS TIME.
Actions Taken :15th October: Visit to Ekiya Primary School
24th October: Visit to Education board
30th November: Program detail examination
6th December: Visit to Principals meeting of local primary schools
11th December: Program detail examination
14th January: Program detail examination
3rd February: Visit to Mino Primary School
6th February: Visit to Ekiya Primary School
14th February: Program detail examination
18th February: Board meeting
12th March: Program detail examination
13th March: Visit to Ekiya Primary School
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18th March: Board meeting
14th April: Program detail examination
22nd April: Visit to Mino Primary School
2nd May: Visit to Mino Primary School
12th May: Program detail examination
15th May: Visit to Mino Primary School
25th May: 1st pre-lesson at Mino Primary School
27th May: Visit to Ekiya Primary School
4th June: 1st pre-lesson at Ekiya Primary
12th June: Visit to Ekiya Primary School
13th June: 2nd pre-lesson at Mino Primary School
13th June: Program detail examination
2nd Pre-lesson at Ekiya Primary School
26th June: 3rd pre-lesson at Mino Primary School
27th June: Visit to Ekiya Primary School
2nd July: 3rd & 4th pre-lessons at Ekiya Primary School
4th July: Visit to Ekiya Primary School
9th July: Program detail examination
7th July: 4th pre-lesson at Mino Primary School
10th July: Visit to Mino Primary School
14th July: Visit to Ekiya Primary School
24th July: Visit to Ekiya Primary School
25th Juy: Visit to Mino Primary School
28th July: Conducted school visit program at Ekiya and Mino Primary
School11th August: Verification of program content at the committee meeting
24th October: Result and achievement of the program to be introduced at
the event organized by JCI Fukuyama
26th October: Fund raising event to be organized to contribute to JCI
nothing but nets campaign.
Recommendations : JCI FUKUYAMA SUCCEEDED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY TO
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
AND TO POSITIVE CHANGE.
JCI FUKUYAMA SUCCEEDED TO HAVE CHILDREN WHO LEADSNEXT GENERATION TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANT OF MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING AS WELL AS TO ACT ON ITS UNDERSTANDING.
THIS CONCLUSION IS BASED ON COMMENTS WE RECEIVED IN
OUR SURVEY.
1.WE WERE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NATURAL THATEVERYONE THINKS DIFFERENTLY.
2.WE THOUGHT IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE ACTIONS.
3.WE WERE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT TAKE ACTIONSACTIVELY AND CONTINUE DOING SO.
JCI FUKUYAMA WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS
IMPORTANT TO CHANGE THE MINDSET OF NOT ONLY CHILDRENBUT ALSO CITIZENS TO REALIZE THE PERMANENT WORLD PEACE.
THERE WERE POSITIVE CHANGES AMONG MEMBERS OF JCIFUKUYAMA AS WELL THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
BELOW ARE COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF JCI FUKUYAMA.
1.WE SUCCEEDED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE
CHANGE OF MINDSET AMONG CHILDREN.
2.WE WISH THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD TO NEW ACTIVITY TO
REALIZE PERMANENT WORLD PEACE FOR ALL CITIZENS OF THE
WORLD.
3.WE WISH TO CONTINUE OUR ACTIVITY AS JCI BY LEARNINGFROM THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.
JCI FUKUYAMA WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTIVE ROLE TOREALIZE PERMANENT WORLD PEACE IN COMING FUTURE AS
WELL.
JCI FUKUYAMA RECRUITED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP ORGANIZINGTHIS PROGRAM AND SUCCEEDED TO HAVE 16 TRANSLATIONVOLUNTEERS AND 20 PARENTS OF THE STUDENTS FROM THE
PRIMARY SCHOOLS. THEY ARE WILLING TO CONTINUESUPPORTING PROGRAMS OF JCI FUKUYAMA IN FUTURE. THATPROVES THAT SUCCESSFUL CREATING OF ACTIVE CITIZENS.
TEACHERS FROM LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS WERE ABLE TO
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UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF JCI FUKUYAMA’S ACTIVITIESTHROUGH PARTICIPATING THIS PROGRAM. BELOW ARECOMMENTS WE RECEIVED.
1.STUDENTS ARE PLAYING MORE ACTIVE ROLES.
2.WE WERE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKINGACTIONS AFTER REALIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING.
3.WE WISH TO CONTINUE TAKING ACTIVE ROLE IN JCIFUKUYAMA’S ACTIVITIES.
BY HAVING SOME ARTICLES PUBLISHED ON NEWSPAPERS AND
MAGAZINES, JCI FUKUYAMA SUCCEEDED TO PROVIDEOPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING AMONG CITIZENS OF FUKUYAMA CITY.
COMMENTS WE RECEIVED.
○ OFFICIALS FROM OTHER PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
WE WISH TO PARTICIPATE JCI FUKUYAMA’S ACTIVITIES NEXTTIME.
○ EDUCATION BOARD OF FUKUYAMA CITYNOT ONLY THE CHILDREN BUT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WEREINFLUENCED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. WE WISH TO TAKE
ACTIVE ROLE AS FUKUYAMA CITY IN COMING FUTURE AS WELL.
○ CITY GOVERNMENTIT IS RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN TO EXPERIENCE
INTERNATIONAL INTERACTION IN FUKUYAMA CITY, AND WE WEREGRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED BY JCI FUKUYAMA.
○ PARENTS
CHILDREN ARE CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE WITH OVERSEAS
CHILDREN THEY MET THROUGH THIS PROGRAM USING IT.
CHILDREN ARE TAKING MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN MANY ACPECTS.
WE WISH TO HAVE THEM PARTICIPATE NEXT TIME AS WELL.

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Objectives, Planning, Finance and Execution

What were the JCI FUKUYAMA IS WILLING TO TAKE ACTIVE
objectives of this ROLE TO REALIZE PERMANENT WORLD PEACE.
program? IN ORDER TO DO SO, WE AIMED TO HAVECHILDREN TO LEAD NEXT GENERATION TO TAKE
ACTIVE ROLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO REALIZATION
OF THE WORLD PEACE.
JCI FUKUYAMA TOOK ACTIVE ROLE IN BELOW
ACTIVITIES.
1.TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO POSITIVECHANGE TO THE CHILDREN TO LEAD NEXT
GENERATION TO UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
2.TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE
CITIZENS WHO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCEOF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
3.TO HAVE THOSE ACTIVE CITIZENS TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE REALIZATION OF THE
WORLD PEACE.
How does this THIS PROGRAM ALIGNS WITH 2014 JCI PLAN OF
program align to ACTION WHICH IS ‘CONNECT: JCI WILL
the JCI Plan of CONNECT PEOPLE, THEIR COMMUNITIES AND
Action? THE GLOBAL SOCIETY. CONNECTION IS

IMPORTANT BECAUSE SHARING IDEAS AND
ACTIONS WILL RESULT IN A GLOBAL MOVEMENTTHAT CREATES POSITIVE CHANGE.’
Was the budget an PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED IN LINE WITH THE
effective guide for BUDGET PLAN, AND THE BUDGET WAS USED AS
the financial PLANNED.
management of the BREAKDOWN OF TOTAL BUDGET IS AS OF
project? BELOW.

US$750 FOR STATIONARIES.
JCI FUKUYAMA SUCCEEDED TO PUBLISH
ARTICLES OF THE PROGRAM ON LOCAL
NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES BY ACTIVELYCONTACTING WITH LOCAL MEDIAS. BY DOING
SO, BUDGET FOR THE PR OF THE PROGRAMWAS NOT NEEDED.
JCI FUKUYAMA EXPLAINED IN DETAIL ABOUT
THE PROGRAM TO FUKUYAMA CITY AND
SUCCEEDED TO RECEIVE UNDERSTANDINGABOUT THE PROGRAM. AS A RESULT, JCIFUKUYAMA RECEIVED US$500 AS GRANT
FUNDING FROM FUKUYAMA CITY.
How does this JCI FUKUYAMA ADVANCED JCI MISSION BY
project advance CONDUCTING BELOW ACTIVITIES.
the JCI Mission 1.JCI FUKUYAMA PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES TO
and Vision? POSITIVE CHANGE TO THE CHILDREN TO LEAD

NEXT GENERATION TO UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BYCONDUCTING PRE-LESSONS.
2.JCI FUKUYAMA PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES TO
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BECOME ACTIVE CITIZENS BY EXPERIENCING
INTERNATIONAL INTERACTION BY OVERCOMINGLANGUAGE BARRIERS AND TO TAKE ACTIVE
ROLE AND HAVE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF
EACH OTHER THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
3.THOSE ACTIVE CITIZENS TOOK ACTIVE ROLE
AND NURTURED FRIENDSHIP TO CONTRIBUTE
TO THE REALIZATION OF THE WORLD PEACE.
JCI FUKUYAMA ADVANCED JCI VISION BY
CONDUCTING BELOW ACTIVITIES.
1.JCI FUKUYAMA INCREASED ACTIVE CITIZENSIN 6 COUNTRIES OF ASIA WHO WOULD LEAD TOREALIZE WORLD PEACE THROUGH THISPROGRAM. THIS ACTIVITY HELPED TO EXPAND
NETWORK IN ASIAN COUNTRIES THAT LEADS TO
GLOBAL NETWORK.
2.JCI FUKUYAMA EXPLAINED ABOUT THISPROGRAM TO FUKUYAMA CITY GOVERNMENT
AND LOCAL SCHOOLS, AND PROVIDEDOPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROGRAM TO 2 LOCAL SCHOOLS. AS A RESULT,CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND
TAKING ACTIVE ROLE. MEMBERS OF JCIFUKUYAMA TOOK ACTIVE ROLE TO SUPPORTFUKUYAMA CITIZENS TO TAKE ACTIONSTOWARD REALIZATION OF WORLD PEACE.

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Membership Participation

By number, howmany members
were involved inthis program? 11 MEMBERS
By percentage,
how manymembers of the
Local Organization
were involved inthis program? 44%
Describe the main PRE-LESSONS, 11 MEMBERS
roles of the 1.11 MEMBERS OF JCI FUKUYAMA HAD
participating PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH OFFICIALS
members in this FROM LOCAL SCHOOLS. 1 MEMBER WORKED AS
program. A COORDINATOR OF ALL SCHOOLS, AND

REMAINING 10 MEMBERS SPREAD TO 2 TEAMS 5
MEMBERS EACH TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH 2SCHOOLS.
2.11 MEMBERS OF JCI FUKUYAMA ORGANIZEDPRE-LESSONS. 6 MEMBERS WORKED AS
MODERATOR OF THE PRE-LESSONS. 5 MEMBERSASSISTED STUDENTS ATTENDING THE LESSONS.
SCHOOL VISIT PROGRAM, 11 MEMBERS
11 MEMBERS OF JCI FUKUYAMA SPREAD INTO 2TEAMS TO CONDUCT PROGRAM IN 2 SCHOOLS.
1.WELCOME CEREMONYMEMBERS ASSISTED CONDUCTING THE
CEREMONY BY HELPING CHILDREN FROMOVERSEAS WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND
JAPANESE STUDENTS.
2.INTERACTION PROGRAM (SELFINTRODUCTION. ICEBREAKING GAMES, HOME
COUNTRY INTRODUCTION)
MEMBERS ASSISTED CHILDREN ONLY WHEN
NEEDED.
3.LUNCH (ONIGIRI RICE BALLS, SOUMENNOODLES)MEMBERS ASSISTED PREPARATION OF FOOD.
4.CULTURAL EXPERIENCE PROGRAM (KENDAMAGAME, OTEDAMA GAME, ORIGAMI, CALLIGRAPHY)MEMBERS ASSISTED CHILDREN ONLY WHEN
NEEDED.
5.FAREWELL CEREMONYMEMBERS ASSISTED CONDUCTING THE
CEREMONY BY HELPING CHILDREN FROMOVERSEAS WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND
JAPANESE STUDENTS.

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Skills Developed

What skills were CHILDREN TO LEAD NEXT GENERATION WERE
developed in this ABLE TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO
program? EXPRESS THEIR FEELING AND TO UNDERSTAND

OTHER’S FEELINGS AS WELL BY OVERCOMINGLANGUAGE BARRIERS
1.ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVESJAPANESE STUDENTS WERE REQUIRED TOCOMMUNICATE WITH OVERSEAS CHILDREN WHO
DOES NOT SPEAK JAPANESE AND TELL THEM
ABOUT JAPANESE CULTURE AND HISTORY BYUSING PICTURES, DRAWINGS AND BODYLANGUAGES. AS A RESULT, THEIRCOMMUNICATION SKILLS HAVE IMPROVED.
2.ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND OTHER PEOPLE’S
FEELINGSJAPANESE STUDENTS TOOK ACTIVE ROLE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH OVERSEAS CHILDREN WHO
DOES NOT SPEAK JAPANESE. AS A RESULTS,
THEIR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND OTHERPEOPLE’S FEELINGS HAVE IMPROVED.
3.ACQUIREMENT OF INTERNATIONAL SENSE
JAPANESE STUDENTS INTERACTED WITHOVERSEAS CHILDREN. AS A RESULT, THEY WERE
ABLE TO ACQUIRE INTERNATIONAL SENSE TO
THINK AND LOOK AT THINGS WITH WIDERPERSPECTIVE.

How were these IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY PRODUCED TY
skills developed? THIS PROJECT ARE AS OF BELOW.
Describe the 1.CONNECTION BETWEEN JCI FUKUYAMA AND
methods and FUKUYAMA CITY GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS
activities used. LOCAL SCHOOLS HAVE STRENGTHENED.

CITY GOVERNMENT HAVE LEARNT THE
IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING CHILDREN TO HAVEPRIDE TO THEIR HOME TOWN AND TO HAVEINTERNATIONAL SENSE. AS A RESULT, NEW
CURRICULUM TO TEACH ABOUT FUKUYAMACITY WILL BE INTRODUCED TO CLASSES OF
LOCAL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLSFROM NEXT YEAR.
2.RECOGNITION OF JCI FUKUYAMA AMONG
CITIZENS HAVE IMPROVED.
JCI FUKUYAMA SUCCEEDED TO IMPROVE
RECOGNITIONS AMONG THE PUBLIC BY
PUBLISHING ARTICLES IN NEWSPAPERS AND
MAGAZINES.
3.CITIZENS HAD LEARNT ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
COMMENTS FROM PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.
WE WERE ABLE TO SEE CHILDREN TAKINGACTIVE ROLE WHO UNDERSTOOD THE
IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, AND IT MADE US
REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL
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UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.
4.CITIZENS WERE ABLE TO FEEL LOVE AND
PRIDE TOWARDS THEIR HOME TOWN.
THROUGH ATTENDING THIS PROGRAM AS
TRANSLATION VOLUNTEER WHILE CULTURAL
EXPERIENCE AND HOME COUNTRYINTRODUCTION WERE CONDUCTED, WE WERE
ABLE TO FEEL LOVE AND PRIDE TOWARDS OURHOME TOWN.

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4Impact on Participants

What was the INTENDED IMPACT ON THE PARTICIPANTS OF
intended impact on THIS PROGRAM WERE AS OF BELOW.
the participants? TO HAVE CHILDREN TO LEAD NEXT GENERATIONTO GROW WHO TAKE ACTIVE ROLE TO REALIZEPERMANENT WORLD PEACE.
1.TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY OF POSITIVECHANGETO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY OF POSITIVECHANGE BY EXPERIENCING DIFFERENCE OF
CULTURE AND WAY OF THINKING AND
UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING
2.TO GROW AS PERSON WHO HAVE PRIDE AND
LOVE TOWARDS HOME TOWNTO GROW AS PERSON WHO HAVE PRIDE AND
LOVE TOWARDS HOME TOWN BY RESEARCHING
CULTURE AND HISTORY AND TELLING ABOUT IT
TO THE OTHERS.
3.TO GROW AS PERSON WHO HAVEINTERNATIONAL SENSE AND WHO CAN ACT TO
REALIZE PERMANENT WORLD PEACE.
TO ACQUIRE INTERNATIONAL SENSE WITH
BROADER PERSPECTIVE BY ACTIVELYINTERACTING WITH OVERSEAS CHILDREN TO
REALIZE THE WORLD PEACE.
Describe the actual ACTUAL IMPACT ON THE PARTICIPANTS ARE AS
impact on the OF BELOW.
participants. TO HAVE CHILDREN TO LEAD NEXT GENERATIONTO GROW INTO PERSON WHO CA TAKE ACTIVE
ROLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD PEACE.
1.PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES OF POSITIVECHANGEJCI FUKUYAMA WERE ABLE TO PROVIDEOPPORTUNITIES TO POSITIVE CHANGE BY
EXPERIENCING DIFFERENCE OF CULTURE AND
WAY OF THINKING AND UNDERSTANDING THE
IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
SURVEY RESULT SHOWS 100% OF JAPANESESTUDENTS WERE ABLE TO INTERACT WITHOVERSEAS CHILDREN.
2.TO ACQUIRE ABILITY TO EXPRESSTHEMSELVESCHILDREN WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE ABILITY TO
EXPRESS THEMSELVES BY COMMUNICATINGWITH OVERSEAS CHILDREN WHO DOES NOTSPEAK JAPANESE AND TELL THEM ABOUTJAPANESE CULTURE AND HISTORY.
3.TO ACQUIRE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND OTHERPEOPLE’S FEELINGS CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE ABILITY TO
UNDERSTAND OTHER PEOPLE’S FEELINGS BY
TAKING ACTIVE ROLE AND COMMUNICATINGWITH OVERSEAS CHILDREN WHO DOES NOT
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SPEAK JAPANESE. SURVEY RESULT SHOWS 100%
OF JAPANESE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH OVERSEAS CHILDREN.
4.TO GROW AS PERSON WHO HAVE PRIDE AND
LOVE TOWARDS HOME TOWNCHILDREN WERE ABLE TO FEEL PRIDE AND LOVETOWARDS THEIR HOME TOWN BY RESEARCHING
CULTURE AND HISTORY AND TELLING ABOUT IT
TO THE OTHERS. SURVEY RESULT SHOWS THATMANY CHILDREN ‘LIKES FUKUYAMA MORE’ OR‘WANT TO KNOW ABOUT FUKUYAMA MORE’.
5.TO GROW AS PERSON WHO HAVEINTERNATIONAL SENSE AND WHO CAN ACT TO
REALIZE PERMANENT WORLD PEACE.
CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO ACQUIREINTERNATIONAL SENSE WITH BROADERPERSPECTIVE BY ACTIVELY INTERACTING WITHOVERSEAS CHILDREN TO REALIZE THE WORLDPEACE. SURVEY RESULT SHOWS THAT MANY
CHILDREN ARE ‘STILL IN TOUCH WITH SOME OFOVERSEAS CHILDREN WHO VISITED THEIRSCHOOL’ OR ‘MORE INTERESTED IN FOREIGNCOUNTRIES’.

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5Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY OF POSITIVE
expected long-term CHANGE FOR THE CHILDREN OF NEXT
impact of this GENERATION SO THAT THEY CAN COMMIT TO
project? OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY AND

ACTIVELY.
AND TO HAVE THOSE CHILDREN WHO HAD
POSITIVE CHANGE TO TAKE ACTIVE ROLETOWARDS REALIZATION OF THE PERMANENTWORLD PEACE AS WELL AS COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT. THOSE ACTIONS WILL MOVEPEOPLE AND INCREASE MORE ACTIVE CITIZENS.
ALSO TO HAVE THOSE ACTIVE CITIZENS TO
BRING POSITIVE CHANGE TO OUR REGION
WHICH LEADS US TO THE WORLD PEACE.
What changes JCI FUKUYAMA WILL CONDUCT BELOW
would you make to ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE RESULTS OF THE
improve the results PROGRAM.
of this project? 1.TO HAVE MORE JAPANESE CHILDREN AND

OVERSEAS CHILDREN WHO LEADS NEXT
GENERATION TO PARTICIPATE THE PROGRAM.
2.TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM.
3.TO REEXAMINE THE PROGRAM CONTENT TO
MAKE THIS PROGRAM ABLE TO BE ORGANIZEDIN OTHER PART OF THE WORLD.
4.TO CONDUCT MORE PR TO IMPROVE
RECOGNITION OF THIS PROGRAM.
5.TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
CHILDREN TO TAKE ACTIVE ROLE TO
CONTRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AND THE WORLD PEACE.

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