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2016 Asia-pacific Conference
The 50th International Family Project (since 1964)
JCI JAPAN
Best Inter-organization Collaboration Project

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Entry Information
Award Program: 2016 Asia-Pacific Conference
Category: Best Inter-organization Collaboration Project
NOM Information
National Organization: JCI JAPAN

National President:

Shigenari Yamamoto
E-mail: japan@jci.cc

LOM Information
Local Organization: JCI Kaizuka
President: Hiroto Chiomatsu
President Email: jc-170@smile.ocn.ne.jp

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Basic Information
Duration : From July 24th 2015 to July 28th 2015
Staff : 16 members
Sponsors : A mayor of Kaizuka city
Budget : $300Profit / Loss : 0
In which UN MDG bestfit (if apply): ?:Elementary and middle school student and their family around Kaizuka
city, 20 thousand people
Who is benefited ?:Elementary and middle school student and their family around Taipei city,
1.4 million people
Objective : Main object:Children in these area may learn the global sensibility
To achieve this object, may be able to respect & build up the relationshipeach other. This could connect to the lasting peace in the world
In order to achieve the object;1)We provide the chance to change the positive mind of joined children
through homestay.
2)We appeal to citizens how necessity of global mind.
Overview : We thought that developing a global mind needs the following factor;
1)To understand a different culture
Feeling the difference of culture & manners between Japan & Taiwan
through homestay.
2)Needs of learning different language
Experiencing how hard to communicate with different language area andthrough this experiment, we encourage children to raise awareness oflearning different language.
Summary of Homestay
We divided 10 elementary & middle school children in living at Kaizuka
city area into 7 groups and each groups did homestay at family of living
Taipei city area in 4 nights 5 days.
These 10 children learned the song of Chinese(ponyo) and sang thissong together.
Results : We have got the following result through our questionnaire.
1)Understanding different culture
How did you feel through this homestay?
Difference of food culture.
Kindness of people at homestay.
Not big difference of lifestyle.
Enjoyed staying even hard communication with language.
Would like to continue communication with people at homestay?
(Yes/10 people, No/0)
Would like to tell your friends about the experience at homestay?
(Yes/7 people, No/3)
2)Needs of learning different language
Could tell your feeling & thought to people at homestay?
(Yes/0, No/10 people)
Feel to be able to speak Chinese & English?
(Yes/9 people, No/1)
Would like to tell your friends the needs of learning Chinese & English?
(Yes/6 people, No/ 4)3)Others
Glad to participate this project?
(Yes/10 people, No/0)
Actions Taken : Year of 2015
March 16th

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sister meeting at Kaizuka city
May 28th
sister meeting at Taipei city
June 1st to June 20th
recruit participants
July 1st
briefing of project concept
July 8thpractice the song(ponyo)
July 15th
ceremony celebrating the project of IFP(International Family Project)
July 24th to July 28th
enforcement of the project
July 24th
50th anniversary memorial ceremony of IFP
We transacted the memorial ceremony & built the monument
in commemoration of 50th anniversary (since 1964)
July 28th
hold cultural exchange BBQ
August 6th
ceremony of disband for IFP
Recommendations : Point of purpose achievement
Could feel the hardness of communication.
Could feel the needs of learning different language.
Could feel the needs of those to tell friends.
Point of nonattainment
We could feel only undefined the difference of culture & customs
between Japan and Taiwan.
We needed to arrange more programs such as history museum ofTaiwan in order to understand clearly the difference of culture & customs.
Even short period, attending a local school may touch the real society.

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Award Category criteria
Objectives, Planning, Finance and Execution

What were the Main objective: build up children’s international mind
objectives of thisprogram?

Process of attaining the purpose, we can expect aneffect children to positive change.
Understanding different culture
Needs of learning different language

To achieve this object, may be able to respect & build
up the relationship each other. This could connect to thelasting peace in the world.
How does this To give the chance of POSITIVE CHANGE during
program align to sensitive childhood and bring up the active citizens that
the JCI Plan ofinvolve the surroundings with international sensibility
Action?

are corresponded to JCI plan of action.

Was the budget an
effective guide forthe financial
management of NON
the project? The necessary expenses only
How does this Advance of JCI Mission
project advance JCI Kaizuka & Taipei offer the chance of POSITIVE
the JCI Mission
CHANGE through this project for children thatand Vision?

understand the different culture and needs of learning
different language.
Advance of JCI Vision
JCI Kaizuka & JCI Taipei want children to build up
international sensibility and feel importance ofspreading the circumference. And then these children
who become active citizens spread the local area how
important to respect and build up the relationship withdifferent culture.

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Cooperation between the Local Organizations

How did the two JCI Kaizuka & JCI Taipei are concluded sister city atorganizations work 1963 and build up the relationship through associatedtogether?

projects & interchange every year for 52 years. This
relationship of mutual trust excecutes this project.
For the sake of goal achievement, JCI Kaizuka selected
10 children and JCI Taipei arranged 7 families forhomestay.
An aid to achieve, we hold the BBQ with all families
and members and they sang the Chinese song of(ponyo) at ceremony.
We hold 50th memorial ceremony and Kaizuka mayor
also attended this ceremony.

Describe how the JCI Kaizuka
tasks and planning Subscript and select childrenof the project were
Explain the project to children’s families
divided between(ponyo)
the organizations. Arrange practice of Chinese song

Establish of IFP Mission

JCI Taipei
Arrange the acceptance of the homestay
Explain the project to the families who accept thehomestay
Plan & arrange of exchange BBQ
Plan of 50th anniversary of memorial ceremony
Arranged the design of 50th memorial monument
Group work
Build up the project>>> sister meeting March/Kaizuka, May/Taipei
Join and hold at IFP>>> July 24th to July 28thArrange the 50th memorial ceremony>>> be held with donation
Build the monument of 50th memorial(Taipei city, inpark)>>> built with donation

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Impact on Members and Contribution to the JCI Vision

How did themembers of the We learned that character differences of Japanese &Local Taiwanese get in the way of cooperating between
Organizationsnations.
benefit fromrunning this We learned that there was no border obstruction for
project? children.
How did the JCI Kaizuka & JCI Taipei want children to build up
program advance international sensibility and feel importance ofthe JCI Vision?

spreading the circumference. And then these children
who become active citizens spread the local area how
important to respect and build up the relationship withdifferent culture.
We realized how important the friendship across theborder and became the organization (active citizens)
who generate the needs to social area.

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Award Category criteria
Community Impact

How did the Local We obtained the following information to 300 people ofOrganizations Kaizuka citizens at March 2015.
measurecommunity
impact? Will you able to smart respond to foreign guest?

Yes 13(4.3%), No 272(90.7%), No respond 15(5.0%)
We have known that most of citizens at Kaizuka cityhave no international sensibility.

Describe the actual From the results of this information from attended
community impact children, we from now spread the local area how
produced by thisimportant to respect and build up the relationship withproject.

different culture.

Would like to continue communication with people athomestay?
(Yes/10 people, No/0)
Could tell your feeling & thought to people athomestay?
(Yes/0, No/10 people)
Feel to be able to speak Chinese & English?
(Yes/9 people, No/1)
Would like to tell your friends the needs of learning
Chinese & English?
(Yes/6 people, No/ 4)

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Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the 1)We may be able to respect & build up the relationshipexpected long-term each other. This could connect to the lasting peace inimpact of thisthe world.
project?

2)We may be able to build up the global network
through deep exchange with foreign country.
3)Build up international sensibility and feel importanceof spreading the circumference reach active cultivationof human resources.

What changes We could feel only undefined the difference of culture
would you make to & customs between Japan and Taiwan.
improve the resultsof this project?

We needed to arrange more programs such as history
museum of Taiwan in order to understand clearly thedifference of culture & customs.
Even short period, attending a local school may touch
the real society.

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