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2016 Asia-pacific Conference
Yokohama Smile Academy
JCI JAPAN
Best Local Personal Skill Development Program

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Entry Information
Award Program: 2016 Asia-Pacific Conference
Category: Best Local Personal Skill Development Program
NOM Information
National Organization: JCI JAPAN

National President:

Shigenari Yamamoto
E-mail: japan@jci.cc

LOM Information
Local Organization: JCI Yokohama
President: Takao Tonouchi
President Email: takao_tonouchi@yanasetech.co.jp

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Basic Information
Duration : August 2,2015 to August 3,2015
Staff : 87 members
Japanese national grade school students and foreign national grade
Sponsors :school students, who are studying
Budget : 11,300 U.S. dollars
Profit / Loss : 0
In which UN MDG bestfit (if apply): ?:Japanese national and foreign national grade school students who are
Who is benefited ?:registered with school in Yokohama City or living in Yokohama City.
Objective : Japanese national and foreign national grade school students who are
registered with school in Yokohama City or living in Yokohama City.
Overview : [Details of students]
Japan: male 18 students, female 35 students
Korea: male 9 students, female 4 students
China: male 8 students, female 2 students
Germany: male 4 students, female 1 students
Guinea: female 1 students
Senegal: female 1 students
Volunteer staff 6 pax
The Yokohama City educational vision states “develop children who
possess the richness of the mind and heart”.
Cases of children with school refusal, violence both at home and at
school are gradually increasing.
Poor communication and social skills may be the culprit. Such children
may have poor inter-personal skills and lack the ability to deal with othersor having a low self-esteem.
Since JCI Yokohama was established in 1951, we have been coordinatedwith the local government unit and Yokohama City residents toappreciate, communicate and interact with people across different
cultures and in other countries.
It is an essence of growth of our city. We implement this program with adesire to provide children in Yokohama City with the opportunity toappreciate communicate and interact with people across different culturesand in other countries, to gain a wide variety of experiences that are
fundamental to develop children who possess the richness of the mindand heart.
As children grow up, they can become an individual who will be entrustedwith the task of upholding the spirit of Yokohama.
Results : JCI Yokohama conducted overnight seminar training at Yokohama Youth
Training Center at Nojima Park.
Our training theme was “Playing as a vehicle to maximize theeffectiveness of learning”.
All children actively participated in every program and their learning
experiences helped to develop the richness of the mind and heart.
Our preliminary questionnaire shows that the 82% of the children
answered that they have no experience of spend the night with children
who are unfamiliar to them or children from other countries.
However, 90% of the children who answered closing questionnaire said
they were able to make friends and spent a good time with new friends.
Another survey shows that the 86% of parents whose children attended
to Hamakko School 2015 answered “if another opportunity given, I will let
my child attend to the program again.”
Actions Taken : We implemented different approaches such as: gross motor programs
include all children doing a variety of skills and activities which are hardly
experience in daily life; program that bring out children’s creativity;
program that require inter-team cooperation and collaboration; “get to

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know yourself” program.
Hamakko School 2015 attendees were requested to answer preliminary
and closing questionnaire.
The answer indicated social and inner maturity level of the attendees.
Also we requested their parents to answer our questionnaire.
Recommendations : [Fulfillment]
1. For the children, spending the night away from home is anunforgettable experience. Multinational team formation promotes crosscultural communication.
2. Develop inter personal skills. Children try to communicate with others,
who never met before, sharing table and bedroom, learn to understandwhat others are feeling.
3. Through group discussion, children learn to listen and respect othermember’s idea. I believe that they learn cooperative attitude and improvetheir communication skills.
[Unfulfilled areas]
1. Each team is composed of 13 children. However, physical ability andlevel of concentration varies among members, some children were notable to join in group discussion.
2. We supposed to conduct programs that require whole team effort but
we failed to assign task to some particular members. As a result, create a
gap between these children in terms of quantity and quality ofexperiences they receive.
[What to do? Advices to successor]
1. We should make sure that each child is provided with an opportunity toshow what they have learned during the seminar training.
2. We don’t have to assign different task to each team. It’s better toassign task to each children.

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Award Category criteria
Objectives, Planning, Finance and Execution

What were the Providing children with the opportunity to gain a wide
objectives of this variety of experiences are the foundation of most efforts
program?

to develop children who possess the richness of themind and heart.
We must teach our children to appreciate and interact
with people across different cultures and in othercountries. Furthermore, individual who take part in thisyouth development program can share their learning
experience with their family or community, and theirexperience and knowledge can help upcoming JCI
activities.

How does this Cooperate‥‥Both Japanese school and foreign school
program align to in Yokohama City, total of 8 schools cooperated to our
the JCI Plan ofprogram so that their students can be exposed withAction?

people across different cultures and in other countries.

Connect‥‥Children were able to deal with people
across different cultures and in other countries to gain awide variety of experiences.
Was the budget an We choose public facility which we can avail theireffective guide for services with minimum charges for the Hamakko
the financial
school 2015 since did not collect application fee frommanagement ofthe project? participants.

And this program was scheduled during the school
summer holiday.

Thanks to local TV stations and newspapers,
information was widely delivered. We were able toaccept many attendees.
How does this [Mission]
project advance Our attendees, from grade 3 to grade 6 students werethe JCI Mission
provided with unforgettable experiences. Suchand Vision?

experiences may serve as a trigger toward personal
growth and positive change.

[Vision]Our attendees must be come from different countries sothat they will learn to appreciate, communicate andinteract with people across different cultures and inother countries. Such experiences may serve as a trigger
toward personal growth and positive change.

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Membership Participation

By number, how manymembers were involved inthis program? 90 individuals
By percentage, how manymembers of the Local
Organization were involved inthis program? 30%
Describe the main roles of 1. Planning of all the programs
the participating members in 2. Support all the programs
this program.

3. In charge of security with the training
premises

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Skills Developed

What skills were 1. For the children, spending the night away from homedeveloped in this is an unforgettable experience. Multinational teamprogram?

formation promotes cross-cultural communication.

2. Develop inter personal skills. Children try tocommunicate with others, who never met before,sharing table and bedroom, learn to understand what
others are feeling.
3. Through group discussion, children learn to listen
and respect other member’s idea. I believe that theylearn cooperative attitude and improve theircommunication skills.
How were these We implemented different approaches such as: grossskills developed? motor programs include all children doing a variety ofDescribe theskills and activities which are hardly experience in daily
methods andactivities used. life; program that bring out children’s creativity;

program that require inter-team cooperation andcollaboration; “get to know yourself” program.

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Award Category criteria
Impact on Participants

What was the Providing children with the opportunity to gain a wide
intended impact on variety of experiences are the foundation of most efforts
the participants?

to develop children who possess the richness of themind and heart.

Describe the actual Our training theme was “Playing as a vehicle toimpact on the maximize the effectiveness of learning”.
participants.

All children actively participated in every program andtheir learning experiences helped to develop therichness of the mind and heart.
Our preliminary questionnaire shows that the 82% of
the children answered that they have no experience ofspend the night with children who are unfamiliar tothem or children from other countries.
However, 90% of the children who answered closing
questionnaire said they were able to make friends andspent a good time with new friends.
Another survey shows that the 86% of parents whosechildren attended to Yokohama Smile Academy
answered “if another opportunity given, I will let mychild attend to the program again.”

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Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the Elementary students, at this early stage in their lives are
expected long-term given an opportunity to interact with children who have
impact of thisdifferent cultures, to gain a wide variety of experiences
project?

that are fundamental to develop children who possess
the richness of the mind and heart.

What changes We may ask coordination and cooperation fromwould you make to Yokohama City Board of Education.
improve the results
We will present program proposal to foreign schools inof this project?

city so that more foreign national students will know
about our program and the students who are interested
with our program can apply.
We recruit foreign national volunteer staff.

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