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2016 Asia-pacific Conference
Steps to the Peace!
JCI JAPAN
Best Local OMOIYARI Project

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Entry Information
Award Program: 2016 Asia-Pacific Conference
Category: Best Local OMOIYARI Project
NOM Information
National Organization: JCI JAPAN

National President:

Shigenari Yamamoto
E-mail: japan@jci.cc

LOM Information
Local Organization: JCI Fukuyama
President: Haruki Monden
President Email: haruki@ben-kyou-dou.co.jp

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Basic Information
Duration : From January 2015 to October 2015
Staff : 11 members
Sponsors : ●456 children from local elementary schools and about 900 parents
Budget : 30640 USD
Profit / Loss : None
In which UN MDG bestfit (if apply): ?:Who is benefited ?: 70 billions of people living all over the world
Objective : JCI Fukuyama achieves everlasting world peace.
For the purpose, JCI Fukuyama intended for people around the world toact assertively towards the world peace.
1) JCI Fukuyama changes attendants’ mind that is important for each one
to act.(Opportunities for positive change)
2) The people with the mind start acting towards world peace. (Active
Citizen who aims for world peace)
3) The action will impact the world. (The active citizens create
positive change to achieve the peace of the whole world)
JCI Fukuyama got actively involved on terms oultined above.
Overview : JCI Fukuyama carried out terms outlined below in order for the people
around the world to act assertively toward the world peace.
1) JCI Fukuyama organized the school visit program at 8

elementary schools for the purpose of upbringing ofTruly International People, and offered children threemodules.
Truly International People are leaders who can noticeand solve the problems in the international society withthe attachment to their homeland and the pride to be
Japanese.
●Module 1 (45 min)Children learnt Japanese spiritual nature and Rose Mind, and considered
what they themselves can do.
* “Rose Mind” is the word to describe kindness, consideration, andcooperation, or the actions or attitudes with them.
This spirits brought the revival of Fukuyama after the World War .
●Module 2 (45 min)Children learnt the relationship between countries to realize that theirlives are supported by others, and understood the importance ofworldwide cooperation.
At the end of the class they discussed what they can do to support
others.
●Module 3 (45 min)Children learnt about other counties and their history and cultures, andconsidered the difference between Japan and other countries.
They tried the ways to communicate with people speaking different
languages that they can’t understand.
2) JCI Fukuyama conducted exchange programs at those

local elementary school with the international delegatesfrom the 2nd Asia Youth Exchange Program in
Fukuyama.
Children invited Asian delegates to their school and introduced Japaneseculture and discussed the differences between countries.
Asia Youth Exchange Program in Fukuyama is an international exchange
program to contribute to world prosperity and world peace, started by JCI
Fukuyama in 2014.
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international exchange.
The 3rd Asia Youth Exchange Program in Fukuyama is to be held in July
2016.
3) JCI Fukuyama invited Fukuyama citizens and held
Fukuyama Children’s International Summit.
●JCI Fukuyama invited Ms. Rumiko Seya. She had a lecture on Truly
International People.
● Children had presentations about what they learnt through 3 modules
and the 2nd Asia Youth Exchange Program in Fukuyama.
Fukuyama Children’s International Summit started in 2015 held by JCI
Fukuyama
The lecturer Rumiko Seya is chairperson of Japan Center for Conflict
Prevention (JCCP.)
JCCP has carried out many projects to prevent the outbreak andrecurrence of conflicts by establishing sustainable peace situation ininjured societies and improving dangerous environments which threaten
people\'s lives, liberty and opportunities through armed conflicts.
Results : JCI Fukuyama has provided citizens opportunities to achieve the world
peace. As a result, it was possible to increase the ACTIVE CITIZEN
aiming for world peace.
JCI Fukuyama organized the School Visit Program and had
three modules at local elementary schools to grow Truly
International People.
JCI Fukuyama was able to grow 465 children into a true international
people, bringing them to realize that Peace is Possible with theirindividual behavior. The following comments prove it.
●Children understood that individual behavior is important toachieve world peace.
●Children were able to have the pride for Fukuyama and Japan.
●Children started to express with his own word ●Children were able toacquire the International Knowledge from three modules which isquite difficult to get from the daily classes.
●Children and their parents had chances to talk about Peace.
●Children started to think about what True International People arewith their family
JCI Fukuyama conducted exchange programs at those local
elementary school with the international delegates from the 2nd Asia
Youth Exchange Program in Fukuyama.
Direct communication with international delegates and discussion about
the difference between cultures and countries allowed themmutual understanding and made them realize that individual
behavior is important for the world peace.
The following comments are prove this[Comments from the Japanese Children]
I was able to make friends with international delegates. (86%)
I became to think that understanding people from othercountries is important to achieve world peace. (95%)
I became a fan of Fukuyama and Japan. (89%)[Comments of overseas participants]- I was able to make friends with Japanese children. (97%)- I was able to tell the good points of my country. (93%)- The Japanese were all kind. (100%)[Voice of the teacher]- The exchange program was a good opportunity for children has havean interest towards the international community (96%).
JCI Fukuyama has provided children opportunities of POSITIVECHANGE to achieve world peace.
JCI Fukuyama invited Fukuyama citizens and held Fukuyama

Children’s International Summit.

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Children had presentations about the actions that they took toachieve the world peace as Truly International People.
250 citizens joined the summit and the presentation changed theparticipants’ attitudes towards the world peace.
ACTIVE CITIZEN aiming for peace, created the POSITIVECHANGE towards the entire world peace.
The following survey results prove this.
●Understand that it\'s important to take action for the world
peace. (98%)●Got interested in the countries that still have wars, and started
to watch the TV news or read newspaper.
- Realized that they can start international cooperation fromtheir surroundings.
- More than 70% of their parents saw positive change in children.
Actions Taken : 2015
January: Fukuyama city elementary school principal Board visit andInformation statement distribution (77 elementary schools)
January 11: 1st committee to decide the course content
January-February: Recruiting call to 77 elementary schools.
February-March: 2nd committee to decide lesson contents
April 1, 2011: Presentation of details to JCI Fukuyama members at themonthly meeting
April-June: Module1 at 8 elementary schools
June-July: Module 2 at 8 elementary schools
July: Module 3 at 8 elementary schools
July 27: the International Exchange at the 2nd Asia Youth Exchange
Program in Fukuyama.
August-September: Feedback session at 8 elementary schools
October 10: Fukuyama Children\'s International Summit
November: verification of the program and questionnaire
Recommendations : JCI Fukuyama has provided an opportunity to the citizens to takeactions to achieve world peace.
As a result, JCI Fukuyama was able to increase the ACTIVE CITIZEN
aiming for world peace.
The school visit program, where children learnt what they cannot learn indaily classes, enabled children POSITIVE CHANGE and theactions towards world peace. In addition, the program gave the
POSITIVE CHANGE to the teachers and the families of the children.
This shows that the children\'s behavior (ACTIVE CITIZEN) cancreate the peaceful world by spreading to the local community, Japan,
and the world. JCI Fukuyama succeeded in increasing Truly
International People who take actions towards the world peace.

With the suggestion by the students from the program,they decided to send stationeries to children in Kenya.
This shows that JCI Fukuyama provided an opportunities to learn
about the issues about the international community to thechildren, they changed positively, and took actions towards
the world peace.
JCI Fukuyama carried out this project for five years, and acquired thegood relationship with the government and school
officials.
The executive officer from the board of education of
Fukuyama City came to visit the Fukuyama Children’s International
Summit.
This program continues in 2016, and school officials have also decided to
get involved in more, which imposes the burden of JCI
Fukuyama.

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● Various media showed a great interest in this international project,
information or articles appeared as follows.
General newspaper (circulation: 620,000 issues)
General newspaper (circulation: 420,000 issues)
Local information magazine (circulation: 120,000 issues)
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Award Category criteria
Objectives, Planning, Finance and Execution

What were the JCI Fukuyama achieves ever Lasting World Peace.
objectives of this For the reason, JCI Fukuyama makes a movement
program?

towards the world peace by making people around theworld to act assertively towards the World Peace,
JCI Fukuyama was actively involved on terms outlined
below.
1) In order to achieve the world peace, JCI Fukuyamachanges attendees’ mind that it is important for each
one to act. (Opportunities for positive change.)2) The People who changed their mind start acting
toward world peace. (Active Citizen who aims forworld Peace)
3) The Act will impact the world peace. (The Active
Citizens create positive change to the whole world.)

How does this JCI Fukuyama provided a chance to act towards world
program align to peace. As a result, number of ACTIVE CITIZEN was
the JCI Plan ofincreased.
Action?

It can be referred from JCI Action Plan. “To further
the understanding of the JCI Mission, Vision, andValues not only by existing JCI members but also
potential members, partners and stakeholders likely to
be impacted by the activities of the organization both
locally and global.”Was the budget an Device on Budget
effective guide forthe financial●With the understanding to our movement from the
management of
the project? attending elementary school, JCI Fukuyama did notneed to pay the venue cost.

●JCI Fukuyama advertised the movement actively tothe media, and was able to run articles for free on local
newspapers or local business magazines. This
enabled JCI Fukuyama to spread the movements to thecommunity, which did not cost the advertisingexpenses at all.
How does this Promotion of JCI Mission
project advancethe JCI Mission
JCI Fukuyama Promotes JCI Mission.
and Vision?

JCI Fukuyama provide the opportunity of Positive
Change for the children by offering them the chance oflearning about the international issues that theycannot learn from the daily classes at school.
Teachers and parents also had Positive Change

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Promotion of JCI Vision
JCI Fukuyama Promoted JCI Vision.
JCI Fukuyama increased the number of Active
Citizen among local society who aspire world peace by
providing them the opportunity of mutual
understanding for the cultures.
It expanded local network which is a base of global
network.

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Award Category criteria
Cooperation for the Sake of World Peace

How did this JCI Fukuyama has expanded the presence of peace inproject extend the the community by the following way
presence of peacein yourcommunity? 1)JCI Fukuyama provided the school visit program for456 children from 8 local elementary schools. This
allowed them to understand Peace is Possible by theindividual act.

2)The movements for the world peace spread to the
local citizens, letting them understand the world’s
actual situations, through the presentation given by thechildren from the School visit Program. (At Fukuyama
Children’s International Summit)
3)This project enabled the world’s real situation andthe movements towards the world peace to spreadtowards the whole community, by being covered in
the media.
How was With the suggestion by the students from the program,cooperation used they decided to send stationeries to children in
to promote peace?

Kenya.

Citizens understood that the individual act isimportant for the world peace, through Fukuyama
Children’s International Summit where children had
presentations on what they had learnt.
This shows that JCI Fukuyama provided an
opportunity of learning international issues for thechildren, resulting in children’s positive change andthe actions taken towards the World Peace.

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Award Category criteria
Community Impact

What was the JCI Fukuyama tried to impact the Local Community
intended and World Peace by children’s understanding thecommunity
cultures mutually, and taking action towards world
impact?

peace.

Describe the actual JCI Fukuyama increased ACTIVE CITIZENs aiming
community impact for the WORLD PEACE, by making local children
produced by thisunderstand their own and other cultures mutually.
project.

In particular, children who joined modules of the
School Visit Program had presentations about what
they can do towards the world peace in front of
citizens. This was reported broadly in local newspapers(circulation area 620,000 issue), impacting the local
community and the world peace.
With the suggestion by the students from the program,they decided to send stationeries to children in
Kenya.
This shows that JCI Fukuyama provided an
opportunity of learning international issues for thechildren, resulting in children’s positive change andthe actions taken towards the World Peace.
This is the result of Active Citizens aiming for thePeace creating Positive Change towards the Whole
World and the Peace.

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Impact on Local Organization

How did the Local JCI Fukuyama has been working on this program for
Organization five years, and have a close relationship with thebenefit fromgovernment and the school officers.
running thisproject?

For instance, the President of JCI Fukuyama wasinvited to the Public Meeting with the executive
officers of Fukuyama City, and to the Educational
Forum.
* About 200 teachers attended to this forum. The
cooperation to the Program, especially the financial
help such as subsidies, shows the possibility of
expand of the future programs for JCI Fukuyama.
Furthermore, with the media’s great interest in our
movements and the project’s being covered in thenewspapers or local business report, our movements
spread widely to the citizens, and let the presence of
JCI Fukuyama strong.

How did the JCI Fukuyama offered children the chance of learning
program advance about the international issues that they cannot learn
the JCI Mission?

from the daily classes at school.

As a result, not only children but also teachers andparents had the opportunity of Positive Change.

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Award Category criteria
Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the JCI Fukuyama brought local children and people toexpected long-term ACTIVE CITIZENS.
impact of thisAs a result, following terms are expected.
project?

●Children with mutual understanding realize theimportance of accepting the differences towards theWORLD PEACE, and positively change the attitudes ofcitizens by involving them.
●The Children with the positive change keep taking
actions towards the WORLD PEACE●The actions by children (i.e. ACTIVE CITIZENS)
spread to the community, Japan and the world tocreate the peaceful world.
●JCI Fukuyama get a lot of visibility by spreading the
movements.
●JCI Fukuyama increases the number of memberswith the visibility and the contributions towards the
local community.
●The members foster their quality and ability for thehuman resources development.
What changes. Modules of School Visit Program
would you make to ●JCI Fukuyama members are the course leaders of the
improve the results
program, which restricts the numbers of theof this project?

participating schools●JCI Fukuyama needs to change the contents of each
module fitting with the times.
~Solutions~●JCI Fukuyama needs to have the citizens as thecourse leaders, so that more school can join the
program.
●JCI Fukuyama needs to comprehend the situationor the demands of the world or the local community,
to improve the contents of each module.
Budjets●JCI Fukuyama covered all the expenses for the
program.
~Solutions~
JCI needs to make the government, the educational
officers, and the citizens understand the movements
more, so that JCI Fukuyama can ask them for the
corporation of sponsorship.

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