(Network for Voluntary Development in Asia)

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(Network for Voluntary Development in Asia)
(Empower the slum in Hanoi, Vietnam)
(Planting trees in Fukushima, Japan)
Brief Introduction of NVDA

• Written by KAIZAWA Shinichiro, President of NVDA
• E-mail nice_at_nice1.gr.jp Phone 81-(0)3-
  3358-7140
• Url http//www.nvda-asiapacific.org

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• a network NGO of international
• voluntary service (i.v.s.) NGOs in Asia-Pacific.

NVDA is
26 member NGOs in 19 countries Main
activities are international workcamps ( group
living type of i.v.s. projects)

• Volunteers are mostly youth
• From 2 days to 1 year, but mostly2-3 weeks.
• 3,000 projects in 100 countries with 100,000
  vols.

The members organized 2,175 i.v.s. projects and
exchanged 27,675 volunteers in 2010-11.
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• founded in 1997 by 11 i.v.s. NGOs!
• lt World Tanabata Action (Global action to prevent
  climate change) gt

NVDA was
1) Plant trees (or other actions to reduce
green gas emission) 2) Write my action to
prevent climate change on tanzaku
papers 3) Collect tanzaku papers exhibit at
G8 Summit, UNESCO conferences, etc.
Indonesia
This action is co-organized with CCIVS
(Coordinating Committee for International
Voluntary Service) NICE (Never-ending
International workCamps Exchange), Japan
CONCORDIA, France
France
Japan
It was started in 2008 and in 2008-2010,
21,427 people in 19 countries joined! 822,831
trees were planted! 15,882 tanzaku papers were
collected!
India
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Example 1 - Special Networking International
Workcamps for Revival from the Disasters (SNIWRD)
1-1. Summary
Dates 2011/09/23 - 2012/03/25 (6 months) combining short long term workcamps.
Place Tohoku, Japan (Rikuzen-takata, Kirikiri, etc.)
Aims a. Support revival of Tohoku b. Create Asia-Pacific collaboration c. Dispatch the real pictures of Tohoku
Work a. Forestry, farming, fishing, cleaning b. Taking care of the children c. Organizing the forums in Tokyo
Vols. 21 from 9 countries (Japan, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal, Taiwan, USA, Mexico) Average age 33 (18-81), 13 female, 6 students
Organ-izers NICE (Member in Japan), Japan Foundation, in cooperation with NVDA
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1-2. Background
Giant earthquake and tsunami was happened on
2011 Mar. 11th in Tohoku. 30,000 people were
killed/ lost and everything (also intangible)
was destroyed. NICE started workcamps from Apr.
4th and 4,506 vols. x days worked in 9 places.
1-3. Challenges
a. Damage is so huge, we need to continue 10
years! b. No visa for long term vols.
(Working Holiday visa is limited.) c. When/ how
to get more local contribution commitment
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1-4. Impact (mainly in a local level)
a. Physical (planted trees, made rafts, etc.)
b. Mental (prevent isolation, re-motivated)
c. Networking (friendship, solidarity)
1-5. Plan for 2012
Continue the projects! 8 short term (2 weeks) and
6 long term (3 months) workcamps Rikuzen-takata
(oyster rafts) Kirikiri (revival forests)
Minami-sanriku (sea weed) Kawauchi (planting
trees) Minamata (hosting Fukushima kids)
Special Workcamps for Networking Ex. Disaster
Areas Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal
2012/08/03 - 08/12 (10 days) 40 Teenagers of
Tohoku Asia Sponsored by HSBC
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Collaboration between NGOs and Higher Education
? 3000 projects in 100 countries. ?
Preparation/ Follow up in local ?
International volunteers
lt Why? gt
International Voluntary Service NGOs
Higher Education Bodies
Sharing goals, know-how, promotion, advocacy, etc.
? Providing Vols. (students) ? Academic input
to the projects ? New projects in new
countries
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Collaboration between NGOs and Higher Education
lt How? gt 1. Organizing group workcamps in NGOs
projects (hosting group of students from higher
education) 2. Sending the students to NGOs
normal projects (NGOs can organize classes
PR events in the schools) 3. Hosting
international vols. in Schools projects
(possibly, also Long Term Volunteers)
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1. Organizing group workcamps in NGOs projects
HKIEd (Hong Kong Institute of Education) In
2010-11, 154 students joined 13 workcamps in 6
countries (Nepal, Bangladesh, Japan, Mongolia,
Indonesia, India).
Country Dates (Y/M/D) Host Pax
Nepal 10/03/27-10/04/10 NIFC 10
Bangladesh 10/03/27-10/04/10 BWCA 8
Japan 10/03/30-10/04/10 NICE 11
Mongolia 10/06/12-10/06/26 MCE 12
Mongolia 10/06/12-10/07/25 MCE 8
Bangladesh 10/12/20-10/12/31 BWCA 13
Nepal 10/12/20-10/12/31 NIFC 15
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1. Organizing group workcamps in NGOs projects
Keio University in Tokyo (Students of Medical
science) 14 days every year in Semarang,
Indonesia where 20 students of both countries
work to improve the health of street children
(organized by NICE Japan and IIWC Indonesia).
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2. Sending the students to NGOs normal projects
International Volunteeering in Kokushikan
Univ. in Tokyo ? By KAIZAWA Shinichiro
(President of NVDA and of NICE, Japan) ?
Organizing 3 different classes of as its
lecturer since 2002. ? Over 300 students have
joined international workcamps in Asia.
lt Impact- examples gt 1. Students found their
direction and got very active to study! (some
became project leaders, started NGOs, etc.) 2.
Projects also got big benefits by hosting
students (well prepared, semi-specialized)
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Impact on Personal Development
lt Increase Capacity gt 1) Practical skills,
knowledge (Language, cutting glasses, cooking,
agricultural issues, games, etc.)
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2)
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5 Much better 4 Some better 3 A bit
better 2 No change 1 Worse
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2) Living with others society (Cooperative,
flexibility, tolerance, Communication, social
mind, tc.)
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3) Living by oneself (Confidence, usefulness,
being active, etc.)
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lt Networking gt 6) Useful human networks (Wedding,
best friends, colleagues)
5) Opinions and values for Society (What is
happiness, inter-cultural learning, food and
life, etc.)
lt Direction of Life gt 4) Career, goals (Ive got
this occupation, changed subject, found an
idealistic person)
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Impact in various aspects
(Level) Environmental Economic Educational Cultural Social
Global
Regional
National
Local
Personal
Pilot AVS (Asian Voluntary Service)
1. Preparation Seminar 2012 Oct. 01-05
Tokyo, Japan 12 vols. 6 specialists Learn
how to measure
2. Touring Asian workcamps 2012/10/06 -
2013/03/20 All around Asia 2 vols. x 6 themes
(kids, forests, disasters, etc.) Measuring
the impact
3. Evaluation Seminar 2013 Mar. 21-25 Tokyo,
Japan 12 vols. 6 specialists Finalize the
research and present in Fiesta!