Learn about japanese culture and teach kids about your own country in Shiga, Japan

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  Description

  It's hard for us to plan more than 3 months advance, so we will open our application for each months 2-3 month before. Also it can take while for us to decide if we can host you or not because we have to make a schedule for the school first.
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  Hi! I am Fuki ,a 24 y/o Japanese girl.
  
  I run a tiny alternative school with my friends in the country side of Shiga (a prefecture next to Kyoto).
  We provide kids who don't go to public school, a place to meet other kids, opportunity to experience a lot of things like cooking or creating something from wood, playing in nature, and learning basic skills to live and basic studying.
  Recently in Japan, there are about 300,000 kids who don't go to school because of bullying or schools being too stressful for them .
  We think Japanese education is sometimes too strict and it's really stressful for some kids.
  And also, there are not enough places or opportunity for kids if they don't go to the public school , so their only choice is just stay home often.
  
  They needed a place to go, so we started our school in 2021. We have around 10 kids everyday between 6 to 15 y/o. We are still improving in a lot of ways and not perfect, but we see our students growing so much.
  
  We want our students to meet people from around the world, learn about different cultures and languages.
  So you just being here is very helpful. We will probably ask you to talk about your home and life to kids, play with them, help them to do daily things.
  
  You will stay with me, and you will have your own room.
  
  I love traveling, meeting new people and talking with them!
  I'm interested in sustainability and education.
  
  I'm happy to show you around the town and introduce you to local people!
  Please come stay with us and experience things that you cannot as just a tourist.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Language practice

  Teaching

  Babysitting and creative play

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You can learn a lot about kids, education, and of course japanese language and culture. I'm happy to teach you how to cook japanese food or anything I know.
  I'm happy to show you around!

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  Talk about your home country and your life in front of students.
  Play with kids.
  Help kids to do daily things.
  Teach kids whatever you know.
  
  You will stay at the school around 5 hours everyday during weekdays. But what you do won't be so hard, just spending time with kids.
  You can do whatever you want to do on the weekend.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Japanese: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  You will stay at my house, and you will have your own room. It's a Japanese-style house.
  30-40 mins on foot from the center of the town where the super market, the library or other shops are. You can also use my bike.
  This town has about 20,000 people, beautiful nature and a lot of traditions.
  
  Workawayers can have lunch at school. For breakfast and dinner I will cook at home and we can eat together.

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  What else ...

  For safety reasons, we ask you to have a video call with us before we decide if we accept you or not. Also we ask you to give us a copy of your passport.
  Since this is a place for children, we will ask you to follow some rules to protect them.
  
  Minimum stay will be 2 days, and maximum one week.
  But we can be flexible, so please contact us!
  
  Since I'm hosting you at my house, I prefer to host wemen.
  But if you have interesting experience in education, I might host you anyway .
  So please contact us!

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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