WORKCAMP PROGRAM IN JAPAN 2013
WORKCAMP PROGRAM IN JAPAN 2013
WORKCAMP PROGRAM IN JAPAN 2013
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6. A pair of rubber boots which cover up to below the knees.<br />
7. Work clothes with long-sleeved shirt and pants (jeans not permitted). As clothes get<br />
easily dirty in the course of the work such as picking gavages on the beach, mowing, and<br />
so on, you may need several spare clothes if you prefer to change often.<br />
8. A cap<br />
9. Two penlights that hung from the neck<br />
- Avoid strong LED, or any similar type of light. Penlight with bulb is preferable.<br />
- Would be better if they are waterproof.<br />
- A type that uses AA size battery or AAA battery is easy to replace batteries.<br />
Advisable to prepare a spare bulb.<br />
10. Insurance policy<br />
11. Working gloves.<br />
A swimming wear, sunscreens and toiletries, towels and any other items you think needed<br />
for your daily life.<br />
Note:<br />
Above mentioned items (especially from 1 to 7) are minimum needed items for working on<br />
this project. If you failed to bring any of those, you won’t be asked to join in the project.<br />
Please make sure you prepared everything necessary before you arrive at the place. There<br />
is no shop near in the local site where you can get those items.<br />
Participation fee: 4500 Japanese YEN<br />
We decided to collect participation fee especially in this project. The reason behind is, the<br />
host organization had to spend most of their funding for the protection of the sea turtles<br />
and there is not much left to receive international volunteers in a proper manner. The<br />
participation fee will be used to procure food and daily items for the volunteers during their<br />
stay. The leader will collect this participation fee in JPY. Please prepare exchanging for yen<br />
before you arrive. We thank you for your understanding in advance.<br />
Location:<br />
Yakushima lies to the south of Kyusyu in Kagoshima Prefecture. It is 2-3 hours by high<br />
speed ferry boat, and 35 minutes by plane from Kagoshima.<br />
URL: NPO Yakushima Umigame kan (Japanese) http://www.umigame-kan.org/<br />
UNESCO World Heritage Center - Yakushima - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/662<br />
Remarks:<br />
The activities to protect sea turtles are regulated under the natural protection law of the<br />
Ministry of the Environment, and the ordinance of Kagoshima prefecture. Umigame-Kan is<br />
an authorized entity.It would be advisable if volunteers understand very basic words of<br />
greetings in Japanese language.<br />
A leader will meet you at the Kagoshima harbor. You are asked to bear all the transportation<br />
cost from Kagoshima to the site. From Kagoshima all volunteers together with the leader<br />
take a boat to Yakushima island (Miyanoura harbor). The boat fare is approximately 7,700<br />
JPY one way (as of 15/05/2012). It takes 2-3 hours.From MIyanoura harbor to Nagata (the<br />
local site), you take a bus. The bus fare is 890JPY (as of 15/05/2012) and it takes 0.5 hour.<br />
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