By Eitan Oren | IsraAID Japan Country Director
Overview
During the past three month IsraAID continued to explore options for this year's program in close cooperation with its partners.
This year's activities will include two programs. The first, a joint program with Benesse Corporations, is geared towards developing creative and critical thinking as well as entrepreneurship skills among high-school students, as well as providing them with resources to pursue study outside of Tohoku, and their comfort zones. The program is scheduled for July and will be offered in Sendai for 30 high school students around the Tohoku area. The program will bring over 6 prospective students from Ivy League schools in the US, and will give the high school students an opportunity to learn about studying overseas and taking initiative in learning. In addition to the intellectual aspect of the program, our instructors will emphasize group-building acitvities and cooperation among the students. One aim of this program is to raise awareness of the choices outside of Tohoku for high school students, and also to raise the interest of the Tohoku region amongst international college students and young global leaders of Japan.
The second program, "Fukushima Youth Leadership 2014", is offered in partnership with ADRA Japan. The program is geared towards the enhancement of social leadership, communication and resilience among high-school students from Fukushima and will introduce the students to necessary tools in order to become empowered leaders of their communities. The workshop will bring to Tokyo 20 students and 5 social entreprenuers and focus on both the social innovation aspect and personal resilience of the young leaders. The students will plan and put into practice their own social-entreprenuerships projects and present their work-progress in a follow-up event.
This year, IsraAID will reach out to as many as 55 young leaders from the Tohoku area, providing them with both practical skills and hope for their future, as well as a new sense of community.
Our next report will include a detailed acount of the programs outlined above and introduce you to the students. Thank you for your long-term support!
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