Global Volunteer Month 2023
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▼Our Global Volunteer Month Review (PDF)
◇April is Global Volunteer Month!
Information for our Global Volunteer Month Activities
Hands On Tokyo will have various activities during the Global Volunteer Month in April. Events such as talk session, workshop, cleaning the Arakawa River, and a Jogging and Walking event with special needs athletes, Special Collaborative Program with our partner organizations. etc.
As a kick-off event for these activities, we will hold an online event "Stepping Out, Volunteering - Get to Know Our Community Partners!". HandsOn Tokyo's community partners will talk about their areas of expertise. Welcome to Volunteer First!
We will also run our "My Little Day of Service," where you are free to do volunteer work in your immediate area. Please share your volunteer activities you have enjoyed, whether individually, with your family, or with friends.
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■Global Volunteer Month Kick-Off Event
"Stepping Out, Volunteering - Get to Know Our Community Partners!"
Saturday, April 1st, 2023, 10:30-11:45 a.m. on Zoom
*No Cost.
*Japanese/English interpretation will be provided.
＊Engage for Constructive Change!!
What is the SDGs? What is Volunteering? What is our social issues?
I'm interested, but what should I do?
＊Contents＊
10:30-10:40 / What We Do
Harumi Kachi（Executive Director, Hands On Tokyo）
10:40- 11:05 / Environment
Kazuyuki Imamura (Director and Office Manager, NPO Arakawa River Clean-aid Forum)
https://cleanaid.jp/
11:05- 11:20 / Poverty（Pre-recording）
Kenji Seino（Board Chair and Director, NPO TENOHASI）
https://tenohasi.org/
11:20- 11:45 / Children’s Home
Kohei Sato (Facility Manager, Children’s Home “Kibo no ie”)
https://www.kyousei-kai.com/kibou/about.html
Information for our Volunteer Month activities will be posted on the Hands On Tokyo webpage below.
Volunteer Opportunities
https://www.handsontokyo.org/events/
★Some of our Activities
April 1(Sat): Kick-Off Event / Webinar
April 1(Sat): Diversity & Inclusion Workshop @Tokyo, Osaka
April 1(Sat): Fun with Art! Program
April 1(Sat): Interacting with Seniors - Online Program
April 2(Sun), 30(Sun): Dance Volunteer Project
April 6(Thu), 11(Tue), 13(Thu), 18(Tue), 20(Thu), 25(Tue), 27(Thu) etc.: LIVES Food Truck "OOPEN!" Support
April 6(Thu), 13(Thu), 20(Thu), 27(Thu): After School Cleaning Project
April 8(Sat): Motor Development Program with Special Olympics Nippon Tokyo
April 8(Sat), 29(Sat): Cookie & Egg Decorating
April 9(Sun), 23(Sun): Competitive Cheer Program with Special Olympics Nippon Tokyo
April 9(Sun), 23(Sun): Jogging for visually impaired @Yoyogi
April 13(Thu), 20(Thu), 26(Wed), 27(Thu): Supporting the Ukrainian Evacuees in Japan - Japanese language
April 15(Sat): Hands On Tokyo x Pirika Clean up @Shinjuku, Shibuya, Roppongi
April 22(Sat): Earth Day Arakawa River Cleaning
April 23(Sun): Jogging for visually impaired @Osaka
...and more!
Please go to our event calendar:
https://www.handsontokyo.org/events/
■Our On-site Programs (face-to-face activities)
Hands On Tokyo T-Shirts will be provided for our on-site volunteering programs. (Each person will receive one T-shirt during our Global Volunteer Month in April.)
*For on-site activities, please note, you must agree to the "COVID-19 Safety Acknowledgement - Waiver Form" and "Volunteers Safety Precautions Guidelines".
*For Competitive Cheer and Motor Development Program, please bring "Health Check Sheet" that records your body temperature for 2 weeks until the activity date. (If you forget it, you will not be able to participate in the program.)
(T-shirts by Miura Shoji K.K.)
■My Little Day of Service on SNS
Please share your volunteer activities with #handsontokyo and #GlobalVolunteerMonth
Period: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023
The "My Little Day of Service," is a fun volunteer activity where you are free to do volunteer work in your immediate area. Please share your volunteer activities you have enjoyed, whether individually, with your family, or with friends.
