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Full name:
KAIZAWA Shinichiro
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Nationality: Japanese
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Birthday:
16th Oct
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Position in NVDA:
President/ Founder
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NGO/Position:
NICE (Never-ending International workCamps Exchange)/Presiden
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Self
introduction:
Since its beginning, NVDA has been rapidly developed by so many people
with full
of ambition,
energy and friendship! But there are still so many things to be done
by
international voluntary service. Let's create health and colorful Asia-Pacific &
the world together! |
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7.
Quick
review of International Voluntary Service Experience:
a) Founding President of NICE since 1990 Feb. - now:
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Organized 2,874 workcamps/ exchanged 45,661 volunteers for
environment, social welfare, rural development, education and
culture
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Created various new types of projects such as weekend workcamps,
group workcamps, long/ middle term volunatry projects, etc.
Started international workcamps in 10 countries of Asia
Pacific with
the
new, motivated NGOs there (partly with NVDA).
b) President of NVDA, 1997 Oct. - 2008 Jan. and 2010 Jan. – now:
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Invented common actions of Asia/ World such as Greening Asia,
World
Eco
Sponge Action and Tanabata Action that planted 822,831 trees
by
21,427 people in 19 countries! (also in NICE & CCIVS).
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Created a scheme of sending NVDA individual/ group volunteers
and
other innovative practice (opening finance, ILS book, etc.)
c) EC member of CCIVS (Coordinating Committee for International
Volunary Service) at UNESCO, 1998-2004, 2007-now:
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Realized International Solidarity Fund and other other reform
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Initiated creation of Global Meeting of international voluntary
service
(with
other networks), Global LMTV Meetings (with NVDA), etc.
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Lecturer of Kokushikan
University,
2002 Apr. –now
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Chairperson of the International Department of Citizen Cabinet
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Chairperson of the World Summit for Forest Actions, 2011 Oct.
d) Award:
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Alec Dickson Award in 2009 Nov. (for promotion of voluntary service)
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