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Youths will experience how to create new things breaking barriers of language, culture, and different workstyle. Accomplishment of successful collaborations will furthermore generate youths' motivation communicate with others who come from different countries. In KISSY activity, youths will use Pangaea original machine translation tool so that they can express their opinion by using their own language in any language groups. Motivation of communication is triggered by speaking up and listening to others. KISSY experience will provide youths with an opportunity to feel the need to learn other languages.
NPO Pangaea mission is to create a platform for youths to be able to feel a bond across borders. KISSY is one of such innovative challenges in which youths polish their sense of global community in selected members from Kenya, Korea, Cambodia and Japan.
Children from Kenya, Korea, Cambodia and Japan gathered in Kyoto for KISSY (Kyoto Intercultural Summer School for Youths) on the 31st (Jul)～5th(Aug) 2014. KISSY is set up and run by NPO Pangaea and is an international youths summer shool for workshop with IT, transcending the difference of languages and cultures.
During KISSY, 23 children aged from 9 to 14 stayed together at the Youth Hostel in Kyoto and got to know each other by spending time together also in their free time. There is this one simple rule to follow, 'Do not do what others don't want to be done.' Without any common languages, children continued disucussion to create a work on the theme of‘bonding’by using state-of-the-art translation tool. Sometimes they struggled faced with the difference and misunderstanding in their opinion. And sometimes they jumped with joy when they connected each other. Finally they made a great success in collabration work with the unique and original programming. Recognized its pioneer spirit, KISSY has been supported by Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the board of Education in Kyoto. On the last day, KISSY activity was broadcasted on NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation).
Voices
Kenyan participant
Each of us was assigned a computer which enabled us to communicate since the computers could translate all our languages. This gave me the desire to study in Japan.
Due to our creativity the national television station of Japan interviewed us. I said, I was so glad to represent Africa in such an occasion. We later went to show our presentation to a multitude and expressed our idea.
I made 22 friends including the staff members. I loved the place so much in that we were all treated equally with no discrimination, all the people were appreciate and always had respect for each other. Truly I love Japan with passion.
Japanese participant
I was so happy to communicate with children from abroad. I felt we are all “the same people” except we speak a different languages. I was glad to have such an opportunity.
I found out that the difference of languages doesn't matter as long as we can understand each other.
Japanese participant
I was so excited to see so many equipments like motors and speakers!
We developed many ideas of picking up each country’s music, putting a traditional costume on the dolls. While working, we could chat with PC, but I managed with gesturing. When I could make myself understood, I felt "Yes, I did it!"
Cambodian participant
I'm very happy when I met people from other countries, and I'm glad to learn and know them. I knew some experience from KISSY project. The second day they shared us a small laptop. We played a game together and knew how to log in a program.
We improved our work and plan every day. In this time every group must invent a house and design by our teams and make it like cartoon and it must be a happy house. I like this program very much and we can know a lot from there. We hope next year we can go back to Japan again and meet different things from Pangaea.
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31 July (Fri) |
14:00 |
Gathering at Kyoto Station. |
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15:00 |
Checking-in: Utano Youth Hostel in Kyoto Introduction of KISSY2015 agenda |
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1st August (Sat) |
09:00-17:30 |
KISSY2015 Opening Clocktower, Kyoto University Program introduction |
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2nd August (Sun) |
Whole day |
Workshop |
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3rd August (Mon) |
Whole day |
Workshop |
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4th August (Tue) |
09:00-12:00,13:00-18:00 |
Presentation / Group discussion |
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5th August (Wed) |
09:00-15:00,15:00-18:00 |
Group firld work / Meeting |
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6th August (Thu) |
09:00-17:00,18:00-21:00 |
Field trip / BBQ Party |
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7th August (Fri) |
11:00 |
Breaking up at Kyoto Station |
Organized and sponsored by: NPO Pangaea
Co-organized and co-sponsored by：Ishida & Matsubara Lab., Department of Social Infomatics, Kyoto University / Global Girls Rising
Corporation by： Korea MIZY Center, National Museums of Kenya, Japan Relief for Cambodia, SCSK CAMP
Under the auspices of(Plan)：Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan / Japanese National Commission for UNESCO / Kyoto Municipal Board of Education
Kenya/Cambodia Support
We will invite 2 youths and 1 adult (guardian) from Cambodia, and 1 youth and 1 adult from Kenya.
The total sum of round-trip airfare + accommodation fee + other expenses is:
(1) Kenya: 800,000JPY (per person)
(2) Cambodia: 876000JPY (per person).
We would appreciate your benevolent support and assistance to the future bridge builders among many countries!
Volunteer Accommodation
Volunteer staff will come to Kyoto to support KISSY from all over Japan and all the way from Korea at their own expenses. Some staff even use their annual leave in their company. Any contribution you would kindly extend to those staff would be very appreciated! The money will be used for their accommodation fee.
KISSY Operation
This is for the administrative cost of KISSY event. KISSY is the event leading to the peaceful future for children. We appreciate your kind assist for the success of KISSY!
Local Transportation
During KISSY activity, youths commute from Utano Youth Hostel to KISSY venue at Kyoto Universiy everyday. It takes 40 minutes one way. We also plan a small field trip around Kyoto and to National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka in order to let them know Japan as much as possible in a short term. Your big financial support will be used for the domestic traveling expense.
KISSY Goods
We would appreciate for your great support to the activity materials expenses, which includes KISSY bags, KISSY T-shirts, textbooks and so on. Youths will bring all the materials back home after KISSY event.
KISSY Goods and good memories in KISSY will give them their precious lifetime treasure!
Donation is divided into 2 categories; "General Donation" and "Donation to Specific Category."
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