Q1. Who is suited for a technical staff position?
Q2. What specifically do on-site technical staff members do?
Q3. Do I need to be a computer expert to apply for this position?
Q4. When and where are the activities held?
Q5. How often do volunteers participate in the activities?
Q6. How do I apply if I want to register?
Q1. Who is suited for a technical staff position?
A. You are right for the on-site technical staff if you like children, are into computers and wish to make contribution to the society with your technical skills.
Q2. What specifically do on-site technical staff members do?
A. hey are there to provide the technical support, including the following, so that the activities would go smoothly:
- Setting and cabling of the facilities to be used in the activity (PC, projector, camera, LAN)
- Scanning of children's drawings into the computer
- Processing of the scanned images (change of the size, making it transparent)
- Helping children who do not know how to use the software
- Uploading children's work onto PangaeaNet
Q3. Do I need to be a computer expert to apply for this position?
A. No. Anyone who is comfortable with the basic PC operation can become a member of our technical staff. A simple way to check is to see if you can handle one of the following:
- Import the pictures taken by the digital camera into the computer and display it on the screen.
- Connect a new printer to a PC, set the ink and start printing.
Please come to see our activities if you are interested in volunteering as technical staff.
You can make an appointment by contacting us via email.
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Pangaea holds several training sessions a year for on-site technical staff at the same time with the ones for facilitators in all sites, where you can learn about the outline of our activity and experience it through role-playing. You can also learn basic technical skills including scanning, image processing and voice recording in a hands-on manner.
Q4. When and where are the activities held?
A. In Japan, Pangaea activities are held on weekends in Tokyo, Kyoto and Mie Pref. Outside of Japan, they are held in Seoul, Korea, in Vienna, Austria and in Nairobi, Kenya.
Q5. How often do volunteers participate in the activities?
A. Activities are held weekly as of June 2008. Currently-registered volunteers facilitate our activities twice a month on average, although there is no rule regarding the frequency of participation. Children can relax and enjoy more when they recognize the faces of facilitators at the activity, so it is preferable if you can participate regularly, even if it is once a month.
Q6. How do I apply if I want to register?
A. Please email us at to let us know that you are interested in volunteering as a facilitator. In reply, we will send you the volunteer entry sheet. Once you fill it out and send it back to us, we will contact you to schedule an interview, which will be followed by your participation in the facilitator training, before you actually join our activity.
We thank you in advance for your understanding of and cooperation with the above-mentioned registration process, which is designed to ensure the safety of the children with whom you will interact, once you become a registered volunteer.