PEACE WINDS JUNIOR GLOBAL CITIZENS SUMMER CAMP 2018

KNOW YOUR WORLD

MAKE NEW FRIENDS FROM OTHER NATIONS

GAIN GLOBAL INSIGHTS TOGETHER

PLAY A KEY ROLE IN CHANGING THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY

What situation are refugees facing?

Is it true that fish from the ocean will end up extinct within a few decades?

What will happen to us if all the polar ice caps melted?

Why do we still have wars? What are people fighting for?

The PW Junior Global Citizen Summer Camp walks young people (aged 12-17) through the questions they have about the world. In the camp, they will be accompanied by new friends from a diverse range of countries, and cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, who all share the same thirst for knowledge and mutual understanding. Under the guide of experienced instructors and renowned guest speakers, participants will learn and explore together, share their own experiences and stories, and find solutions to international challenges alongside their peers. Throughout this process, they will develop greater resilience when enduring hardship, a higher level of problem-solving skills, and enthusiasm to learn and to create.

The camp starts in a mountainous area in the town of Jinsekikougen-cho, Hiroshima Prefecture, in Western Japan, and continues on Kamijima-cho, Ehime Prefecture, a beautiful island in the Setouchi Inland Sea. Participants will spend a week together in the green mountains and by the blue water, enjoying fireworks, a delicious barbeque, a concert, and admiring the starry night while sharing stories.

Join us this summer!

Have fun, gain new insights, and begin playing a leading role in positively changing our world’s future.

Why we have arranged the camp…

Sometimes it is difficult even for adults to comprehensively understand the numerous issues affecting the world, not to mention making the right choices to improve it. And with the rise of the use (and misuse) of the Internet, children today are exposed to incomplete and scattered information alongside valuable nuggets of knowledge. The world is becoming noisier and more complicated even though the need to work together for our common destiny is more and more apparent. The young people today are faced with a more challenging world, and notice this situation much more than we did when we were their ages.

It is inevitable that the next generation will be burdened with the world’s current troubles. The question is how should we introduce them to all those unpleasant realities? How should we work with them to face those future challenges?

The purpose of this summer camp is to prepare the next generation with the basic knowledge and capacity to analyze various world issues critically, and to come up with solutions for the sustainable development of all mankind.

During the camp, participants will be introduced to factual information, personal experience, and detailed analysis of the happenings around the world by instructors and guest speakers from specific fields. Together with peers from different backgrounds, our participants will be guided in understanding world issues and exposed to different perspectives while practicing critical thinking and inquiry-based learning in various activities.

We hold the belief that learning is a holistic experience – one must make connections with the surrounding environment and people of different backgrounds to reflect and develop one’s own identity. To achieve this, we are utilizing two locations where residents live vastly different lifestyles. Participants can get close to animals and meet nature lovers in the mountains of Jinsekikougen-cho, as well as have fun together on an island while enjoying the view of the famous Inland Sea.

After the camp, our participants are expected to possess an even greater interest and understanding of the world’s different social issues, to become more passionate in doing good for their society, and to be able to produce wiser solutions that make the world a better place. We look forward to seeing our participants develop as future leaders who bear the vision and compassion to initiate changes that improve the world. 

Throughout the camp, we…

-encourages curiosity and creativity

-stimulate the innate desire to learn

-nurture critical thinking and analytical ability

-cultivate imagination and novel ideas

-develop interpersonal skills

-foster experience sharing in a multicultural environment

-incubate future innovator

General Information and Program(me) fee

Camp Schedule

Guest Speakers

ROBERT D. ELDRIDGE, Ph.D. Peace Winds Global Citizens School Acting Headmaster

Michitane Sohma, Yukika Sohma Owners of the Sohma’s Ranch

Daisuke Furuta Buzfeed Japan Corporation Founding Editor

Alison So, Ph.D. Candidate The Education University of Hong Kong Guest Lecturer

**Changes may apply during the enrollment period. The final version of the schedule will be delivered to successful applicants 2 weeks before the camp.

Enrollment Procedure

Documents listed below should be sent as attachments to  on or before 15^th June 2018.

  1. Completed Application Form

  2. An ID-size photo of the applicant

  3. Recommendation Letter from school (voluntary)

Applicants who wish to apply for financial aid must submit 4) Completed Financial Aid Application Form, together with the above documents in the same email. Late submissions will not be accepted.

An Application Result Notification Email will be sent to applicants and their guardians by email not later than 22^nd June 2018. Successful applicants will also receive a (1) parental consent form, and a (2) participant health and physical condition questionnaire at that time in the same email.

Successful applicants will have to deposit the program(me) fee by 6^th July 2018.

After finishing the transaction, participants should reply to the Application Result Notification Email with the following documents attached not later than 6^th July 2018.

  1. soft copy of the program(me) fee transaction slip

  2. completed parental consent form signed by parent/ guardian

  3. completed participant health and physical condition questionnaire

After the above email is received, a detailed summer camp schedule will be sent to participants.

Important Dates

For any questions, please contact:

Peace Winds Japan