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Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers in various fields are registered with our association and actively take part in international exchange and cooperation activities. We cordially welcome you to get involved by registering to be a SAGA volunteer.
■Registration
To register to be a volunteer, please fill out one of the forms below and send it to the SAGA office. To send the form electronically, please download the Word file version, fill it out and email it to us as an attachment. You can also print out the pdf version of the form, fill it out and send it to us by fax at 048-887-1505 or regular mail.
＊ All the files above are written in Japanese
Further information on volunteering
■Host Family Program
There are about 350 volunteer host families registered with the association. They are deepening international friendship by hosting delegation members from sister/friendship cities and students attending the Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute. Host families are asked to provide at least one room to the guest for their own exclusive use during his or her stay. Often, even after the guests return to their home countries, the friendship continues with their host families. Foreign language expertise is not necessary to be a volunteer host.
▼Application form
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■Volunteer Interpreters / Translators
Presently, SAGA has over 500 volunteers doing interpretation and translation work in various languages including English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Indonesian, Tagalog, Malaysian, Thai, Bengali, Greek, Bikol, Hindi and Arabic. Among other things, they provide assistance at exchange activities with visiting delegations from sister/friendship cities, support foreign residents of the city, and translate information booklets on daily life.
Volunteers are available if you require assistance involving translation or interpretation. To request assistance, please contact the association well in advance and inform SAGA of the date and place of the event for which translation/interpretation is needed, the content to be translated/interpreted and the difficulty level of that content. Informing SAGA of the content difficulty level is particularly important as the volunteers' proficiencies vary.
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■Event Volunteers
Since July 2006, we have been recruiting volunteers for SAGA events and are currently looking for individuals who can:
・teach about or demonstrate cultural arts (foreign or Japanese) such as calligraphy, tea ceremony, cooking, music etc.
・speak on the importance of and approaches to supporting foreign residents and promoting cross cultural understanding.
・teach Japanese or foreign languages as a volunteer.
・plan and organize various exchange programs or lectures in cooperation with the SAGA staff.
When you register, please indicate which of the above activities you interested in (not all activities require prior experience or special qualifications).
▼Application form
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■Youth International Volunteers
SAGA has many youth volunteers who assist with our International Friendship Fair, Volunteer Training Seminar, and various other events. For further details, please contact us.
Assist with Events & Activities
Help set up and conduct various exchange events and courses and provide support to foreign residents.