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October 23, 1999
Voluntarism and Internationalism will help people in Thailand.

  1. Volunteerism : its meeting, Qualities and Implementation

    What is a volunteer? Volunteerism?

    1. Acts spontaneously and autonomously. No one forces the activity.
    2. Volunteer activity is performed for the purpose of making a contribution to another person , a group, a society, or people from another country.
    3. There is no monetary reward for a volunteer's activity.
    4. The volunteer performs the act selflessly. Problems in Japan.
    5. Volunteers possess equal status regardless of age or sex.

    What are important qualities for the volunteer to possess?
    1. Flexibility
    2. Adaptability
    3. Sensitivity
    4. Dignity
    5. Modesty

    Kinds of volunteers :

    1. Building Program
    2. Food Raising Program

  2. Internationalism and Obstacles to Achieving it

    1. Misconceptions about Internationalizing in Japan

    2. The Nature of Internationalist
      1. Being an internationalist means above all being a humanist
      2. Being an internationalist means being curious about other cultures and being interested in cooperating with and learning from foreign societies.
      3. Being an internationalist means accepting diversity and adopting a flexible attitude toward other peoples and cultures
      4. Being an internationalist means feeling that problems in another culture and country are our own.
      5. Being and internationalist means transcending narrow national concerns and criticizing one's leaders and one's fellow citizens when they act unfairly toward the people of another country.
      6. Being an internationalist means thinking globally.

    3. Traditional attitudes and practices inimical to internationalization
      1. Emphasis on group, order, conformity, and uniformity
      2. Vertical way of thinking
      3. Traditional soto-no-mono (outsider) and uti-no-mono (insider) attitudes

    4. The drive to Modernization as a Factor Limiting Internationalism

  3. C.A.N. H.E.L.P Thailand (regime)
    What is C.A.N. H.E.L.P Thailand?
    Why Thailand? Why northwest Thailand.
    Objectives of CHT
    Mottoes of CHT: flexibility, adaptability, sensitivity, dignity, modesty,
    Programs of CHT
    Things we are proud of:
    • Low percent of deduction from donations
    • Completely volunteer.
    • Raising some good persons and making them more international
    Most exciting programs is building program.
    • This year's program. Numbers, ages,
    • Why the building program?
    • What kind of building projects
    Where do we get our money?
    From ordinary persons, from volunteers, and Yuseisho.
    How much money do we get from Yuseisho?
    How do we use this money?
    What are the best parts of the building program?
    Achievement-What we built this year?
    International exchange.
    Friendship among the volunteers.
    Problems of International volunteerism in Japan

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