The First CAMPLIFIRE: Isa
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昨夏8月17日−21日に鹿児島県伊佐市・十曽青少年旅行村で小学生を対象に開催した４泊5日の英語キャンプ『Camplifire Isa』。海外に向かって情報発信し、インバウンドのベースをつくろうと、株式会社ヒューモニーが主催しました。「伊佐を英語キャンプの聖地に」「日本と海外の子どもたちの交流の場にしたい」というコンセプトです。
キャンプキャプテンの長谷部雅一さん（ネイチャーインタープリター）が、公教育の限界を越え、子どもたちの「真のたくましさ」「真の国際人養成」醸成に向けて、英語・日本語を使い分けて指導しました。副キャプテンにも英語ネイティブの女性、ボランティアの大学生たちも子どもたちに混じって日英両語で奮闘し、参加者全員が「来年もぜひ来たい！」と大好評でした。
もちろん今度の夏もやりますよ。
乞うご期待！
追伸：本年1月13日・14日には、そのコンセプトをインバウンドに繋げ、さらに全国にも広げようと、同じ十曽青少年旅行村で、今度は「指導者育成キャンプ」を行いました。長谷部雅一さんが、大学生や、もと小学校教員、さらには地方創生に取り組む方々に向かって「Masa’s Method」の入口を指導。その様子もあらためてご案内します。
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Last summer, “Camplifire Isa,” a 5-day/4-night English camp for kids aged 8 to 12, was held at Jisso Seishonen Ryokomura in Isa City, Kagoshima Prefecture. The camp, which took place from August 17th to 21st, was organized by Humony, Inc. in an effort to serve as an outbound beacon of information and create a base for inbound tourism. Camplifire’s aim is to make Isa a mecca for English camps and a place for exchange between children from and outside of Japan.
Using both English and Japanese, Camp Captain Masakazu Hasebe (Nature Interpreter) transcended the limits of public education and led the campers to foster a pure resilience and find themselves as true global citizenship. Along with a native English speaker serving as the Co-Captain, university student-volunteers joined the campers in their Japanese and English speaking efforts, leading to a successful summer camp with the kids cheering “I want to come back next year!” before leaving for home.
And we will be back again this summer!
See you there!
P.S.: On January 13-14, 2024, to further realize Camplifire’s aim and create more nationwide opportunities for inbound tourism, we held a “leadership development camp” at the same Jisso Seishonen Ryokomura. Masakazu Hasebe taught university students, former elementary school teachers, and people working on regional revitalization the introduction to “Masa’s Method.”
More on that at a later date.