Katariba Certified Nonprofit Corporation
NPO Katariba collaborates with Coach. An internship program will be held on September 30th for high school students with foreign roots to experience product analysis and idea generation.
Giving high school students with foreign roots an opportunity to think about self-expression through fashion
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The Roots Project, which supports high school students with foreign roots and is run by Katariba (Headquarters: Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Kumi Imamura, hereinafter referred to as Katariba), a certified non-profit organization, is a project of the global fashion brand COACH. In collaboration with the Coach
Foundation, which is responsible for social contribution activities, it has been decided that an internship program for high school students with foreign roots will be held on Saturday, September 30th. We would like to inform you that this information will be made available to the press only.
Global fashion brand “Coach” and educational NPO Katariba implement internship program for high school students with foreign roots The Coach Foundation, which is responsible for Coach’s social contribution activities, is engaged in social contribution activities aimed at helping the next generation of young people reach their full potential and breaking the chain of inequality.
This initiative, called “Dream It Real,” is being rolled out globally in collaboration with non-profit organizations around the world.
In Japan, with Katariba as a partner, we have launched “My Project,” which promotes inquiry-based learning for high school students to foster imagination for the future, as well as “My Project,” which provides a variety of online learning opportunities to children from impoverished households across the country. We have provided support to high school students with foreign roots through the Kikkake Program.
This time, as a new initiative, we will implement a career support program for high school students with foreign roots in Katariba, in order to share the vision of realizing a society where everyone has confidence in their background and identity and is colored by diverse expressions. In collaboration with the “Roots Project,” we have decided to conduct an internship program for children with foreign roots.
Social environment and current location surrounding high school students with foreign roots
“Children with foreign roots” refers to people whose parents or one of their parents is from a foreign country. The proportion of foreign residents currently living in Japan is 2.2% (*1) of the total population, and it is estimated that this will increase to 6.5% of the total population by 2040. (*2)
Among these, it is estimated that there are approximately 130,000 children with foreign roots, and high school students who require Japanese language instruction face challenges such as a higher dropout rate and higher non-regular employment rate than public high school students. . Against this background, Katariba launched the “Roots Project” to support children with foreign roots in 2019 and has been working on career support. (*3)
Some of the high school students with foreign roots who are connected to Katariba have a history of having moved to Japan due to their parents’ work commitments, and even though they were born in Japan, they feel that it is difficult to get used to them because they are caught between the culture of their home environment and the school environment. Depending on their status of residence, some students may not be able to receive scholarships, and may find it difficult to take the first step towards their own learning as they attend school while paying for tuition, working part-time, and supporting their families.
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Katariba official note series “The story of that girl we met” / “Even in Japan, I haven’t disappeared” Excerpt from the story of “that girl with foreign roots.”
https://note.com/katariba/n/n3d64137d71e9
The Roots Project has launched the career support “Roots Internship” from 2022 with the aim of “creating a state where everyone in Japan has a place in society,” regardless of their nationality or background.
Roots Internship is a place where children and companies can meet each other and think about the barriers created by differences in language, culture, and values that high school students with foreign roots face as they aim to realize their careers through dialogue through work experience. By creating such a place, we aim to foster
recognition and understanding of children with foreign roots and expectations for them to work in Japan. Specifically, the program consists of a one-day experience at a company, mentoring for about six months, and a program that allows high school students to think about the first step toward realizing their own career.
Overview of a 1-day internship with the theme of “never giving up on self-expression” such as nationality, upbringing, gender, etc. This time, we will be holding an internship program with the theme of giving children with foreign roots who are struggling to adapt to the Japanese language and culture a chance to face their own
self-expression and connect with society through fashion.
The contents include a lecture on genderless products, idea
generation, and the creation of ideas for dissemination using SNS, and the ideas that the children come up with will be disseminated on Coach Japan’s Instagram.
[Roots Internship with Coach]
[Date and time] Saturday, September 30, 2023 Morning session: 9:00-12:00 / Afternoon session: 13:00-16:00
[Place] We will contact you with details after you apply.
[Co-sponsored by] Katariba Coach Foundation, a certified NPO [Application] https://www.katariba.or.jp/report/
*Open only to members of the media, but advance registration is required for interviews. Please note that if we do not receive an application, we may decline your interview on the day.
[Application deadline] Thursday, September 28, 2023
*Please note that we will not be able to respond to inquiries after the deadline.
●1Day Internship Program
*Program contents may change without notice. Please note.
■Morning session (9:00-12:00): Think about coordination that expresses your individuality!
・Let’s analyze COACH products.
・Coordination suggestions that express your attractive personality ■Afternoon session (13:00-16:00): SNS marketing (communication that expresses your individuality)
・How do you use Instagram?
・How to communicate attractively on SNS?
●Interview image
・Internship program status
・Interview with the coach
・Interview with Katariba person in charge
・Interview with high school students with foreign roots
What is the COACH Foundation/Dream It Real?
●About the Coach Foundation
The Coach Foundation, established in 2008, is an organization responsible for the social contribution activities of coaches. To date, we have donated more than $60 million to nonprofit partners around the world, helping make big dreams come true.
●About Dream It Real
“Dream It Real” aims to help break the cycle of inequality by guiding the next generation of young people to achieve higher education and realize their full potential. This is an ongoing program of the Coach Foundation. We partner with nonprofit organizations around the world that work to empower all young people to have the opportunity to pursue the life and purpose they want.
Click here for more information.
●About the coach
Coach is a global fashion brand founded in New York in 1941. Inspired by the vision of Creative Director Stuart Vevers and the inclusiveness and courageous spirit of our hometown of New York, we are committed to a lasting commitment to empowering everyone to be themselves. We create beautiful products that are loved.
Coach is a brand owned by Tapestry Inc. Tapestry is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TPR.
What is the Certified NPO Katariba “Roots Project”?
The Roots Project aims to create a state where everyone in Japan has a place in society, regardless of their nationality or background, and is a project that provides learning and career support both inside and outside of school.
The Roots Internship creates an opportunity for both children and companies to consider the barriers to society created by differences in language, culture, and values that high school students with foreign roots face when considering careers through dialogue through work experience. . This initiative aims to foster awareness and understanding of these people, as well as their expectations for working in Japan. Official note: https://note.com/kataribaroots What is Katariba, a certified non-profit organization?
We are an educational NPO that has been active since 2001 with the aim of creating a society where teenagers, born and raised in any environment, can develop the will and creativity to create their own future. We have been engaged in a variety of educational activities in response to changes in society, starting with a visiting class program for high schools, and since the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, providing children with a place to learn and a place to belong. -Organization Overview-
Established: November 1, 2001
Representative: Representative Director Kumi Imamura
Headquarters location: 2F Koenji Commons, 3-66-3 Koenji Minami, Suginami-ku, Tokyo
Business details: Providing career learning and project learning programs to high school students (nationwide) / Operation of after-school schools in disaster-affected areas (Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture, Hirono Town, Fukushima Prefecture) / Disaster emergency support (nationwide) / Community-based educational support ( Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo / Unnan City, Shimane Prefecture) / Support for children seeking a place to live due to family circumstances (Adachi Ward, Tokyo) / Support for high school students with foreign roots (Tokyo) / Support for children and students who do not attend school (Shimane Prefecture) Unnan City/Nationwide)/Support for launching a place for children (Nationwide)
URL: https://www.katariba.or.jp/
inquiry
●Inquiries regarding coverage
https://www.katariba.or.jp/report/ (Person in charge: Katariba Public Relations Abe)
●Inquiries regarding the Roots Project (support for high school students with foreign roots)
Email: roots@katariba.net (Person in charge: Uchiyama/Miyagi) *1 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Statistics Bureau 2020 Census: https://www.stat.go.jp/info/today/pdf/180.pdf
*2 Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co., Ltd. “Actual status and challenges of accepting international students and highly-skilled foreign personnel” (2018)
https://www8.cao.go.jp/kisei-kaikaku/suishin/meeting/wg/hoiku/20180129/180129hoiku01.pdf *3 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology October 2020 Regarding the results of a survey regarding the acceptance status of children and students who require Japanese language instruction
https://www.mext.go.jp/content/20221017-mxt_kyokoku-000025305_02.pdf More details about this release:
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000071.000060187.html
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