Please register your interest in either Hosting or travel to Japan by using the "Register Your Interest" button . You can also send us an email using the "Email Us" button below. We will reply as soon as possible. Please note this is NOT the application form. Application documentation can be downloaded via the Register Your Interest page AFTER submission of your Expression of Interest
Overview
The Sutherland Shire-Chuo City Sister City Student Program has multiple aims. These include:
-Reconnecting students with their own community
-Fostering intercultural understanding and friendship between Sutherland Shire and our Sister City of Chuo.
This program offers its participants the opportunity to learn about Japanese culture through hosting Chuo City students here at home or traveling to Japan not only as a tourist but to become part of daily life and culture in Chuo city, Tokyo and Japan. ​
Students who are selected to participate in the program will be representing not only themselves, their families and their schools, but they will be ambassadors of Australia and the Sutherland Shire. Our program is a lot of fun, and it allows participants to see many exciting places and sights. But as a cultural exchange the Sutherland-Chuo Sister City Program also focuses on fostering:
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-personal integrity
-cultural sensitivity
-social awareness
-community participation.
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The Sister Cities movement believes that;
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"the most powerful force in the promotion of international understanding and peace is exposure to different cultures."
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International Youth programs provide thousands of students with the opportunity to meet people from other lands and to experience their cultures leading to better intercultural understanding and encouraging a peaceful future.
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There are two sections to the program: You can host two students from Chuo City here in Sutherland Shire and give them a taste of Shire life and/or you can apply to travel to Japan​:
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If you think you may be interested in either hosting or traveling - or both - please submit your Expression of Interest via the link button at the top of this page​ before accessing the formal application documents
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1) To find more information about hosting Chuo City students here in Sutherland Shire click HERE​
Applications to HOST Chuo City students will close at 9:00pm Sunday May 10th
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2) To find out more about traveling to Japan click HERE .....please carefully read the information on the Travel to Japan page.
Applications to TRAVEL to Japan will close at 9:00pm Sunday April 12th
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