Niigata Trip Jun 2-4, JEN and Morgan Stanley
Last weeks trip to Niigata with Morgan Stanley staff was quite a learning experience.
Besides the actualy farm work itself - which was exhausting !
It was very good for me to see how a project likethis works on the ground - even in Japan the negotations between the various partners can be quite tough. Not a matter of language but of the business and nonprofit "cultures" - in order to better understand each other we need more projects like this.
The public here still does not know much about the work nonprofits and NGOs so often i feel that I am translating ideas into language that the coutner part can understand. we take so much for granted. Assumptions are different of course but the fact that the work of NGOs and nonprofits is not understood here in Japan makes the role of negotation quite different.
The best part of our trip was not the planting or the early mornings but the pary with the locals where we got to meet and chat and drink with the local people - all 15 of them. we doubled the population for the weekend and were the first group of mostly non-Japanese to make it up to the town.
Anyone interested in joining a trip for the fall harvest ?
if so drop me a line or visit JEN's site for more details.
All the photos here were taken by and provided to Sarajean by JEN.
Thanks JEN!
Besides the actualy farm work itself - which was exhausting !
It was very good for me to see how a project likethis works on the ground - even in Japan the negotations between the various partners can be quite tough. Not a matter of language but of the business and nonprofit "cultures" - in order to better understand each other we need more projects like this.
The public here still does not know much about the work nonprofits and NGOs so often i feel that I am translating ideas into language that the coutner part can understand. we take so much for granted. Assumptions are different of course but the fact that the work of NGOs and nonprofits is not understood here in Japan makes the role of negotation quite different.
The best part of our trip was not the planting or the early mornings but the pary with the locals where we got to meet and chat and drink with the local people - all 15 of them. we doubled the population for the weekend and were the first group of mostly non-Japanese to make it up to the town.
Anyone interested in joining a trip for the fall harvest ?
if so drop me a line or visit JEN's site for more details.
All the photos here were taken by and provided to Sarajean by JEN.
Thanks JEN!
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