Volunteer Interpreter

Dispatch and Recruitment for Volunteer Interpreters

The Kagawa International Exchange Association (I-PAL Kagawa) has established a volunteer dispatch system to dispatch interpreters and other volunteers to aid international residents with limited Japanese skills, and to promote mutual international understanding among prefectural residents. We are looking forward to the extensive use of our dispatch system by organizations interacting with foreign residents, schools and educational institutions, medical institutions, and health and welfare organizations, etc. Also we are recruiting volunteer interpreters and other volunteers now.
(We're currently recruiting Japanese speaking foreigners to be volunteers！)

What Are the Volunteer Activities?

Type of Volunteer Explanation of Duties
1. Interpreter Support international residents with limited Japanese ability when they go to the doctor's, to a health or welfare facility, or on another errand in which they will need language assistance by interpreting for them.
2. Japanese Instructor Support international residents with limited Japanese language abilities by teaching them Japanese language skills necessary in everyday life.
3. Japanese Cultural Instructor Support international residents by teaching classes that promote mutual understanding such as Japanese cooking, tea ceremony, traditional dance, sports, etc.
4. International Speaker International residents, or those with international cooperation or study abroad experience, promote mutual international understanding by offering their personal international experiences or foreign language instruction at educational facilities.

Flow Chart of Volunteer Activities (In the case of a volunteer interpreter)

Specific Conditions of Dispatching Volunteers:

  1. Dispatched volunteers may not be asked to engage in any activities that require the knowledge of a specialist, activities that pose a threat of contagion or other harm to their well-being, commercial activities, and other activities that are inappropriate for volunteers to partake in.
  2. If the volunteer activities that the dispatched volunteer is to partake are deemed inappropriate, the request for dispatch will be refused.
  3. The individual or organization requesting the dispatch of a volunteer will be held responsible for the cost of medical treatment and/or legal fees incurred as a result of the volunteer activity.( In the case that a volunteer is involved in an accident while carrying out volunteer duties, he or she will be covered by I-PAL's insurance policy. )
  4. The individual or organization requesting the dispatch of a volunteer will be responsible for paying the volunteer fee, transportation stipend, and printed materials stipend*.
  5. The volunteer fee is 1,000 yen per hour, and the transportation stipend will equal the actual transportation fees paid. (In the case in which a volunteer drives to his/her location, the actual fees paid amount to 200 yen for every 10 kilometers traveled.) The printed materials stipend* is limited to a 2,000 yen maximum.
    (*The printed materials fee is limited to situations in which materials are needed by Japanese Instructors, International Speakers, or Japanese Cultural Instructors.)

How Can I Apply for the Help of a Volunteer?

  1. It is necessary to apply for the dispatch of a volunteer at least one month (in the case of volunteer interpreter, at least 3 days) before the day the volunteer's services will be needed.
  2. To apply, please clearly explain the activities you are requesting the volunteer participate in on the "REQUEST FORM FOR THE DISPATCH OF INTERPRETERS OR OTHER VOLUNTEERS", and then email, fax, or mail the form to Kagawa Prefecture International Exchange Association (I-PAL Kagawa).
  3. When I-PAL Kagawa is closed (generally Mondays), please apply at the Kagawa Prefecture International Affair's Division ( tel: 087-832-3028 fax: 087-837-4289).
  4. The application form is available online (Download below) as well as at the 2nd floor at I-PAL.

    5. REQUEST FORM FOR THE DISPATCH OF INTERPRETERS OR OTHER VOLUNTEERS （PDF：253KB）

We are now recruiting volunteer interpreters and other volunteers!

  1. To participate in volunteer activities, prior registration is required. Please register by filling out the separate REGISTRATION APPLICATION FOR VOLUNTEERS and then email, fax, or mail the form to Kagawa Prefecture International Exchange Association (I-PAL Kagawa).
  2. To complete full registration, you must take a training course which will be notified by mail in the near future. (The course will be held once every year.)
  3. The application form is available online (Download below) as well as at the 2nd floor at I-PAL.

    REGISTRATION APPLICATION FOR VOLUNTEERS　（PDF ：294KB）

  4. Applicants who have completed partial or full registration will be notified about the training course by email. Also, we are currently lending useful books for volunteer activities, so please come to the office located on the 2nd floor at I-PAL Kagawa for more information.
    (We're currently recruiting Japanese speaking foreigners to be volunteers！)

Contact Information

Kagawa Prefecture International Exchange Association
"Volunteer Dispatch Project"

ADDRESS：760-0017　Takamatsu City, Bancho, 1 Chome, 11-63　IPAL Kagawa
EMAIL：　toroku@i-pal.or.jp
FAX：　　 087-837-5903

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