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This project began with a desire to provide continuous international cooperation following a study visit programme conducted in 2016 and 2017 by Professor Yoshiyuki Nagata’s laboratory in the Department of Education, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo. As a result, the project was selected for the JICA Partnership Program（JPP）in 2018. After the COVID-19 and the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, we concluded an agreement on international cooperation with the University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) and have been implementing an educational project for two years since February 2023.

In this project, we implemented joyful learning at a public primary school in a small village with the support of Keiko Okawa Laboratory, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (KMD), as well as our undergraduate and graduate students. The initiative focused on solving the garbage problem, which is one of the common social issues in Sri Lanka. Through the whole school approach to sustainability and the multi-stakeholder approach in which not only the school but also local families, universities, companies, and local government support the children, many smiles were brought to the them who had gone through a difficult time due to the COVID-19 and the economic crisis. The following booklet provides an overview of the results of the project. Please see the following booklet.

Booklet List

This is a collection of activities and worksheets.
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