JCHIP - Japan Children's Home Internship Program

05/13/2024

Pre-departure orientation THIS FRIDAY 5/17 @ 5:30pm in 18A Olson. Come early for pizza and drinks. Any former interns in the area--your presence would be most welcome!

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04/16/2024

Our first team of JCHIPpers in FIVE years will soon be off to Japan for their volunteer work this summer! We will be having our final Pre-Departure Orientation (with pizza, salad, drinks, snacks) on Friday, May 17, in Olson 18A, from 5:30pm. If there former interns, from ANY home, who could offer some departing words of wisdom from their own experience, we would appreciate your attendance. Let me know via email ([email protected]) if you can make it. Koyama-sensei and I would love to see you again!

10/09/2023

Just a reminder that the venue for the Oct. 14 (Sat) 10:30am info session is now 53A Olson. Hope to see many of you there!

10/01/2023

We are pleased to announce: JCHIP IS BACK!!
We will have our first information session on October 14th--if you are interested in becoming a JCHIP intern, you MUST attend one of three information sessions and this is the first session where we have THREE directors of JCHIP homes from Japan who will be talking about the JCHIP experience:
First Information Meeting:
OCTOBER 14 (SAT) 2023 @ 10:30AM
in 912 Sproul Hall
NOTE: For the security reason, no one can go in and out of Sproul on a weekend. So if you are a prospective student or former intern, please come to the front of Sproul Hall by 10:20 am so that we can es**rt you to our venue!
Who can apply? : Beginning knowledge of Japanese (JPN 3 or above) required.
If you are former JCHIPpers who would like to help prospective interns, please let us know by emailing [email protected] so that we will know how many participants to expect. Since almost all the former interns graduated by now, Sorensen sensei and I will need some help from JCHIP alumni!
Looking forward to hearing from you!

11/05/2021

After careful consideration, JCHIP will be on hiatus for one more year. We hope to start up the cycle again in Fall of 2022 to send interns to Japan in Summer 2023. Thanks for everyone's support!

09/27/2021

Those in charge of JCHIP will be having a meeting (via Zoom) on Sunday, October 10th to determine if we will be sending new interns for Summer 2022. More information as it becomes available!

01/10/2021

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of JCHIP founder Eiko Ihara Taylor. She passed away peacefully at her home in Southern California last November, and her obituary was just published in the Davis Enterprise.

https://www.davisenterprise.com/obits/eiko-ihara-taylor/

Memorial contributions to JCHIP can be made on the JCHIP page.

d. Nov. 21, 2020 Eiko (Miichan) Ihara Taylor, age 88, passed away peacefully on Nov. 21 due to Alzheimer’s disease. She was born and raised in Osaka, Japan, along with two brothers and two sisters. Miichan came to Davis in 1953 after marrying Everett Williams (Bill) Jameson Jr., in Kyoto. Bill

12/07/2020

UPDATE: JCHIP is currently on hiatus and we will not be sending interns for Summer 2021. We hope to start the process up again in Fall 2021 in order to send interns again in Summer 2022.

12/01/2020

Tuesday, December 1st, is "Giving Tuesday"--please consider making a donation in any amount to the JCHIP fund. Donations are tax deductible--JCHIP is a registered 501 (c) (3)--and the funds are used to support student travel to Japan to volunteer full-time over the summer months. JCHIP is on hiatus for Summer 2021, but we hope to send a full contingent of 15 interns to 8 homes in Japan in Summer 2022.

12/01/2020

There will be a public lecture, in English, from Japan, concerning the state of children's homes in Japan, and the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the facilities. JCHIP supporters, please consider tuning in:

12/01/2020

More information about JCHIP can be found here:

*Please note: JCHIP is on hiatus and we will not be sending interns for Summer 2021. We hope to send interns again in Summer 2022. What is the Japan Children’s Home Internship Program?