SMILOCAL
HOMELESS
To Cultivate a Better Understanding of Homeless
We focus on the people living on the streets of Kamagasaki in Osaka Prefecture.
We are engaged in various activities, such as holding events to help homeless transition to community and conducting surveys and analysis to understand the actual situation.
Here are some of the activities we've been working on
Please check out our blog for more information on our activities.
✓FREE TALKING
It makes sense this event will continue in the long term. We're going to continue to try and develop it in various ways!
Purpose：
We hold free talk events with homeless and welfare recipients.
The purpose of this event is to deepen our understanding of them and to create a place for them to live.It also aims to remove the prejudice and sense of exclusion that people unconsciously hold against them.
Overview：
Free discussion on various topics (love, entertainment, happiness, Japan, etc.) with people living on the street, and simple recreation.
The event was held in cooperation with the Nishinari-Hitohana Center (hereafter, Hitohana Center).The first session was for Hitohana Center users, but the second and third sessions are designed to involve a wide range of people.
✓論文執筆
西成区で直接アンケート調査から得たデータを用いて
様々な観点から分析します。
また、色んな方にこのような研究結果を発表することで
路上生活者が抱えている問題や偏見をなくすため
毎年、論文を執筆しています。
Purpose：The film captures the problems and realities of homeless and welfare recipients in Kamagasaki.
Based on the philosophy of our group, we will examine effective policies for the problem. Each year we come up with a theme from a variety of perspectives.
Method：
We go to Kamagasaki and interview them using our own questionnaire. Then, based on the data obtained, we analyze it and make policy recommendations.
We won a subcommittee award at the 2019 paper presentation conference WEST!
『On the lives and attachments of homeless
Using the case of Nishinari Ward, Osaka City』
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路上生活者における
社会的排除の現状
概要
We are member of Kurita Seminar, Faculty of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University.
KGU Economics Kurita seminar
Our specialty is development economics, where we study what we can do to expand the freedom and potential of people living in developing countries.
In such a situation, "We want to look not only at the developing countries, but also at the country! So, in 2017, We started SMILOCAL.
SMILOCAL is working to build a better future in a community-based way, mainly in the Kansai region, under the activity philosophy of "Bringing smiles to tomorrow in this city".