With the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA, Chairman, Shinichi Kitaoka), and as part of the International Cooperation Project of our union, we will dispatch a rugby coach to the Republic of Madagascar as follows, said Japan Rugby Football Union (Chairman · Masao Okamura)
Expected activities:
1.Teach rugby skills and social discipline to youth at rugby centers and/or school.
2.Suggest effective practice methods and create materials for rugby center/school coaches.
3.Participate in seminars for coaches organized by the union and propose effective physical and technical training methods.
At this time, a volunteer will dispatch as JICA Youth Overseas Cooperation Volunteers who is between 20 to 39 years of age and will be able to utilize his/her skills and experiences based on requests from developing countries.
JRFU and JICA signed a collaboration agreement in July 2013 as "JICA-JRFU Scrum Project". We will continue to dispatch rugby coaches as JICA volunteers to contribute to the development of healthy young people in developing countries and at the same time plan to develop human resources for stakeholders in our country.
Name: Yuki Nakano
Hometown: Osaka
Destination: Republic of Madagascar
Assigned destination: Madagascar Rugby Union
Dispatch period: September 26, 2017 to September 25, 2019
Comment from Yuki Nakano:
I will try hard to spread rugby and try to spread the world through rugby.