Projects for Intercultural Society
Support Children with International Backgrounds
Study Support for Children with International Background
SICPF is offering study support sessions for elementary school and junior high school students who are non-Japanese or have international background. We hold it in the morning of Saturday once a month (during summer break, 3 days in a row).
Please see the website of SAPPORO HELP DESK for Foreign Residents for the details.

Free Space for Children and Parents with International Background: Shima-Shima!
It is a place and time for children and their parents to spend time freely and make friends.
This event is mainly for children (elementary, junior high, and high school students) with international backgrounds and their parents.
There are the tables called "Study Island (Shima)", "Game Island", "Chatty Island", "Island for Parents" etc. and you can spend time at any "shima".
Please see the website of SAPPORO HELP DESK for Foreign Residents for the details.

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Elementary School Entrance Guidance for Foreign Parents and Children
We hold an elementary school admission information session for foreign national families whose children will be entering elementary school in Sapporo next year or later. We hold it in the end of October every year.
We will talk about what elementary schools are like, the process of enrollment, what to prepare and so on.
After the explanation, there will be time for parents to exchange information with each other and for their children to have fun experience the school life.
For the details, please see the website of SAPPORO HELP DESK for Foreign Residents.

Flier of 2024
Elementary School Enrollment Guidebook for Foreign Parents in Sapporo
This guidebook includes information such as how children spend a day in a Japanese elementary school, things to prepare before entering school, and so on. . (Published in January, 2022)
Available in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Mongolian (added in January 2024).
Education | Childcare and Education | SAPPORO HELP DESK for Foreign Residents

Child-rearing Support
The website of SAPPORO HELP DESK for Foreign Residents covers necessary information on child-rearing in Sapporo, and we hold meetup sessions for parents who are rasing child(ren) under school age to interact each other.
Meetup for Parents and Children with International Backgrounds
This is an event for children with international backgrounds and their families to interact with each other.
This event is for children with international backgrounds aged 0 to 5 and their families. Expecting mothers are welcome to participate.
Please see the website of SAPPORO HELP DESK for Foreign Residents for the details.

“Let’s go to Kosodate (Childcare) Salon” by SICPF Foreign Language Volunteers
SICPF Foreign Language Volunteers offer the volunteer activities to support those who wish to visit Kosodate Salon for the first time. (Language: Japanese, English)
“Let’s go to Kosodate Salon” by SKY Group
Child-rearing Seminar Materials, etc.
You can see the Child-rearing seminar materials that we held in the past years and other information on childcare from here.
Multilingual Materials - SICPF International Community Bureau -