AAR Japan & Support 21 Support Program for Emergency Evacuees Application...
Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan) and Support 21 jointly launch a support program for refugees/evacuees who have recently arrived in Japan to avoid warring or unstable situations in...
View ArticleAAR launches emergency support for Ukrainian refugees
AAR Japan [Association for Aid and Relief, Japan] launches an emergency fundraising campaign to support Ukrainian refugees who have fled Russia's military invasion of Ukraine to neighboring countries....
View ArticleI want to be a school teacher in the future: Supporting education for...
Cambodia is known for its World Heritage Site of Angkor. After the harsh civil war in the 1970s and 1980s, the country is now experiencing remarkable economic development, especially in the urban...
View ArticleSaga Prefecture's Affected Areas: Difficulties Continue After Two Months:...
More than two months after the torrential rains of August 2021, which caused extensive damage, mainly in Saga Prefecture, many people in the affected areas are still evacuating from their homes on the...
View ArticleEthiopian Refugees Forced to Live in Poor Sanitation Areas
The onset of clashes last November between the government forces and armed groups in the northern Ethiopian state of Tigray resulted in an enormous number of displaced people in the neighboring...
View ArticleTorrential rain in Kyushu: Distributing Japanese sweets from the...
It has been about two weeks since the record-breaking rainfall (August 2021) caused tremendous damage in Saga Prefecture and other areas in western Japan. Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR...
View ArticleEmergency Assistance in Saga Prefecture Affected by Torrential Rain
Since August 12, 2021, torrential rain has caused river overflow and flood damage in a wide area of western Japan, including Saga Prefecture. We would like to express our heartfelt sympathy to all...
View Article【Japan / COVID-19】Supporting welfare facilities and their business operations
We are continuing to provide support to the people in vulnerable situations such as dialysis patients who are more likely to become seriously ill if infected, and to welfare facilities for persons with...
View ArticleDistribution of Masks to Fight against COVID-19 In Cooperation with Eisai
A Congolese refugee and health volunteer (left), receives a mask at the Kyangwali refugee settlement in western Uganda on April 29.AAR Japan (Association for Aid and Relief, Japan) will distribute...
View ArticleRisks of Explosive devices ~ On International Mine Awareness Day~
According to the latest data from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), an international network in which AAR Japan participates, the number of confirmed deaths and injuries due to...
View Article10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake
10 years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011.AAR Japan began providing emergency assistance in the affected areas immediately after the disaster struck and continued...
View ArticleEmergency Relief for Earthquake in Tohoku
We would like to express our deepest sympathy to all those who have been affected by the earthquake that struck the Tohoku region on February 13, 2011 (Fukushima Earthquake). Immediately after the...
View ArticleHandcrafted Soap Distribution in Refugee Camps: Countermeasures against COVID-19
Since August, AAR Japan (Association for Aid and Relief, Japan) has been promoting the "Soap Campaign" along with emergency fundraising to fight the COVID-19. AAR staff members who had temporarily...
View ArticleTorrential Rains in Kyushu : Donating a Pick-up Vehicle to a PWD Facility
Donation of a pick-up vehicle Three months after the torrential rains in Kyushu in early July 2020, the areas affected by the disaster are still struggling to restore their daily life. Right after...
View ArticleHygiene products distributed to victims of the Turkey earthquake
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey on October 30 killed 115 people mostly in the city of Izmir. The Turkish government and aid agencies continue to support...
View ArticleEmergency assistance: Aegean earthquake
The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck the Aegean Sea on October 30 (Japan time) killed 76 people and injured 962 in Turkey, and as of today, thousands have been evacuated. We would like to express...
View ArticleTajikistan: School supplies for children affected by flood
Children looking forward to being back in school holding stationery set distributed by AAR (September 16, 2020.)The town of Sadriddin in Khuroson District, located about an hour and a half east of...
View ArticleUganga : Education for Congolese refugee children
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (referred to as Congo below) in central Africa has been unstable since the 1990s, but tensions have further escalated in the wake of the presidential elections at...
View ArticleTorrential rain in Kyushu: Providing supplies to welfare facilities for PWD
The torrential rains in Kyushu in early July caused extensive damage in Kumamoto Prefecture and various areas in Japan, and restoration work is still ongoing in the affected areas. We pray for the...
View ArticleUganda: Refugees prevent the spread of COVID-19 with homemade masks
In the eastern African country of Uganda, where the spread of COVID-19 continues, AAR Japan held a mask-making workshop to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at a South Sudanese refugee camp, located in...
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