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Laos: Mushroom Cultivation Is the First Step towards Financial Independence
It is said that approximately 160,000 people in Laos (2.8% of the population) are PWDs, and 75% of them are between 15 and 64, which means that they should be part of the workforce in the country....
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Typhoon Hagibis update : New concern of infectious diseases
The sludge all over the kindergarten facility“Can you help us...?” We received a phone call from a kindergarten in Fukushima. This kindergarten is located in Soma city, which is one of the worst-hit...
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Propositions from Japan and Myanmar at International Conferences on...
AAR Japan’s staff members participated in two regional conferences, namely the Rehabilitation International Asia & Pacific Regional Conference, held from June 26th to 28th, 2019, in Macau; and also...
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“Building Connections through Sports!” – Working Towards Refugees and Local...
Since 2017, AAR Japan has been active in Kalobeyei, which borders South Sudan in the Turkana District in northwest Kenya, working towards a peaceful coexistence between the local residents and the...
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Uganda：Staying close to every landmine survivor and supporting each other...
The support project that AAR Japan conducts in the East African country of Uganda helps landmine survivors wear their prosthetic legs. This support plan makes a difference for those people whose lives...
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Turkey: Diversified Aid to Support the Lives of Refugees in the City
Nine years have passed since the Syrian conflict started in March 2011. The number of Syrian refugees who have fled to Turkey (the neighboring country) and who are unclear if and when they will be able...
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Sudan: Partnering with Locals to find Sanitation Solutions in Sudan
From February 2016 to March 2019, AAR Japan worked to install water supply equipment in the Reefi Aroma locality of Kassala State, 500km east of the capital Khartoum, in Sudan. The aim was to increase...
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Support for victims of Typhoon Hagibis (2019): Steady progress for...
Vehicle handover ceremony at the social welfare corporation “Work Center Mugi” in Sukagawa, Fukushima prefecture on December 12, 2019. Ms.Matsuo from IMC(right) and Mr.Shigemasa Aoki from “Gospel...
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Bangladesh: Offering a Comfortable Space for Women and Children
As of September, 2019, more than 910,000 refugees from Rakhine State, in the western part of Myanmar, live in Cox’s Bazar Province, which is located in the south-eastern part of Bangladesh. Since the...
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Tajikistan: Inclusive Education Project (3rd Phase) in Hissar City begins
In Tajikistan, the conventional view that “children with disabilities should receive their education at specially established boarding schools” is deeply rooted. Coupled with existing discrimination...
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Information Gathering and Assistance Start in Turkey, Pakistan and Japan...
In Turkey where AAR Japan has been active with a Syrian refugees assistance program, COVID-19 infection cases reached 3,629 (Source: Turkish Ministry of Health, as of March 26th) and the government has...
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Emergency Assistance in Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak – Request for...
March 26th, 2020As the impact of COVID-19 pandemic spreads, AAR Japan has started a scoping survey with a view to providing emergency assistance.In Japan, AAR Japan has received requests for...
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COVID-19 Emergency Assistance: Sanitation Goods Supply Underway for...
March 30th, 2020On March 28th and 29th, AAR Japan carried out a survey on necessary support and issues faced by people with disabilities amid the COVID-19 crisis. The survey was conducted among...
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Cambodia: Wheelchairs Help Nurture the Rapport Between PWDs and Their Local...
Since the year of 1992, the Association for Aid and Relief, Japan, (AAR Japan), has provided assistance to people with disabilities (PWDs) in Cambodia. In 1994, AAR Japan set up a workshop to build...
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Zambia: We are the ones to build the community! ---Until the “former...
The policy gathers global attention, but how is the situation on the ground? “I’m old now. I’ve been living in a refugee settlement for decades as a refugee. Suddenly, I was told ‘you are no longer a...
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Afghanistan: “This school doesn’t have any obstacles to stop my studies...
AAR Japan has been promoting inclusive education (*) in Afghanistan since 2014. Our goal is to create an environment where all children can learn together, regardless of whether they have a disability....
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Pakistan: “A School With Toilets Is Precisely What We Have Dreamed About!”
From February 2016 to September 2019, the Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan), implemented a hygiene-enhancement project that was targeted at elementary schools of the Haripur District of...
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Expanding Goods Supply to Disability Organizations: COVID-19 Emergency...
Expanding Goods Supply to Disability Organizations: COVID-19 Emergency AssistanceSince this April, AAR Japan has been supplying sanitation goods including masks to organizations and welfare facilities...
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Pakistan - COVID-19 Emergency Assistance, Distributing relief items and...
AAR Japan is distributing emergency assistance items for families facing a high risk of infection due to their fragile social-economic situations, such as families with children with...
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Myanmar COVID-19 Emergency Assistance, Food distribution to families with...
We have distributed packages of 10 kg of rice, 1 litter of oil, 30 eggs, 1.6 kg of chickpeas and 1.6 kg of potatoes. AAR Myanmar Office's staff took measures to prevent the spread of infection, such as...
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