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Haiti: River is turning into a garbage dump! Raising public awareness of...
AAR Japan started its assistance in Haiti soon after the massive earthquake hit the country in January 2010, and its operation are still ongoing. Since February 2013, we have equipped latrines and...
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Emergency Support for South Sudan: Safe Drinking Water Urgently Needed
As many as 26,000 people (as of March 14th) have fled from continuous fighting in South Sudan to Kakuma Refugee Camp in neighboring Kenya. This is a report on the relief activities and the refugees’...
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Cambodia: Providing Pleasure of Going to School for Children with Disabilities
With Try-and-Error Efforts of TeachersIn Cambodia many children with disabilities cannot receive education even after they reach schooling age for various reasons. In Kandal Province, southern...
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Local staff members from AAR Japan’s offices in Sudan and Afghanistan, who...
Report from the sites of mine actionIn April 2014, local staff members from AAR Japan’s offices in Afghanistan and Sudan, who have been providing landmine/UXO (unexploded ordnance) action, came to...
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South Sudan Emergency Aid: Water Supply Facilities Completed at Refugee Camp
About 38,000 people have evacuated South Sudan, which has been mired in conflict since the end of last year, to the Kakuma refugee camp in neighboring Kenya (as of June 11th, 2014. UNHCR <United...
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Sudan: The Japanese Ambassador visits the Mine Risk Education Project Site
MRE sessions conducted using the original education materials (November 22nd, 2013, Kassala) In Sudan, countless landmines were buried during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005). There are more...
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Attending the UN Meeting on Killer Robots
Attending the experts’ meeting in SwitzerlandGovernment representatives from 87 nations, UN agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and NGOs gathered for the convention. (May 13th,...
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Grateful for the continuing support 3 years on - Thank you for your...
Many warm sentiments delivered to TohokuIn the Heart-Warming Chocolate Delivery Campaign, messages of support from people all over Japan were attached to AAR Japan's charity chocolates and delivered to...
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Supporting Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) - Graduates of Vocational...
Offering vocational training to more than 1,200 PWDs for 15 yearsIn Myanmar, the superstition still persists among people that PWDs were born the way they were because they were sinful in their former...
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The Great East Japan Earthquake: The Power of Design – Creating product value...
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake, AAR has provided renovation assistance to some 80 welfare facilities which were damaged from the tsunami and earthquake so that persons with disabilities and the...
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Emergency Assistance in South Sudan: Providing children in refugee camps with...
As of April 30th, 34,000 people have fled South Sudan amid ongoing warfare and arrived at Kakuma Refugee Camp in the neighboring nation of Kenya. AAR is now providing support for the children in Kakuma...
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Myanmar: Landmine/UXO action Providing a safe and livable environment - even...
Myanmar (Burma) is said to be one of the world's most heavily mine-contaminated countries.In Karen state, which is in a particularly serious situation, Association for Aid and Relief Japan (AAR Japan)...
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Kenya: Efforts to ensure rural villagers have continued and secure access to...
From February to November in 2013, AAR Japan drilled wells and installed water supply equipment in five villages in Garissa County in the North Eastern Province of Kenya to allow villagers that had...
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AAR Attends Third Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
Three staff attended Maputo Summit: (from right) Bashir BAASER from Afghanistan Office, Harumi KAWAGOE from Sudan Office, and Masumi HONDA from Tokyo Office (June 23, 2014)From June 23 - 27, 2014, the...
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Typhoon Hitting the Philippines: Building Disaster-Resistant Housing on Your Own
The typhoon Yolanda (typhoon No.30 of 2013 in Japanese numbering) struck the Philippines on November 11, 2013. AAR Japan dispatched an emergency support team to the devastated area and has since been...
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Myanmar: How the community is changed by the social participation of persons...
Since 1999, AAR Japan has been engaging in a variety of activities to increase opportunities of social participation for persons with disabilities (PWDs)in Myanmar,for example,through vocational...
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The Great East Japan Earthquake: We Hosted an Overnight Camp to Keep Kids Active
AAR Japan hosted the "Nishi-Aizu Kids Wonderland Academy" for children and their guardians from the Hamadori area in Fukushima who have not been able to play outside due to the high level of radiation....
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“Different for Sure, But We are All Just the Same.” AAR Japan Hosted a...
On August 20, 2014, AAR Japan hosted a summer event for primary school kids under the title "Different for sure, but we are all just the same; let's think over disabilities and international...
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Afghanistan: AAR Deliver Basic Necessities to Homeless Victims of Landslides
Emergency Aid to AfghanistanFrom April through May in 2014, torrential rains continued on and off to ravage 27 provinces and 123 districts in Afghanistan, setting off flooding and landslides....
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Assistance to Syrian Refugees: “Connecting Syrians with the people of Turkey”
Escaping the Syrian civil war that has been continuing since 2011, many Syrians are crossing the border, and taking refuge in neighboring countries. The Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR...
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