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Emergency Assistance for Syrian Refugees: A Boy Deprived of His Smile by a...
A talk event where Yoshifumi KAWABATA, a photo-journalist, and Yoshifumi KAGEHIRA of AAR Japan Tokyo Office discuss emergency assistance for Syrian refugees will be held 8F Yaezu Book Center from 19:00...
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Emergency Assistance for Syrian Refugees: From the Scene of Syrian Crisis — A...
There were rows of earth-colored tents on the camp site, surrounded by a wall. When I looked into a large tent found in one corner of the camp, around 40 children were practicing pronunciation of...
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Turkey: Building a Social Ground to Promote the Well-being of Syrian Refugees
In July 2014, AAR Japan established a community center in the city of Sanliurfa located in southeastern Turkey for Syrian refugees, having no prospects of returning home, wish to settle in Turkey. At...
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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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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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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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“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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Pakistan: No Desks, No Chairs, No Toilets! Improving the School Environment
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province located in the northwestern part of Pakistan, shares an international border with Afghanistan. This province has more than 50 camps that house as many as 1.5 million...
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Vanuatu/ Cyclone Pam: Two Weeks since Cyclone Pam – Distributing Emergency...
Provision of clean clothes to the disaster victims Association of Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan, which has headquarters in Tokyo, and is led by President Yukiko OSA) has dispatched Fukuro KAKIZAWA...
View ArticleNepal: AAR Japan Dispatches Emergency Relief Team to Nepal
Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan), with its headquarters in Tokyo, dispatches its emergency response team to Nepal to help earthquake victims.A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of...
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8 Million People Affected: AAR Japans Responds to the Earthquake in Nepal
Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan), with its headquarters in Tokyo, sends its emergency response team to Nepal on April 28th from Narita.The team, led by Noriyasu OKAYAMA, who speaks...
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The Ideal Form of Future International Cooperation: The Commemorative...
AAR Japan (Association for Aid and Relief, Japan) hosted a symposium on the theme of “The world we are in now: envisioning the future of international cooperation” at U Thant International Conference...
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Great East Japan Earthquake: Share and Reflect the Disaster with Survivors –...
We will soon pass the four-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Yet many survivors are still forced to live in temporary housing complexes. AAR Japan continues to provide tailored aid...
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Cyclone Pam: Catastrophic Damage on Farm Products on the Self-Sufficient...
AAR Japan, with their headquarters located in Tokyo, is conducting a damage assessment brought by Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu. In Vanuatu, agriculture is the main source of livelihood, hence people's lives...
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Afghanistan: From One Woman to Another – The Future of Mine Risk Education
In Afghanistan, with prolonged security instability, at least 40 people a month still fall victims of mines and UXOs. In an effort to help people protect themselves from the risk of landmines, AAR...
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Vanuatu/ Cyclone Pam: Distributing Clean Clothes and Kitchen Goods
“We are wearing scavenged clothes”AAR Japan is engaged in emergency relief activities in Vanuatu, a South Pacific island country, which was struck by Cyclone Pam from March 13th to 14th, 2015. The...
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From Soma Onward; Working Together for Disaster Risk Reduction
The “Disaster Risk Reduction Event in Soma” was held on March 15th and 16th, 2015. Held concurrently with the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) (March 14th to 18th) the event was...
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