The Japan International Cooperation (JICA) has dispatched emergency relief supplies to Jordan in response to the damages caused by the recent floods.

Emergency goods to the value of 13 million JPY – including 50 tents and 3,900 blankets – arrived in Jordan’s capital to assist Syrian refugees in the country. On that day at 12 noon, a handover ceremony took place at the UNHCR office located in the Zaatari refugee camp.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has dispatched emergency relief supplies to the Republic of Fiji following the recent cyclone which has ravaged the country.

Emergency goods, including 30 tents, 150 sleeping mats, 20 generators and 70 plastic sheets, valued at 12 million JPY, arrived at Nadi International Airport on 25 December. A handover ceremony was held at 9:45 (local time) on the following day at the government office.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has dispatched emergency relief supplies to the Philippines following the typhoon which hit the country on 4th December.

Emergency goods to the value of JPY 45 million – including 300 tents, 200 plastic sheets, 3000 portable jerry cans and 3000 sleeping pads - arrived in the capital, Manila, on 11th December.

TOKYO, 13 December 2012 - A landmark partnership agreement between the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will bring new impetus to humanitarian interventions and sustainable development programmes benefitting vulnerable people in high-risk countries around the world.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) dispatched emergency relief supplies to the Republic of Nigeria in response to the floods caused by torrential rainfall.

Emergency goods to the value of JPY 52 million arrived in the capital, Abuja, at around midnight on 17th November. A handover ceremony was held in Abuja International Airport at 2 pm on the 19th.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has sent emergency relief goods to the Republic of Cuba in response to the country’s appeal for assistance on 1st November. The county has been struggling to recover from the destruction of Hurricane Sandy, which struck the eastern part of the country including Santiago de Cuba Province on 25th October.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) dispatched emergency relief supplies to the Islamic Republic of Iran following earthquakes that struck the north-western part of the country this month.

Emergency goods, portable toilet-shower boxes, valued at 18 million JPY were locally procured by JICA. A handover ceremony was held at 17:00 (local time) on 22 August.

The ceremony was attended by Mr Kinichi Komano, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Iran, and Mr Yasuto Takeuchi, Chief Representative of JICA Iran Office.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has dispatched emergency relief supplies to the Republic of Congo following an explosion in a munitions depot in the capital city of Brazzaville.

Emergency goods were dispatched by JICA from the World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in Accra, and arrived at the international airport in the capital city. A handover ceremony was held at 13:15 (local time) at the school of the deaf under the Ministry for Social Affairs, Humanitarian Action and National Solidarity building in Brazzaville on 26 March.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has dispatched emergency relief supplies to Fiji following floods which have ravaged the western part of the country in recent weeks.

Emergency goods to the value of JPY 18 million (USD 235,000) were dispatched from JICA’s Singapore warehouse and arrived at Nadi International Airport on 31 January. A handover ceremony was held in Lautoka, the capital of Fiji’s Western Division, at 10:00 am (local time) on that day.