The walls of the building have been collapsed. Photo taken in Nanao City, 3rd January, 2024.The Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, was hit by a massive earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on...
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Gender Analysis of Association for Aid and Relief Japan Beneficiaries and Activities in Antep, Urfa and Mardin

Executive Summary Ten years after the start of the civil war in Syria and the mass forced migration to neighboring countries, there are almost 3.6 million Syrian refugees living in Turkey, as the...
Ethiopia + 1 more
Ethiopian 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...
World + 6 more
Risks 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...
Hygiene 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 the...
Uganda + 1 more
Uganda : 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...
Tajikistan: School supplies for children affected by flood
The town of Sadriddin in Khuroson District, located about an hour and a half east of Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, was severely damaged by floods and landslides in mid-May. Aminova Zarina from...
Cambodia: Wheelchairs Help Nurture the Rapport Between PWDs and Their Local Community
ince 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...
Zambia + 1 more
Zambia: We are the ones to build the community! Until the “former refugees” stand up again
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...
Bangladesh + 1 more
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...
Uganda:Staying close to every landmine survivor and supporting each other within the community
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...
Uganda + 2 more
International community failing its commitment to the refugee crisis in Uganda, NGOs warn
Joint statement by 40 NGOs The international community is failing in its commitment to share responsibility for responding to one of the world's biggest refugee crises, 40 international NGOs in...
Kenya + 1 more
“Building Connections through Sports!” – Working Towards Refugees and Local Residents Living Side-by-Side
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...
One week after Typhoon Hagibis
The damage situation Super Typhoon Hagibis, the strongest storm in decades made quite heavy landfall on Japan last Saturday, 12 Oct. It has caused tremendous damage from central to northeast of...
Myanmar + 1 more
42 NGOs warn that return of refugees to Myanmar now would be dangerous and premature

Humanitarian and civil society agencies working in Rakhine State in Myanmar and in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are deeply concerned that the repatriation of refugees will commence in...
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One year into the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh [EN/BN]

One year passed since the beginning of the exodus of an estimated 706,000 Rohingya refugees from Rakhine State, Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh following what the UN High Commissioner for Human...
Vulnerability Multiplied in Syria: Report on the Survivors of Explosive Devices, June 2017

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over the course of 2016, the conflict in Syria escalated significantly, with devastating consequences for the population caught up in the midst of what has become a protracted civil...
Sudan: Saving More Lives
When do you wash your hands in your daily life? While the answer may vary from person to person, in Japan we usually teach our children to wash their hands before a meal, after using the toilet and...
Afghanistan + 1 more
No Help From Anywhere – Afghan Returnees in Deplorable Conditions
Today over 2 million Afghan refugees live in Pakistan. Since last July, the government of Pakistan has toughened its policy to repatriate Afghan refugees. As a result, 630,000 Afghan refugees...
Türkiye + 1 more
Turkey: Basic needs sector: Who, what, where as of 23rd December 2016

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