January 8, 2016
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Welfare Foundation
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Welfare Foundation Announces
Overseas NPO Social Welfare Grant Recipients
The Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Welfare Foundation (President: Masaya Futamiya) has announced
the 2015 overseas nonprofit social welfare organizations selected for grants totaling 4.6 million
yen. The six recipients, introduced below with a summary of their activities, are engaged insocial welfare programs in India and ASEAN countries.
Overseas grant program
The Foundation launched the grant program for overseas social welfare organizations in 2010
as an extension of financial support program for social welfare organizations in Japan. TheFoundation provides overseas grants to support nonprofit organizations conducting socialwelfare activities in developing countries and regions. The fiscal year 2015 grants wereawarded based on recommendations solicited from individuals at Japanese companies
operating in India and the ASEAN member states—Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Grant presentation ceremonies
The Foundation and local affiliates of Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. in each region willhost grant presentation ceremonies for the recipients by the end of March 2016.
The Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Welfare Foundation
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Welfare Foundation is a public service entity created and funded by
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. to promote social welfare activities. In addition to its
core mission of awarding the above grants, the Foundation provides research grants andpresents seminars and lectures in the social welfare, social insurance, nonlife insurance, andgerontology fields. The Foundation also presents the Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Welfare
Foundation Award for outstanding academic research in social welfare in Japan, subsidizes
lectures and symposiums presented by the award recipients, and offers scholarships and loans
to individuals training to be care workers.

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Fiscal Year 2015 Overseas Grant Recipients
CountryMalaysia

Organization

PT Foundation

Myanmar
Eden Centre for
Disabled Children(ECDC)

Philippines
Action Inc.

Singapore

SPD

Association for
Independent Living ofPeople With Disability(AILD)
Thailand
Health and Share
Foundation

Use of Grant Funds

Grant AmountFund HIV/AIDS prevention
and care activities andprograms for children livingwith HIV

15,000 MYR(Approximately¥500,000)

Fund care programs forchildren and youth withdisabilities and projects topromote independence andfeelings of empowerment

8 mil. MMK(Approximately¥800,000)Fund haircut training forchildren in orphanages andpoverty zones as part of its
occupational training
program to promote
self-reliance

380,000 PHP(Approximately¥1 million)

Fund wheelchair upgrades
to boost the workplace
productivity of people withphysical disabilities and toacquire containers andpallets needed for packing
operations

10,000 SGD(Approximately¥900,000)Fund improvements toaccess to and usage offacilities at local markets aspart of a project to improve
the local environment forpeople with disabilities
Fund a treatment support
project for people living withHIV

200,000 THB(Approximately¥700,000)

200,000 THB(Approximately¥700,000)