Global
PartnershipforSustainable
Peace

AnnualReport2016

What is GPSP? .............................................01
A. Peace Building …………………………….02
1. GPSP Multi National Medical Mission
1) Emergency Relief2) Post Disaster Assistance3) AMDA Platform for Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Strategy
2. GPSP Soul and Medicine Program
B. Educational Support ……………………...11
1. GPSP Kids Projects
2. Global Human Resources Development Projects
3. Scholarship Programs
C. Promotion of Health ………………………16
1. GPSP Friendship Hospitals
2. GPSP Medical Mission
3. Primary Health CareD. Livelihood Support ...……………………..19
1. Organic FarmingGlobal Partnership for
Sustainable Peace
In the spirit ofSogo-Fujo
相

互

扶

助

‘Sogo-Fujo’ is a cycle of giving and receiving, a traditional value
deeply rooted in the Japanese close-knit community life.

‘Sogo-Fujo’ is something we are all born with regardless of race, religion, andculture. We all have the desire to help others and to be of service to the community
we live in.
‘Sogo-Fujo’ creates a true partnership based on respect and trust for each other.
Human dignity and pride must be respected at all time especially for people at thereceiving end of the assistance. People in need of help today may be the servicegiver of tomorrow or in other occasions.
‘Sogo-Fujo’ unites the world. We will never abandon each other as we all are
equally irreplaceable as a part of the whole global community. Each community with
its own culture and sentiments should be embraced as a powerful element forpeaceful coexistence of diversity and not as a dividing force.
AMDA advocates ‘Open Sogo-Fujo’, an universal foundation of peace, extending
mutual assistance across and beyond one’s community.

What is GPSP?
A.
Peace
Building

In 2014, AMDA established aconcept of global network named,“GlobalB.
Educational

D.
Livelihood
SupportPartnershipforSustainable Peace” (GPSP). The
aim of this network is coexistenceof diversity which is virtually

Supportindispensable for world peace.
Under this concept, programs

C.
Promotionof Healthhave been developed beyond
borders with the philosophy ofOpen Sogo-Fujo (which literallymeans “mutual support/help” inJapanese), the universal value of

Globalthe 21st century, as its main

Partnership forof four fields of activities, namely,

Sustainable
Peace

theme. The framework consists
A) peace building, B) educational
support, C) promotion of health, and D) livelihood
support.
AMDA defines peace as “today’s family life withhope for better tomorrow.” “Today’s family life”

symbolizes a family condition where one has sufficient food to maintain a decent living. The
phrase, “hope for better tomorrow” points to providing education to children. The said four fieldsof GPSP activities have been set to abate conflict, disaster, and poverty, all of which areconsidered hindrances to attaining peace.
By involving governments, local public authorities, public interest groups, corporate enterprises,
and academia, AMDA hopes to enlighten the world with the concept of Open Sogo-Fujo torealize coexistence of diversity. This is the end goal of Global Partnership for Sustainable Peace.

1

A. Peace Building
1. GPSP Multinational Medical Mission
Emergency Relief
AMDA is extending a helping hand to the victims of both natural and man-made disasters
around the world. As timely dispatch of relief personnel and aid delivery are crucial for
emergency assistance, AMDA keeps an eye on the latest conditions and needs on the
ground.

2

Emergency Relief 2016
◆Kumamoto Earthquake (Japan)
Activity Location: Mashiki-machi and its vicinities
Project Period: 15 AprilBenefitted Population: 2,909
Counterpart:

Soja

City

Government,

Okayama

Association of Corporate Executives etc.
Overview: In response to the earthquake (mag. 6.4) thatstruck Kumamoto, Japan at 9:26pm on 14 April 2016, AMDA
conducted medical relief in Mashiki-machi, the hardest-hit town in the area. On 16 April, anothermassive quake hit the same region and, all together, left 50 people dead and 1,684 people injured.
The extent of the disaster was the third-most severe case to occur after the Great East Japan
Earthquake (2011) and Hanshin Great Earthquake (1995). In Mashiki-machi, AMDA was based in a
local elementary school in which the team provided medical care as well as acupuncture services toease people’s evacuation life.
◆Ecuador Earthquake
Activity Location: Pedernales, Manabi Province
Project Period: 23 AprilBenefitted Population: 140
Counterpart: Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Overview: In response to the massive earthquake (mag.7.8)
that hit Ecuador on 17 April 2016, AMDA conducted medical
relief in the disaster-stricken area. On 21 April, theGovernment of Ecuador announced that the quake had caused 570 deaths with over 7,000 people
injured while strong aftershocks continued in the region. It was also reported that more than 25,000
people had been displaced and 155 people had been missing. On 23 April, AMDA sent one
coordinator from its headquarters in Okayama, Japan, to work with medical personnel from
Universidad San Francisco de Quito. The joint medical relief effort took place in Pedernales in
Manabi Province located in the coastal region in the northwest. The team also supported local
children in regaining normalcy in their daily life. Since schools had been closed for more than twomonths, the team conducted a summer-camp style education program to let the children carry on
with school studies.

3◆Sri Lanka Floods and Landslides
Activity Location: Colombo and its suburbs
Project Period: 02 June-08 June & 20 June
Benefitted Population: 460+
Counterpart: AMDA Sri Lanka
St. John Ambulance Sri Lanka,
Lions Club Negambo
Rissho-Kosekai's Donate-A-Meal Movement

Overview:
In mid-May, the greater part of Sri Lanka went
through severe floods and landslides. Several days of incessant rain caused extensive floods inmany parts including Colombo. More than 100 people died and more than 250,000 people wereaffected around the country. AMDA conducted emergency relief over two phases in which AMDA’srelief team 1) donated school supplies to local children in Malwana, and 2) offered free clinic services
in Kolonnawa. AMDA also donated mosquito nets to prevent dengue fever.
◆Iwate Typhoon (Japan)
Activity Location: Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture
Project Period: 30 August-14 September
Benefitted Population: 25
Overview: Consecutive typhoons which hit Iwate inJapan’s northwest forced the residents to fleehomes. AMDA Health Support Center in the locality
provided shelter to the elderly who had difficulty
reaching the designated evacuation centers. AMDA
also supplied relief goods to the evacuees.
◆Haiti Hurricane
Activity Location: Moron
Project Period: 08-27 October
Benefitted Population: 232
Counterpart: AMDA Haiti, TMAT
Overview: In response to the massive
Hurricane Matthew that struck the Caribbean
region on 04 October 2016, AMDA conductedemergency relief with AMDA Haiti andpersonnel from TMAT, a Japan-based medical
NGO providing disaster relief. According to WHO, the death toll was 546 and 158 people werereportedly missing. The displaced population topped 175,000 nationwide. The joint relief team4

mainly organized sanitation control and preventive education of cholera in Moron where cholera
outbreak was feared. In addition, AMDA hired local people to provide free meals as malnutrition
was affecting people’s health condition.
◆Tottori Earthquake (Japan)
Activity Location: Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture
Project Period: 24-26 October
Benefitted Population: N/ACounterpart: N/A
Overview: The earthquake that hit the central part of
Tottori Prefecture forced the residents to live in anxiety
while frequent aftershocks shook Kurayoshi, one of themain cities in the region. AMDA dispatched one coordinator and two nurses to assess theconditions in local evacuation shelters, and conducted a door-to-door survey accompanying the
Kurayoshi City staff. They also provided leaflets to encourage residents to use a volunteer centerset up by the city’s social welfare council.
◆Fukushima Coastal Earthquake (Japan)
Activity Location: Minami-soma, Fukushima Prefecture
Project Period: 22-24 November
Benefitted Population: N/ACounterpart: Bridge for Fukushima
Overview: AMDA immediately sent a relief team after amag.7.4 earthquake that occurred in Fukushima on 22
November 2016. The team met up with a Fukushima-based organization, Bridge for Fukushima,
led by a former AMDA employee. As no visible damage or loss was reported from the quake, theteam decided to withdraw from the area after conducting a needs survey in several locations.

◆Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
Activity Location: Aceh Province, Sumatra
Project Period: 09-15 December
Benefitted Population: 189
Counterpart: AMDA Indonesia,
Hasanuddin University
Overview: To help the people affected by theearthquake that killed 102 and injured more than 500
people, AMDA sent a relief team comprising anesthetists (AMDA Indonesia) and orthopedists(Hasanuddin University) to Aceh Province in the northernmost part of Sumatra Island. After the5disaster assessment, the team conducted mobile clinic and provided relief supplies in Sigli.
◆Niigata Great Fire Disaster (Japan)
Activity Location: Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture
Project Period: 24-26 December
Benefitted Population: N/ACounterpart: Soja City Government (Okayama)
Overview: AMDA sent relief personnel in collaboration
with

Soja

City

Government(AMDA’slongtime

collaborator) after the great fire burned down as many as
150 buildings in Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture. Alongside
the disaster survey at evacuation shelters, the teamvisited the regional disaster headquarters to meet theVice-Mayor of Itoigawa City. As it was in time for Christmas, AMDA provided Christmas cakes to theevacuees.
◆Indonesia Flood
Activity Location: Nusa Tenggara
Project Period: 28 December-2 January (2017)
Benefitted Population: 280
Counterpart: AMDA Indonesia
Overview: The cyclone that swept across the Indian
Ocean brought torrential downpours to West Nusa
Tenggara in Indonesia. The area is home to 100,000
people and was flooded across 33 districts. AMDA Indonesia sent a medical team to provide amobile clinic service in the region and saw 280 patients in two days. The team also provided
distributed goods such as toys to children and books to adults.
◆Ibaraki Earthquake (Japan)
Activity Location: Takahagi City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Project Period: 29-30 December
Benefitted Population: N/A
Overview: AMDA sent personnel to assess the damage from amag.6.3 earthquake that struck Takahagi City in Ibaraki Prefectureon 28 December 2016. The city was normalized by the morning of
the next day, leading the evacuation shelters to close. No medical needs were seen although cracks
were visible in the walls of the buildings.

6◆Philippines Typhoon
Activity Location: Catanduanes, Philippines
Project Period: 11-16 January (2017)
Benefitted Population: 500 households
Counterpart:
The Office of the Cabinet Secretary of thePhilippines, Catanduanes State University
Extension School, local police, Barangay
regional officers
Overview: On 25 October 2016, the typhoon
which landed on the island of Catanduanes (located in southeast of Luzon) swept through Albay
Province, leaving serious scars in the entire region. AMDA monitored the local condition bykeeping in touch with its local counterpart and decided to carry out food distribution as a result of
local assessment. The food donation was much appreciated by local farmers because Abaca, anative crop which had been their main source of income, was severely damaged by the typhoon.

List of Emergency Relief Activities in 2016
Month

Title

Country

April

Kumamoto Earthquake

Japan

April

Ecuador Earthquake

EcuadorJune

Sri Lanka Floods/Landslides

Sri Lanka

AugustIwate Typhoon

Japan

October

Haiti Hurricane

Haiti

October

Tottori Earthquake

Japan

November

Fukushima Coastal EarthquakeJapan

December

Sumatra Earthquake

Indonesia

December

Niigata Great Fire DisasterJapan

DecemberIndonesia Flood

Indonesia

December

Ibaraki Earthquake

Japan

January (2017)

Philippines Typhoon

Philippines

7

Post Disaster Assistance 2016
When the emergency phase is over, relief activities enter the so-called “post disaster phase”
following the decline in emergency medical needs.

Earthquake in Central Nepal (April
2015)
The deadly earthquake (magnitude of 7.8) that hit
Nepal on 25 April 2015 left more than 8,500 people
dead and over 22,000 people injured. It was theworst natural disaster to strike Nepal since 1934.
As many towns and villages were flattened
throughout the country, AMDA deployed Multinational Medical Mission to help numerous people
who were forced to flee homes.

Some of the afflicted people wereimpaired by the injuries they suffered. A
Japanese physiotherapist residing in
Nepal was asked to join AMDA’s relief
effort in providing wheelchairs andother life-assistance devices. Not only
handling the logistics, he was also incharge of making some of the lifesupport gear by himself. Ever since, he
has been administering a wheel-chairrelated project to help supply wheel
chairs to those in need.

Trauma care is one of the most in-demand assistance that needs to be fulfilled at disaster-strickensites. AMDA, Japan Medical Association and Nepal Medical Association jointly organized psychiatricworkshops for volunteers to boost the number of counsellors in Nepal. Now, more than 400 trainedcounsellors are working to help the victims cope with emotional obstacles in their daily life.
8

Post-Disaster Assistance for Great East Japan Earthquake (2011～)
On 11 March 2011, the earthquake of unprecedented
scale (mag.9.0) followed by dire tsunami wiped out theeastern part of Japan which resulted in 15,800 deaths withover 2,500 people missing. AMDA launched emergency
relief in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture on the following day thequake struck. Throughout the relief, AMDA sent 149
personnel to various locations. The emergency relief wenton until the end of April followed by various post-disasterassistance, with which some of them are still ongoing. Fiveyears on, the affected regions have entered thetransitional phase where people have moved from make-shift residences to council housing or new
houses. The pressing issue for now is how to rebuild local communities that are facing the problemof dwindling population. This also implies that the overall manpower for the regional reconstruction
is getting less.

Disaster Preparedness
In recent years, “disaster preparedness” has become one of the key concepts for AMDA due
to the drastic increase in natural calamities. It is deeply rooted in every AMDA staff to ensure
a concrete response to unforeseen disasters.

AMDA Platform for Nankai
Trough Earthquake Disaster
Strategy
The Japanese government predicts that an
earthquakeofimmeasurable

scale

is

expected to strike Japan along the NankaiTrough within the next 30 years. The quake issaid to cause massive tsunami that could
devastate the extensive coastline along the
Pacific Ocean, from Shizuoka to Miyazaki (throughout the central to the west Japan). The estimateddeath toll is over 300,000 and 2 million buildings would be damaged. AMDA has established acomprehensive counter-disaster scheme, “AMDA Platform for Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster
Strategy” to prepare for this foreseen crisis.

9

AMDA’s focus is on Shikoku region (Kochi and Tokushima in particular) given that, 1) the access tothe area will be difficult once the disaster strikes, and 2) aid assistance will be concentrated in
Osaka and Nagoya as they are major cities with easy access.
By enhancing interactions between aid organizations, local governments and medical institutions,the platform enables a swift response to the crisis and provides assistance in a timely manner.

2. GPSP Soul and Medicine Program
AMDA believes that healing a humansoul is essential to peace building. To pay
tribute to war victims, AMDA has held
GPSP Soul and Medicine Program inpast battlefields around the world. The
program has a twofold purpose: 1) toconductamulti-religious

memorial

service to pay tribute to those who

GPSP-SMP in Mongolia 2016

suffered or died in conflicts and wars, and2) to provide medical services to the present communities.
10

In 2005, the concept was expanded to include natural disaster victims as a result of calamitous
tsunami that hit South Asia on 26 December 2004. Since then, AMDA has held a memorial service
in the locations where AMDA conducted emergency relief.

GPSP SMP in Mongolia 2016 (Gandan Monastery, Ulaanbaatar)
On 04 September 2016, GPSP Soul and Medicine Program in Mongolia was held for the ninth time
to commemorate the victims of the Battles of Khalkhyn Gol which took place in 1939. The ceremony
was attended by both Mongolian and Japanese priests to offer peace prayers for the realization of
better world. Regardless of what one’s race or creed may be, AMDA is determined to spread thespirit of “Open Sogo-Fujo”, a concept which embodies mutual assistance in the most accessible
manner.

B. Educational Support
1. GPSP Kids Projects
Children who are not given enough opportunities to harness their motivation or potential for selfrealization are what we call “GPSP Kids”. They are often orphans, disabled, or children living in slums,
disaster-affected areas or in remote mountains. The needs of these children differ from place to place.
Providing physical checkups, nutritional meals, sports programs, inter-cultural or religious programs
are some of the activities AMDA has incorporated into this initiative. GPSP will continue in thistradition to cater to the needs of these children.

AMDA Peace Building Program in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

11

AMDA Peace Building Program (AMDA PBP) was initially started, having 26 years of ethnic
conflict in Sri Lanka as a background. It was during the time of ceasefire (2003-2006) in which
AMDA dispatched medical professionals from Japan to provide medical services and community
health education to opposing communities in an equal manner. It was initially called “AMDA Peace
Building through Medicine” which helped promote peace by building trust through medical
services. AMDA started a youth exchange program in 2011 for the second phase of this peacebuilding initiative.
Ever since, the youth exchange has become a yearly event where students from different
ethnic/religious communities get together to nurture mutual understanding.

For this year, the members of AMDA High School Club visited Sri Lanka in late July to participate
in a cultural exchange program which convened students from Trincomalee, Kilinochchi, andMatale, all of which represented different ethnic/religious communities. The event deepened theirmutual understanding through various activities including sports, dance and workshop, and byvisiting the temple of each religious faith. For the workshop, they were randomly put into groups
to work on certain topics and exchanged ideas to present the final outcome. It is hoped that thisprogram will inspire the youths in creating a peaceful world by encouraging them to acknowledge
and embrace each other’s differences.

2. Global Human Resource Development Projects
The whole idea behind AMDA’s global human resource development was to kick-start an
educational program targeted toward youths who envision their future career on the international
stage. Pursuant to this successful attempt, GPSP has been building more comprehensive humanresource development programs by involving organizations from various GPSP member countries.
Each stakeholder of GPSP has been taking an active part in the making of these programs forthe future peace makers of the world.

12

Japanese Doctors to Contribute to Regional Medicine in Rwanda(September 2016)
Under the subsidy of Okayama Prefecture, AMDA sent a group of Japanese doctors to Rwanda
to pass on their expertise in pediatrics, and transfer the school medical-check systemstandardized in Japan. This is part of Okayama Prefectural Government’s International
Contribution Project for Local-to-Local Technical Transfer, which, at this time, aims to diffuse
Japanese medical expertise.

The doctors were sent to the western part of Rwanda and Kigali. At Umuco Mwiza School, theJapanese doctors conducted medical examination on the students, and discussed how pediatrics
can be improved in Rwanda based on their assessment.

13

Training for Nepalese Doctor in Okayama, Japan(September-November 2016)
In line with the said program run by Okayama Prefectural
Government, one doctor from Nepal was invited to learn
Japan’s advanced medical technology. During his two-monthstay, he received training on endoscope techniques. He was
eager to take back what he learned to Nepal. The doctor works
for AMDA Damac Hospital located 500 km east of Kathmandu,
the capital. From now on, it is hoped that people would no longer have to travel to Kathmandu forthe endoscopic surgery. He is determined to dedicate rest of his professional life to thedevelopment of digestive medicine in his country.

Pakistan Home Health Education Program
The goal of this project is to improve hygieneand health in the remote areas of Pakistan byeducating pre-marital women. It is an attempt
at training these women to become peer healtheducators in each of their own communities.

Funded/organized by AMDA, Chigasaki Chuo Rotary
Club (Japan), National Rural Support Programme(Pakistan)

AMDA Cambodia HIV/AIDS Project
In cooperation with Provincial Health Department ofTbong Khmom, AMDA Cambodia organizes aworkshop at “Center for Peer to Peer Educators on
HIV/AIDS”. Aiming to promote HIV/AIDS prevention,
the effort is realized through the network of peer
educators and those who are living with the disease.
For this year’s event, 60 people attended the workshop
of which 50 of them were from the said network. The
gathering helps refresh their basic knowledge on HIV/AIDS and encourage the patients to receive theantiretroviral treatment on a regular basis. The project is made possible thanks to the continued financial
assistance from Yamaichi Kanko, a Japanese travel agency that has long supported this program.

14

AMDA
Cambodia
Activities

Soccer

AMDA Cambodia runs a soccer club to encourage
young people to take part in sport activities. Not only
does it foster healthy body and mind, it also allows todivert the youths from drugs, violence and othercriminal activities.

Student Internship at AMDA Headquarters
From time to time, AMDA Headquarters in Okayama, Japan, has acceptedinterns from both in and out of the country. Among several Japanese
students who did an internship this year was an intern from Korea, Miss.
Kim, who joined the office for a month to work on accounting-related
assignments, translation, and other clerical tasks. What got her interested
in AMDA was the fact that a large-scale quake has become frequent in
Korea in the last few years. She hopes to work in the field where she could bridge Korea and Japan in
the near future.

3. Scholarship Programs
For many years, AMDA has supported students who are persevering through difficult times following
natural and man-made disasters. Until now, the beneficiaries of AMDA’s scholarship programs have been
mainly the students who wish to pursue a medical career. In the GPSP framework, AMDA encourages
its international chapters and GPSP member-organizations to establish scholarship programs, preferably
self-funded. The GPSP network allows to help find donors and provide necessary support.

SUGANAMI Scholarship
SUGANAMI Scholarship was established in 2004 for capable
young medical and nursing students around the globe who are inneed of financial assistance to complete their study.
Nursing Students (the scholarship recipients) in action (Turkey)

15

C. Promotion of Health
1. GPSP Friendship Hospitals
Securing

medicalassistancefor

unservedcommunities has always been high on AMDA’s
agenda.

Partnering

with

local

chapters

andcollaborators, AMDA runs medical institutions which
serve as a regional medical hub. It is hoped that eachchapter would have one medical institution that can
act as a focal point for the effective GPSP operation
at the time of disaster.
Siddhartha Children and Women’s Hospital(Nepal)Japan Afghanistan Friendship Hospital

Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital(Afghanistan)(Bangladesh)

AMDA GPSP Hospitals Around the Globe-Siddharta Children and Women’s Hospital (Nepal)-AMDA Damak Hospital (Nepal)-AMDA Mechi Hospital (Nepal)-Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital (Bangladesh)-Japan-Afghanistan Friendship Hospital (Afghanistan)-Japan-Mongolia Friendship Hospital (Mongolia)

16

AMDA has been carrying out medical

2. GPSP Medical Mission

missions to fulfill particular medical
needs that arise from various people

around the world. Coordinating those needs with appropriate medical-service providers is the basisof AMDA’s medical mission. In recent years, AMDA has been seeking to promote advanced medical
expertise in developing countries.

Ophthalmologic Mission in Mongolia
Since 2011, AMDA’s ophthalmologic project in Mongolia has been one of the most viable efforts todate. Hoping to provide better eye-care for the people in Mongolia, the project primarily focuses on
the institutionalization of children’s eye checkup: a medical system which is thought to be requisite
in uplifting the visual health of Mongolian people from an early age.
In September 2016, a team comprising two Japanese orthoptists as well as AMDA President, Dr.
Shigeru Suganami and Dr. Don Lau, the chairperson of AMDA Singapore, with couple of others
visited the village of Guchin Us, Övörkhangai located 500 km southwest of Ulaanbaatar. The teamorganized children’s eye checkup, with some adults being examined upon request. On 05 September,
AMDA collaborated with Mongolia Ophthalmology Association to hold a forum titled, “Children’s Eye
Problems in Mongolia” at Mongolian Ministry of Health.

Cleft Palate Mission in Indonesia
For the past several years, AMDA Indonesia and Clebus Cleft Centre in Makassar, Indonesia, haveprovided a free surgical operation for those who are suffering from cleft palate. Also, Taiwan
International Health Action (TaiwanIHA) has been the key collaborator since the start of the program.
In May 2016, AMDA and TaiwanIHA jointly organized the reconstructive surgical mission in Parepare and Barru in Eastern Sulawesi.
17

3. Primary Health Care
GPSP is promoting healthcare and awareness for people living in poverty or in places where
health literacy is low. AMDA’s primary healthcare brings people back to health in many parts of theworld where even the basic medical care is scarce. At the same time, GPSP is also active at
educating people about health which is indispensable for the prosperity of the entire community.

AMDA Peace Clinic, Bodhgaya, India
AMDA Peace Clinic in Bodhgaya (APC) has been providing
various community health/social development services to thepeople of Bodhgaya, especially in Mastipur area, since its launch
in 2009.

APC had initially provided Ayurvedic
treatment as a main service. However, as
needs among expectant mothers wereincreasing in the locality, the clinic shifted
its focus on maternal healthcare. Since
2014, APC has conducted a home visit
program for mothers-to-be, alongside theeducational

workshoponchildbirthdelivery and child-rearing.
The clinic also holds a dental checkup for
local residents on a regular basis.
APC

has

now

taken root

in

the

community and is serving people byproviding quality healthcare services tothe poor.

18

D. Livelihood Support
1. Organic Farming

AMDA Food Program"Food is the source of life" –This motto embodies AMDA Food Program which waslaunched in order to spread organic farming in Asia. In 2011, AMDA opened AMDA Notoro
Farm at Shinjo Village in Okayama, Japan. The village enacted an ordinance called “Asian
Organic Agricultural Platform Promotion Act” in 2010.
Likewise, another organic farm was launched in Malino in South Sulawesi, Indonesia in
February 2014. At the farm, both the Japanese staff and local farmers are working handin hand to uplift the level of agriculture in the region. While the program is providing
Indonesian farmers with training opportunities in Japan, Japanese agricultural experts are
regularly invited to Malino to give guidance.

19International Network of 32 chapters and 71 collaboratingorganizations around the world

International Chapters
Afghanistan
Albania
Bosnia & Herzegovina

Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Korea

SerbiaSingapore
Sri Lanka

Bangladesh
Bolivia
Cambodia
CanadaColombia
GuyanaHaiti
HondurasIndia

KosovoMalaysia
Mongolia
Nepal
New ZealandPakistan
Peru
Philippines
Sakha Republic

Sudan
TaiwanUgandaVietnam
ZambiaAMDA Group (Japan)
AMDA MINDS, AMDA International Medical Information Center, AMDA Organization for Global
Assistance and Relief, AMDA Hyogo, AMDA Okinawa
Chapter, AMDA Kanagawa Chapter, AMDA Kamakura Club, AMDA Kochi Club,
AMDA Fukuyama Club, AMDA Tamano Club, AMDA Otsuchi Club, AMDA Kobe
Women's University Club, AMDA Takehara Club, AMDA High School Club3-31-1 Ifukuchou, Kitaku, Okayama City, Okayama 700-0013 Japan
TEL: +81-86-252-6051 FAX: +81-86-252-7717
E-mail: amda_info1984@amdainternational.com
URL: http://en.amda.or.jp/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AMDA.international/