ANNUALREPORT
2014

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Contents
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE
PEACE ................................................................. 3

3. EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT............................ 16

Japan and Philippines ..................................16

1. PEACE BUILDING .......................................... 4
4. PROMOTION OF HEALTH ............................ 17
EAST ASIA .............................................................4Japan ................................................................4
China ................................................................7
Mongolia ...........................................................7
SOUTH EAST ASIA .................................................8

Malaysia and Philippines ................................8
SOUTH ASIA...........................................................9

India and Pakistan ..........................................9
Sri Lanka....................................................... 10
OCEANIA ............................................................. 11

Tuvalu and Fiji............................................... 11
EUROPE ............................................................... 11

Bosnia and Herzegovina ............................... 11

EAST ASIA ...........................................................17

Mongolia .........................................................17
SOUTH EAST ASIA ...............................................18

Philippines .....................................................18
Cambodia .......................................................20
SOUTH ASIA ........................................................21

India ...............................................................21
Sri Lanka .......................................................22
Nepal ..............................................................24Pakistan .........................................................25
MIDDLE EAST......................................................26

Turkey ............................................................26
SOUTH AMERICA .................................................27

2. COMPREHENSIVE LIVELIHOOD

Haiti ...............................................................27

SUPPORT........................................................... 12

Bangladesh .................................................... 12
Sri Lanka....................................................... 13
Japan and Indonesia .................................... 14

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Global Partnership for Sustainable Peace
AMDA has prepared a new scheme of global network. It is named “Global Partnership for Sustainable Peace”. The
aim of this network is coexistence of diversity which is virtually indispensable for world peace. Under this scheme,
programmes will be developed with Open Sogo-Fujo, the universal value of the 21st century, as its main theme. The
scheme consists of four fields of activities: peace building, advancement of comprehensive living condition, healthand education.
AMDA defines peace as today’s family life with hope for better tomorrow. “Today’s family life” symbolizes afamily condition with sufficient food to stay healthy. The phrase “hope for better tomorrow” points to providing
education to children. These are basic human needs which will be fulfilled when peace is attained. Conflict, disasterand poverty are the three obstacles to attaining this state of peace. In accordance with this definition of peace, four
fields have been established in the programme.
In this network we involve governments, local public authorities, public interest groups, corporate enterprises, andacademia. By enlightening the world with the concept of Open Sogo-Fujo coexistence of diversity will be realized.
This is the end goal of Global Partnership for sustainable Peace.

GPSP Platform Chart

A. Peace
Building

C.
Livelihood
SupportB.
Education
SupportD. Health
Promotion3

1. Peace Building
East Asia
Japan
Iwate

Fukuchiyama,
Kyoto

Miyagi

Hiroshima

Flood in Kyoto Japan

Acupuncture treatments
For the affected people

Place: Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan
Duration: 8/18/2014
On 17 August, 2014, parts of Fukuchiyama City in Kyoto Prefecture
were flooded due to torrential rain. 4,500 houses along the major
highways and rail lines were affected.
Because of the road closure caused by flooding and landslides, several
detours had to be made to reach the affected area. When AMDA teamarrived in the area, most of the floodwater has subsided and theresidents were cleaning up the mud which had poured into their houses.
AMDA medical team set up its center in a local kindergarten. It
provided acupunctural treatments preceded by counseling and hearing
on the present condition of the affected people.
The acupuncture treatment helped the affected people to ease their
exhaustion and muscle pains resulting from their heavy cleaning work
after the flood.

Residents clean up the mud
off household goods

4Landslides in Hiroshima, Japan
Place: Hiroshima, Japan
Duration: 8/21/2014 – 9/18/2014
On 20 August, 2014, Hiroshima City in Japan experienced heavy rainfall resulting in a massive landslide. According
to the local government, the death toll exceeded 70 and more than 1,200 people were forced to evacuate to temporary
shelters.
In response to this situation, AMDA together with Soja City of Okayama, Japan, dispatched 2 teams to the severely
hit area of Asaminami-ku in Hiroshima City on 21 and 23 August respectively. The first two missions consisted of
distribution of relief goods at several evacuation shelters based on the prior needs assessment. The distributed goods
included hot/cold packs, insect repellent, bottled tea, instant noodles, bottled water, wet wipes for cleansing the body,
candies for dehydration, cleaning tools and tarpaulins. During the third mission on 30 and 31 August, one
acupuncturist and one coordinator of AMDA joined the volunteer activities organized by two acupunctureassociations of Hiroshima Prefecture. Together they offered acupuncture therapy to local residents at three different
evacuation centers to release their physical and psychological stress.

AMDA staffs load the relief goods
Into the car

A collapsed house due to landslideGreat East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, 2011
Place: Iwate and Miyagi, Japan
Duration: 3/12/2011 to current
On 11 March, 2011, an earthquake of unprecedented magnitude
hit Tohoku region of Japan. The earthquake triggered powerful
tsunami resulting in more than 15,000 deaths and 2,500 still
missing.
Three month after the earthquake, in May 2011, AMDA shifted
its focus from emergency relief to reconstruction activity. Since
then, AMDA has been launching various projects to support
people in the disaster-stricken region. In 2014 AMDA conducted
the following projects:
With participants in the child rearing
meeting5

Medical Support“AMDA Otsuchi Health Support
Center” in Iwate Prefecture has
been offering physical andpsychologicalhealth-related
support to the local people. The
center has provided regularacupuncture therapy and organizedlocal events. On 6 and 7 September,
AMDA organized the second“Emergency Relief Acupuncturists
Development Programme” toprepare for the future disasters.
Total of 15 participants joined thisprogramme and listened to thelecturer’s
experienceduringemergency relief activities andlearned about the importance andeffectivenessof
acupuncture
therapy in emergency situations.

Education Support"Kizuna" concert (Anexchange program for Bras
band student club)
For the last few years, AMDA has
been offering scholarships to highschool students in the affected
regions, whose future aspiration is
medical profession. This year, 28
students from 8 high schools wererecommended by their school
principals and received AMDA
scholarship. In addition, AMDA
coordinatedprogrammeforstudents of other parts of Japan andorganized educational tour to thedisaster-affected region.

Child Care Center

Livelihood and Independence
Support
As part of reconstruction activities,
AMDA has been supporting local
village markets through “F-1
Gourmet Event”, a food fair, withthe purpose of connecting local
people affected by the earthquake.
Many local village market and shop
representatives gathered at “F-1
Gourmet Event” conducted threetimes this year, on 13 April in
Miyagi, 13 July in Iwate and 2
November in Fukushima Prefecture.
Some original dishes using local
ingredients were also presented at
the booths on the day of the event.
The event has also attracted many
people from outside the affectedarea and helped to promote
recovery by strengthening local
connections as well as ties with theoutside regions.

F-1 Gourmet Event

Landscape of the affected areas in Tohoku

6ChinaEarthquake in Yunnan Province
Place: Yunnan, China
Duration: 8/5/2014 – 8/11/2014
On 3 August, 2014, an earthquake with magnitude 6.5 struck Zhaotong areain Yunnan Province of China. According to local media, 617 people were
killed, 3142 injured and more than one million people were affected by thedisaster.
On 5 August, one nurse and a coordinator from AMDA HQ arrived inChengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. They met with local partnerorganizations, Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign
Countries (PAFFC), in Sichuan and its chapter in Yunnan and discussed on
how to extend support to the affected people in Yunnan Province. During
the discussion with the local partners, it became clear that it would be
difficult to gain access into the affected areas. One of the most severely
affected areas is located in the mountains where most of the buildings andhouses are made of wood and weak concrete-mix. Together they exploredthe possibility of relief goods distribution but could not eventuate due tothese local conditions.

Meeting with local partners
regarding relief activity

Mongolia
AMDA Soul and Medicine Programme (ASMP)
Place: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Duration: September 2014
In September 2014, the 7th AMDA Soul and Medicine Programme (ASMP)
was held at Ulaanbaatar's Gandan Temple, the largest Buddhist monasteryin Mongolia. On this occasion, the priests of Gandan Monastery along withJapanese priests of Nichiren Shu and Oomoto sects of Buddhism offered aprayer for world peace and paid tribute for the victims of the World War II.
The priest of Nichiren Shu appealed to the audience that Japan can andshould play an important role in establishing everlasting peace in the world
while the representative of Oomoto shared his hope for mutual compassion
among the people of the world. Dr. Suganami, founder and president of
AMDA Group stated that the bilateral relations between Mongolia and
ASMPJapan have continued for more than four decades, and the relationship basedon mutual trust or the spirit of Sogo-Fujo will contribute to the creation of a peaceful world.
Lastly, the principal of Gandan Monastery School expressed their appreciation to AMDA for organizing ASMP every
year since 2008 and requested AMDA to continue into the next year with the 8th ASMP ceremony.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Yunnan, China

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South East Asia
Malaysia and Philippines
Floods in Southeast Asia
Apitong, Tacloban,
Leyte, Philippines
Kota Bharu City
Malaysia

Place:
Kota Bharu City, Malaysia
Apitong, Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines
Duration: 12/31/2014 - 1/11/2015
Heavy monsoon rain of mid-December resulted in massive flood affecting vast areas of Southeast Asia.
As the first response to this disaster, AMDA dispatched a team of one nurse and a coordinator to Malaysia on 1
January, 2015
Malaysia
The Philippines
According to Malaysia National Security Council, 16
people were killed and 11,311 households were affected.
On 2 January, 2015, AMDA team joined MERCY
Malaysia for relief activities in the affected communityof Kelantan, Malaysia. After the assessment, the team
distributed a cleaning set of a wheelbarrow, shovel, twoscrub brushes, a rubber squeegee/mop, a broom, masks,
cotton gloves, and a bucket to each of the 30 families inthe villages of Bekok and Tualang in Kelantan. On 4
January, the joint team traveled to Tunpat, Kelantan for
Food distribution
medical relief activity in the flood-affected communityand provided consultation to 113 patients at a mobile
Typhoon Jangmi of 29 December brought floods andclinic held on Kok Pasir Street. The common diagnoses
landslides in many parts of Visayas and Mindanao
were skin diseases, back pain, and high blood pressure.
regions of the Philippines.
On 8 January, 2015, AMDA’s medical team flew from
Malaysia to the Philippines to conduct a joint relief
activity with Leyte Medical Society in Tacloban City.
On 9 January, the team of AMDA and Leyte Medical
Society prepared 500 bags of rice, food cans andmedication which were distributed to the affected. On
10 January, the join team of 26 volunteers conductedmobile clinic and served 416 patients. Their main
symptoms were fever, upper respiratory infection andskin infection.
Mobile Clinic team in action

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India and Pakistan

Jammu and Kashmir
India
Punjab, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Floods in Pakistan and Northern India
Place: Punjab in Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir in India
Duration: 9/17/2014 – 10/11/2014
On 4 September, 2014, a large-scale flooding occurred along the India-Pakistan border, due to monsoon rain. The
death toll amounted to 367 in Pakistan and 298 in India (mostly in Jammu & Kashmir). The number of affected roseover 2.5 million in Pakistan and over 2.7 million in India.
With the help of local NPOs, AMDA started emergency relief operations in both India and Pakistan.
Punjab Province, Pakistan
AMDA conducted two emergency relief activities forthe affected people in Punjab Province with assistancefrom a local NGO. During the initial relief activities,
AMDA nurse arrived in Pakistan on 17 September andjoined the medical mission organized by the local
partner NGO in Chiniot District of Punjab Province.
Local doctors and nurses along with AMDA nurse
conducted free on-site medical check-up for 710
affected people. The second relief activity wasorganized from 8 to 10 October. While conducting
medical check-up, the team also distributed tarpaulins
with 4 bamboo branches to each local resident inresponse to local needs. The team was able to see 246
people. The local partner-NGO continued similar
activities until 23 October.

Medical check by AMDA Nurse

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Medical check-up
Kashmir, India
AMDA nurse joined with a partner-NGO on her arrivalin India on 25 September and reached Kashmir on thenext day. In Srinagar of Kashmir, which was the mostaffected and damaged, 50% of the town was flooded.
With hospitals, schools and other public facilities
greatly damaged, there was little recovery even thoughover 3 weeks had passed since the disaster.
The joint team of AMDA and Pannya Metta Sanga(PMS) decided to center their efforts on Golpan Village
of Pattan City. The team provided blankets to affected
people for the coming winter. Furthermore, they
conducted in-house check-up with the medical supplies
prepared beforehand. Because of the long exposure toflood water, there were many cases of respiratory
infections, body aches and joint pains, mostly among
the elderly. The remaining relief goods and supplies
were donated to Pattan City.

Sri Lanka
Landslides, Sri Lanka
Place: Badulla, Sri Lanka
Duration: 2/11/2014 - 8/11/2014
On 29 October, a landslide struck the mountain village of Koslanda in
Badulla District, Sri Lanka. The landslide was triggered by the monsoon
rains, which lasted for a few consecutive days and killed at least 16 people
and left an estimated 200 missing.
In response to this disaster, AMDA coordinator from HQ was dispatched to
Colombo on 2 November. He joined AMDA’s long-time local partner
NGO, Sarvodaya Foundation, to conduct initial assessment. The joint teamvisited the main camp set at a school in Badulla, which accommodated
about 1,000 affected people in total. The camp was divided into 2 sections;
Evacuation center
one sheltering 400 people affected by the landslide and the otheraccommodating evacuees from the possible future landslide. There were
(Local high school)
additional two small camps nearby, occupied by 300 and 150 residents
respectively. AMDA donated one hundred sets of baby foods and feeding materials following the request fromcamp officials. At the same time, considering the severity of the situation, Sarvodaya and AMDA sponsored fullrunning cost of the camps’ ambulance service. Ambulance ran many times a day between the camp clinic and the
local hospital, totaling about 150km a day.
“Peace and Unity through Sports and Religion” Sri Lanka, 2014
Place: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Duration: 8/27/2014 - 8/29/2014
As part of AMDA Peace Building Programme in Sri Lanka, AMDA, in
collaboration with AMDA Sri Lanka and Religions for Peace, conducted"Peace and Unity through Sports and Religion " programme from 27 to
29 August, 2014, in Colombo. The aim of this programme is to foster anunderstanding of peace among different ethnicities through sports as wellas cultural and religious activities. AMDA has organized the programme
for four consecutive years since 2011. This year 15 Japanese junior andhigh school students from "KOUSEIGAKUEN" in Tokyo partook in the
programme for the second time. They were joined by 80 Sri Lankan
students from 8 different schools in and around Colombo in the 3-day
Students from various
programme. These Sri Lankan students were from diverse religious
backgrounds
backgrounds; Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, and Christian.
On the first day, all students visited 4 different religious places of worshipand learned about manners and methods of each religion. The second day was for sports and music. They enjoyed asport game of ELLE - a local sport similar to baseball. As part of the cultural-exchange, students played and sang Sri
Lankan traditional music. Japanese students, in return, showed Japanese traditional dance wearing Japanese costumes
at a school for disabled children. On the last day, health education was followed by an interactive session allowing
students of two nationals and also of diverse religions to communicate among themselves.

Colombo

Badulla10

Oceania

EuropeTuvaluBosnia andHerzegovina

Fiji

Tuvalu and Fiji
Tropical Cyclone Pam in the Oceania Region
Place: Tuvalu, Fiji
Duration: 3/18/2015 – 7/8/2015
Tropical Cyclone Pam struck Pacific Islands from 11 to
13 March, 2015, causing enormous damages on several
islands. One of such islands, Tuvalu declared national
emergency with much of its area severely affected by
the cyclone. Most of its crops and livestock weredamaged and Tuvalu also suffered from fuel shortage.
On 20 March, AMDA’s coordinator and a nurse weredispatched to Fiji the hub of traffic in the affected region.
After the meeting with the National Disaster Committee(NDC) of Tuvalu AMDA handed over medical relief
goods including ORS and water purification tablets tothe ministry of health and donated some fund to the
National Disaster Committee(NDC).

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Place: Doboj, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 5/21/2014 - 7/31/2014
On 13 May, 2014, Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina(BiH) were affected by Cyclone Tamara leaving
extremely heavy rain in the region. It was the worst
rainfall recorded in the history of BiH since 1894. The
region recorded three months' worth of rain in just threedays. 24 people were killed in BiH and more than 37,000
people were evacuated in Serbia, BiH and Croatia.
Responding to the request from AMDA BiH, AMDA
Headquarters in Japan dispatched a Japanese nurse to joinwith AMDA BiH in relief activities. Together, they
carried out assessment and hearing from local populationin the affected areas of BiH starting from May 22. As aresult, AMDA’s activities focused on the population who
lacked access to medical care in Doboj. AMDA teamcarried out health checkup at each household anddistributed relief goods including food and hygiene
items. AMDA Bosnia continued to do the same in Doboj
and Samac and provided counseling services for those
suffering from PTSD. They also handed out relief
goods such as food, daily necessities and medications.
A total of 168 affected people benefitted from these
services.

AMDA staff hands over relief goods

Medical check-up

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2. Comprehensive Livelihood Support

Sinjo, Okayama,Japan

Malino, Indonesia

Lunugala, Hopton, Sri Lanka

Gazaria, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bangladesh
AMDA Bank Complex (ABC) Project Bangladesh
Place: Gazaria, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Duration: 1999~Current
This project consists of 4 parts, AMDA Health Center, AMDA Job Training Center (also functions as an emergency
evacuation center), AMDA Community Learning Center, and Micro Finance Programme.
AMDA Health Center: Since its foundation in 2003 with the aid fromJapanese government, it has been providing low-cost health services tolandless farmers and poor women. 20,000 people are benefiting from theprogramme. 2 part-time MDs, 1 midwife, 1 lab technician, and 3 publichealth assistants are stationed at the center. In addition, 5 regional healthworkers provide on-site medical treatment free of charge for thecommunities.

Consultation with Midwife

AMDA Job Training Center:
Founded in 2002 with support from
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, thecenter offered training programmes
in 6 different fields - computerscience,carpentry/electricalengineering,sewing,fishing,
poultry farming and community
nursing. 1,500 landless farmers,
women and/or young schooldropouts have received training.
The center is 3-story building andcan function as an emergency
evacuation center.

Delivery

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AMDA Community Learning Center: The center islocated in the same building as the AMDA Job Training
Center offering classes to adults in sustainable
development of communities. About 1,500 locals areattending continuous education programmes.

Micro Finance Programme: The programme wasstarted in 1999 using capital provided by AMDA
headquarter. The programme promotes activities for
ostracized women by strengthening their income
generating capacities through Micro Financeprogramme.
Currently 2,500 women from 25 villages of Gazaria, in
500 groups of 5, are taking part in the programme. For
administrative purposes, AMDA Bangladesh is running
89 centers managing 5 to10 groups at each center. A
president and a vice-president for each center are
selected from group leaders and sub-leaders from eachgroup.

Community Learning
CenterMeeting on Micro Credit

Local fisherman who attends
the programme
Calculation of money for Micro

Sri Lanka

Credit

AMDA-Rose Lanka Microcredit Programme in Sri Lanka
Place: Lunugala, Hopton, Sri Lanka
Duration: April. 2014-Current
Since May 2014, AMDA has been collaborating with Rose Lanka providing
some capital as part of Rose Lanka’s fund for Microcredit programme. The
aim of the programme is improvement in family`s income generation
targeting poor families whose children are students at a local school in
Lunugala Hopton Village located in the hillside tea plantations area. Theirparents work in tea plantations with minimal wage.
17 families out of 47 applicants were selected as recipients to better theirliving. Some have opened small grocery stores and others started goatsfarming.
Registration forMicro finance

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AMDA Food Programme
Place: Notoro, Shinjo Village, Okayama, Japan
Duration: 4/1/2011 to present
Under the concept of “Food is the Source of Life”, AMDA established an organic farm and has implemented riceduck farming in Shinjo Village, Okayama, since 2011. AMDA in collaboration with Shinjo Village, has worked
toward disseminating knowledge and practice of organic agriculture in Asia. This year, representatives from AMDA
and Shinjo Village visited 15 embassies and 11 consulate generals offices in Tokyo to talk about the importance oforganic farming in the respective countries and presented them with AMDA organic rice and other rice produces from
Shinjo Village.

Japan and Indonesia
Training Programme in Notoro, Shinjo
In July 2014, AMDA and Shinjo Village invited two trainees from thePhilippines as part of 6-month programme on organic farming. During the
programme, they learned the process of organic farming from seedlings
till harvesting. They proactively interacted with Shinjo people andenjoyed the cross-cultural experiences. After the trainees’ return to thePhilippines, from 20 February to 1 March, 2015, AMDA staff and twoorganic farming experts from Shinjo Village visited their farms in thePhilippines and introduced additional methods of organic farming at local
workshops.
Philippine trainee learns
Planting rice
Follow-Up Activity in Malino, Indonesia
Two Indonesians who were trained in Shinjo Village have been
implementing organic farming in Malino, Indonesia, since December
2013. To conduct a follow-up survey and to give the farmers further
encouragement, AMDA staff and an organic farming expert from Shinjo
Village visited their farm in Malino from 13 to 17 November, 2014. They
held workshops for the local farmers and showed other agricultural
methods such as making compost.

Harvesting rice in Malino

AMDA Notoro Farm

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AMDA Food Program

Making Organic Fertilizer in Malino

Local farmers who involved in constructing compost house in Malino15

3. Educational Support
Japan and Philippines

Okayama, Japan

Bohol, Philippines

International Internship Programme in the Philippines
Place: Okayama City and Bohol, Philippines
Duration: 6/15/2014 -8/30/2014
International Internship Programme Okayama (IPOK) started in 2011 by
AMDA and Okayama University with the aim of promoting humanresource development and international relations. The programme is held
annually based on the cooperation agreement between AMDA andOkayama University.
In the past, IPOK students experienced Mongolia in 2011, Indonesia in
2012, and Sri Lanka in 2013. In 2014, four participants from Okayama
University visited Bohol Island in the Philippines, which was hit by theStudent volunteers at a house
big earthquake.
The two months prior to the departure were spent on the studies of thereconstruction site
Philippines, reading on the damages of the earthquake in Bohol and on the
preparation for English presentation to be given at local schools in the Philippines.
IPOK students visited the Philippines from 23 to 30 August starting with the courtesy visit to the Development
Academy of the Philippines (DAP), which supported this programme locally. On the second day they moved to Bohol
Island where they visited orphanage for cultural exchange session. At Bohol State University, they gave a presentationand enjoyed discussion with the local students. As part of reconstruction activities for Bohol earthquake, IPOK
students also participated in a programme to help local people in rebuilding their houses. Other activities included
homestay giving hygiene education and demonstration of scientific experiments at Maribojoc Central Elementary
School, and taking part in an afforestation programme. The report of all these activities was presented to their fellow
students upon returning to Okayama.

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4. Promotion of Health
East Asia
Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar

Ophthalmology Examination Programme in Mongolia
Place: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Duration: 9/8/2014-9/12/2014
AMDA has been dispatching Japanese ophthalmologists to
Mongolia since 2010, in response to a request from
Mongolian Ophthalmologist Society (MOS). In most cases
Mongolian children with eye problems such as amblyopia(lazy-eye) and strabismus (squint-eye) are left untreated andthis hinders their performance at school.
From 8 to 12 September, 2014, AMDA dispatched an
ophthalmologist and an orthoptist to Ulaanbaatar to conduct
a 5-day training programme on ophthalmology screening andexaminations. This programme was organized under “Local
to Local”, a technical exchange programme of Okayama
Prefectural Government, with the support of Japanese
Ophthalmology examination
Association of Certified Orthoptists. 35 local ophthalmologists
for children
and 40 local school doctors participated in the programme andreceived training through lectures, group discussion andpractical sessions. Furthermore, AMDA offered eye examinations, at Japan-Mongolia Friendship Hospital, to 28
children with serious eye issues such as retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and to 345 first-year students from the 58th
Elementary School. As a result of the screening session, 20% of them needed further examination. 9 students
including one case of excessive myopia required medical consultations from ophthalmologists, and 35 others needed
to take ophthalmological examinations for eye correction with eyeglasses.
All the results were shared with Ministry of Health and Health Department of Ulaanbaatar City. In addition, thechairperson of MOS and AMDA appeared in one the local TV programme and stressed the importance of having aneye exam before the age of 8 as this fact was new to teachers and parents in Mongolia,
As a follow-up, MOS carried out 4-day re-examination session in late September to 46 out of 53 students who needed
eye examinations. New eyeglasses were also provided to 38 students with the support form Okayama Koraku LionsClub and a local optical store in Mongolia.

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Philippines

Bohol, Negros, Panay, Leyte,
Samar and Cebu Island

Philippine Earthquake in Bohol and Cebu, 2013
Place: Maribojok, Bohol, Philippines
Duration: 11/11/2013 – Current
On 15 October, 2013, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck anddevastated Bohol Island in the Philippines. 215 people were
killed, 760 people were injured and more than 3 million people
were affected by the disaster. Merely three weeks into theearthquake, another deadly disaster, the Super Typhoon Haiyan,
hit Bohol. In Maribojok, a town on the southwestern coast of
Bohol, many buildings including health service facilities alongwith its medical equipment were devastated by the disaster.
AMDA has continuously supported the people of Bohol throughStaff with donated medical device
its terrifying ordeal. AMDA supported the establishment of a newhealth station, which had been already under construction as a primary care facility. Additionally, AMDA provided
medical equipment such as sphygmomanometer, weight scale, glucometer and suction pump to be used at the newhealth station.

Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
Place: Place: Bohol, Negros, Panay, Leyte, Samar and Cebu Island, Philippines
Duration: 1/1/2014 to current
After the devastating landfall of Typhoon Haiyan on 8 November, 2013, AMDA has been supporting the affected
people through different activities. In 2014 AMDA conducted the following projects:
Student Exchange Programme
On 27 January, two students from Hiroshima Prefectural Fukuyama Seishikan High School escorted by a teacher and
AMDA staff visited Scandinavian Elementary School in Tacloban to donate stationery to the students affected by thesuper typhoon. They were representing 33 high schools in Hiroshima who raised fund to help the afflicted. The
student representatives of Hiroshima conveyed their message to the students of Tacloban that they would never forget
about their plight and their thoughts would be always with them. This programme was organized by AMDA, in
cooperation with the Board of Education of Hiroshima Prefecture and local officials in Leyte.

18Medical Support
AMDA and Leyte Medical Society conducted monthly medical mission
from March 2014 to October 2014. In the 8 months, 3,605 patients inthe affected communities received medical care. Hypertension was themost common diagnosis among adults. Many cases of upper respiratory
infections were also seen in both adults and children. Food distribution
and hygiene education were also conducted during the medical
missions.
Affected children lining up forfood distribution
Hygiene education

Additionally, Japan Medical Association, Fukuyama Medical Association and
AMDA jointly supported the reconstruction of Leyte Medical Society building,which was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan. The newly rebuilt building functions
as emergency relief station and community health promotion center. The
foundation ceremony was held in November 2014 and construction works
completed in March 2015.

Exterior of Leyte Medical
Society Building
First Anniversary and Food Distribution
In November 2014, AMDA participated in the 1st anniversary ceremony of Typhoon Haiyan in Leyte and delivered
Christmas food packages to 109 households in one of the affected communities. In addition, 3,300 packs of preserved
rice were distributed to the affected people in Panay and other parts of Leyte in collaboration with local organizations.

An affected man receiving Christmas
Candle Lighting in the ceremony

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Food from AMDA

Cambodia

Phnom Penh, Kampong Speu

AMDA Cambodia Activity Report, 2014
Place: Phnom Penh, Kampong Speu, Cambodia
Duration: April 2014 - March 2015
In 2014, AMDA Cambodia conducted two main projects: HIV/AIDS Project and Prevention of Malaria Project.
HIV/AIDS Project: The main theme of HIV/AIDS Campaign in 2014 was“Zero new HIV infections, Zerodiscrimination, Zero AIDS related deaths”. To disseminate basic HIV/AIDS knowledge, AMDA Cambodia printed
leaflets and T-shirts and distributed them to students at 5 universities and 6 high schools. For World AIDS Day, quizand songs including knowledge on AIDS were performed at schools. These activities are contributing to Cambodia’snational goal of AIDS eradication by 2020.
Prevention of Malaria: AMDA Cambodia conducted Malaria prevention activities by successfully mobilizing andinvolving the local people for Malaria interventions, and thereby enabling the community empowerment at the sametime. As a response to these activities many positive outcomes could be seen: many people gained the right knowledge,
and the capacity of public health workers and volunteers has been improved. On the whole, AMDA Cambodia’s
projects were implemented in 4 new and 196 old communities and were participated by local volunteer staff including
70 females.

World AIDS Day

AMDA Cambodia staff conducts
Malalia prevention activity

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India

Bodhgaya, Bihar

Nagpur

AMDA Peace Clinic in Bodhgaya, India
Place: Bodhgaya, Bihar, India
Duration: November 2009 to current
AMDA Peace Clinic (APC), built adjoining to a Buddhist temple,
was initially established as an Ayurveda Clinic under the Isshinji
Trust, Bodhgaya, India, in 2009. APC served the local residents
as well as the foreign visitors who came to the holy city ofBodhgaya for traditional Ayurveda treatments.
After 5 successful years as an Ayurveda Clinic, APC’s operation
was re-assessed in consultation with the local village leaders.
Reflecting the urgent need for mother and childcare as evidenced
in the high mortality rate, APC started its new service - Motherand Childcare Clinic-, in October 2014 specializing in perinatal
Home visit for a Pregnant Woman
and neonatal care. At initial stage, APC nurse with two local staff
collected basic information on living condition and nutrition byvisiting about 51 households in the community. Based on the survey, APC nurse started giving health education andadvice to pregnant women and mothers with babies. To reinforce standard of care, Japanese nurse from AMDA HQ
was dispatched to APC in February 2015. Japanese nurse worked with local staff for improved medical care and formore accurate and efficient medical records.
On 20 November, 2014, APC held its 5th anniversary ceremony in which Buddhist prayer was offered for APC’s
further success and prosperity in providing health care to local people. Approximately 20 people including locals,Japanese followers of Nichiren Shu Temple and AMDA staff participated in the ceremony. After the ceremony,
offerings of snacks were distributed to local children.

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Cataract Surgery Project in India
Place: Nagpur, India
Duration: 5/16/ 2014; 6/20/2014 to 6/26/2014
AMDA, “Ichigu-wo-terasu” Activities (Brighten the World at Your
Corner) by Tendai Sect of Buddhism and Pannya Metta Academy
jointly organized cataract operation mission for the poor in Nagpur, in
Maharashtra State of India. Most patients are daily workers from theslum area of northern Nagpur and have no access to a doctor.
Initially, before May, 112 patients received eye screening at Pannya
Metta Academy and 30 of them were found to be in need of cataract
operation. On 16 May, 2014, 14 out of these 30 people received
cataract surgery after more thorough screening.
Cataract Surgery Patients
On 20 June, another eye screening was held in Pahela Village,
Bhandara,15km away from the city center. 27 out of 78 patients received eyeglasses free of charge; 8 were diagnosed
with eye diseases and received free eye drops as needed; 33 patients were diagnosed as having cataract. After further
screening 14 of these patients received free cataract surgery in Nagpur on 25 and 26 June.

Sri Lanka

Maruthankerni, Jaffna

BadullaFree Medical Mission in the War-Torn Area of Northern Sri Lanka
Place: Maruthankerni, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Duration: 4/5/2014
Maruthankerni is one of the many coastal towns in the northern part of Sri
Lanka that were heavily affected during the three decades of civil war that
finally ended in 2009. Maruthankerni is part of the Point Pedro Division of the
Jaffna District. It is a fishing village with a population of about 15,000. Most of
the people in this region are fishermen and farmers who are in the lower
income bracket.
AMDA together with Lions Club Sri Lanka, Jaffna Regional Directorate of
Mobile Clinic
Health Services (RDHS), and Medical Officer of Health (MOH) of Point Pedro
Division conducted a medical mission at the Maruthankerni Hospital, on 5 April, 2014. Medical and dental staff
from Point Pedro base hospital and Maruthankerni divisional hospital provided free medical services with thesupport of Lions club and AMDA volunteers. 359 patients came to seek medical consultation. Most of thesymptoms were joint aches, cough, throat pain related to cold and dental problems. Everyone who visited the clinic
was presented with toothpaste and brush from AMDA along with instructions on how to brush teeth properly.
The remaining medicine after the mission was donated to the Maruthankerni Hospital by AMDA. Lions club
donated to the RDHS boxes of spectacles which would be distributed at an eye-camp to be organized in the near
future.

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Free Dental Mission in a Remote Part of Sri Lanka
Place: Badulla, Sri Lanka
Duration: 4/7/2014
On 5 April, AMDA jointly with Badulla Department of Dental Health Services (DDHS) conducted a mobile dental
mission and hygiene education in the outskirts of Badulla District at Polgahaarawa School in Arawa Township- a
remote hill area of Sri Lanka from where students and teachers have to walk about 3km to access any roadtransportation. Most of the people in this region are in the lower income bracket living as farmers and cattle grazers
in the mountain.
The mission consisted of AMDA staff and 25 members from Bandulla Hospital. After the opening ceremony,breakfast was provided to students along with dental care sets. The team gave students instruction on how to brushtheir teeth. AMDA also donated health education materials and sports goods to the school.
It was the first time for the school and its students to experience dental checkup and hygiene education. About 150
students and some of their parents and teachers were also able to receive free dental checkup. Dental treatment wasalso provided following the initial checkup
Mobile Dental Clinic

Free Dental Mission with Taiwan IHA in Sri Lanka
Place: Badulla, Sri Lanka
Duration: 12/4/2014-12/5/2014
AMDA in collaboration with TaiwanIHA (International Health
Action) and the Regional Director of Health Secretariat (RDHS)
office in Badulla provided free dental consultation in Badulla, Sri
Lanka. The programme was also supported by a local senior dental
surgeon.
The dental team was made up of 2 dentists and a staff from
TaiwanIHA joined by 6 dentists and 10 dental assistants from
Badulla District Hospital, Sri Lanka. RDHS office in Badulla
provided a mobile dental bus, equipped with 2 dental chairs andinstruments for the mission.
Taiwan Dentist in action
During the 2-day mission, 4 and 5 December, 2014, the joint teamconducted dental clinic at Poonagala High School in Bandarawela
at Mobile Dental Clinic
and Primary School in Wawekella. The schools are both located in
the Bandulla District, tea plantation area, which was severely affected by landslides of November 2014. Total of
930 students including some of their parents and teachers benefited from the dental mission. Caries were foundmore in the primary school students than in those of high school due to their poor dental care and lack of dental
health education. The students received toothbrush and paste after they have been instructed on dental care.
According to a dentist from RDHA office in Bandulla, 60% of primary school students in Bandulla have somedental problems. To cope with this serious situation, RDHA office in Bandulla plans to put their efforts on dental
health education at schools.

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NepalButwal, Rupandehi District

Damak, Jhapa, Mechi

AMDA Hospital in Nepal
Place: Damak, Jhapa, Mechi, Nepal
Duration: 1992~ Current
AMDA Nepal has been operating AMDA Damak hospital providing medical care to local citizens as well as
Bhutanese refugees since 1992. It also functions as the secondary referral center for the region. Since 1995, UNHCR
has consigned its programme to AMDA Damak Hospital. The hospital currently runs various programmes such as
mother and child programme, HIV/STD prevention programme, health service programme for refugee camps andhuman resource development programme.
In 2014, the number of outpatients exceeded 20,000 with more than 4,000 annual deliveries.

AMDA Damak Hospital
Siddhartha Children and Women’s Hospital, Nepal
Place: Butwal, Rupandehi District, Nepal
Duration: 1998~Current
The hospital founded in November 1998, with cooperation from Japaneseand Nepalese supporters, is the only maternity hospital outside the capital. It
was designed by a world-renowned Japanese architect, Mr. Tadao Ando. The
building is located in Butwal of Rupandehi District. As it is famous for its
high quality of medical services, patients come not only from the local area
but also from places more than 100km away from the hospital. It serves tomore than 3,000 patients annually with average of more than 6 deliveries
Siddhartha Children anddaily.
New construction of perinatal care ward was started in August 2011 and
Women’s Hospitalcompleted in November 2012. The new ward consists of labor room,delivery room, recovery room, operation theatre, family planning counseling room and neonatal intensive care unit,
which enable the hospital to manage patient care comprehensively from pregnancy, childbirth to neonatal care.
Departments:
Pediatrics, Neonatal, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s internal medicine
Number of beds:
100 Beds in Pediatrics, Neonatal, and Obstetrics and Gynecology departments
Number of staff:
175 in total (19 doctors, 62 nurses, 12 laboratory technicians, 18 pharmacists, 16 administrative staff, 28 assistantsand 20 security guards)

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PakistanThatta, Singh Province

Pakistan Home Health Education Programme
Place: Thatta, Singh Province, Pakistan
Duration: 1/6/2014 - current
The Pakistan’s situation survey on polio eradication activity of2013 clearly indicated strong demand for health education. To
respond to the situation, AMDA, Chigasaki Chuo Rotary Club
(CCRC) and National Rural Support Programme (NRSP) – a
Pakistan national NGO- implemented a programme called“Pakistan Home Health Education Programme” to effectively
disseminate health knowledge within respective community. Under
the programme pre-marital women were selected as channels fordisseminating information to their families and neighbors. As there
existed enough programmes for pregnant and married women, premarital women were chosen to educate and serve their community.
NRSP Staff interviews
In accordance with the agreement on collaboration signed jointly by
AMDA, CCRC and NRSP in June 2014, NRSP conducted a baseline
Local people
survey on local communities to check on the health knowledge levelof the target population in Thatta Distric of Sindh Province. The result showed lack of health-related knowledge inthe community. Based on the outcome, NRSP composed textbook for both lecturers and pre-marital female students
taking into consideration the low literacy rate in the community. After lecturers have been selected and educatedabout health related topics, the health education classes to pre-marital women were initiated in March. AMDA, CCRC
and NRSP will continuously work together towards the goal to improve overall health in the community.

Pakistan Home Health
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Middle East
TurkeyHakkariFree Dental Mission and Dental Health Education in Hakkari, Turkey
Place: Hakkari, Turkey
Duration: 11/13/2014 - 11/15/2014
Hakkari is predominantly Kurdish community, located in the remote area of the country bordering Iran and Iraq. This
area was heavily affected by the earthquake in 2011. AMDA has supported the affected people through different
activities such as student exchange programme and Suganami Scholarship. The majority of the Hakkari population
work for less than the minimum wage running a ranch with flock of goats and sheep. AMDA’s past relief activities
in the region has shown some compelling needs for dental care.
AMDA, in collaboration with TaiwanIHA, conducted free dental clinic and dental health education in the region
from 13 to 15 November. 9 local patients without the means to afford dental care were selected and given dentures
free of charge.
On 14 November, a joint team of dental technician, AMDA coordinator and a local nurse, who is a recipient of
AMDA’s Suganami Scholarship, travelled to Durankaya Village, about one-hour drive from Hakkari. They offereddental health class to 93 students aged between 5 and 11 at an elementary school. After the class, the team distributed
toothbrush and paste to students. This was the first lesson in oral care in the community.

Free dental clinic

Dental Health Class

Students received toothbrush and paste

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South America
Haiti

Fond-des-Negres

Great Haiti Earthquake, 2010
Place: The Salvation Army Hospital, Fond-des-Negres, Haiti
Duration: 1/31/2015
On 12 January, 2010, a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti leaving more than 220,000 dead.
Since its initial medical relief activities, AMDA has been supporting survivors of the earthquake through various
projects such as a-year long prosthesis project for people who lost their limbs, soccer and culture exchange
programme for children and free dental missions. On 31 January, 2015, AMDA Haiti conducted its fourth dental
mission at the Salvation Army Hospital in Fond-des-Negres, in collaboration with the Salvation Army. 78 patientsfrom Fond-des-Negres and surrounding areas were able to receive dental care including dental examinations, cleaning
and tooth extractions. At the same time, AMDA Haiti offered dental hygiene education on how to brush teeth. The
importance of maintaining dental health, preventive dental care and routine visit to dentists were also topics covered
during the session.

Free Dental Clinic

Free dental consultation

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