Global PartnershipforSustainable Peace

Annual Report2015What is GPSP? .............................................02
A. Peace Building …………………………….03
1. GPSP Multi National Medical Mission
1) Emergency Relief2) Post Disaster Assistance
2. GPSP Soul and Medicine Program
B. Educational Support ……………………...12
1. GPSP Kids Projects
2. Global Human Resources Development Projects
3. Scholarship
C. Promotion of Health ………………………15
1. GPSP Friendship Hospital
2. GPSP Medical Mission
3. Primary Health CareD. Livelihood Support ...……………………..18
1. Organic FarmingWhat is GPSP?
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In 2014, AMDA established a concept of global network named, “Global Partnership for
Sustainable Peace” (GPSP). The aim of this network is coexistence of diversity which is virtuallyindispensable for world peace. Under this concept, programs have been developed beyond
borders with the philosophy of Open Sogo-Fujo (which literally means “mutual support/help” inJapanese), the universal value of the 21st century, as its main theme. The framework consistsof four fields of activities, namely, A) peace building, B) educational support, C) promotion ofhealth, and D) livelihood support.
AMDA defines peace as “today’s family life with hope 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.

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A. Peace Building
1. GPSP Multinational Medical Mission
Central Nepal

Emergency Relief
AMDA is extending a helping hand to the victims
of both natural and man-made disasters aroundthe 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.

Earthquake in Central Nepal (April
2015)
The deadly earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 that
happened in Nepal on 25 April 2015 left more than
8,500 people dead and over 22,000 people injured. It
was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since1934. As many of the towns and villages were
flattened throughout the country, AMDA deployed
Multi-national Medical Mission to help numerous
people who were forced to flee their homes.

Activity Locations:
Kavrepalanchowk,

Nuwakot,

Gorkha, Dhading etc.
Project
Present
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Period:

April

2015

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Post Disaster Assistance
After every emergency phase is over, relief
activities enter a post disaster phasefollowing the decline in emergency medical
needs.

Some of the afflicted people were impairedby the injuries they suffered. A Japanesephysiotherapist residing in Nepal was
asked to join AMDA’s relief effort inproviding wheelchairs and other lifeassistance devices. Not only did he handle
the logistics, he was also in charge ofbuilding some of the life-support gear by

Trauma care is one of the most in-demand
support that needs to be met at disaster-strickensites. Japan Medical Association and Nepal
Medical Association jointly organized psychiatricworkshops for volunteers to boost the number ofcounsellors in Nepal. Now, more than 400 trained

himself.

counsellors are working to help the victims copewith emotional obstacles in one’s daily life.

“Preparedness iswhat counts”
To raise consciousness of the Nepalese people towardpotential hazards caused by natural disasters, Nepali TVcrew visited Japan to make a TV program on disasterprevention. Each one of them went through a range of
emergency training during their stay.

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Emergency Relief 2015

◆Explosion in Waterpark, Taiwan
Activity Location: New Taipei
Project Period: June 2015
Benefited Population: 500
Scale of Damage: Over 500 injured
Counterpart: Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan, Japan Medical
Association, Taiwan Medical Association
Overview: More than 500 people were injured during an event at Formosa Fun Coast in New Taipei,
Taiwan on 27 June 2015. When a cloud of colored powder ignited in the air, it erupted into a massive
fireball over a crowd. It was the worst mass injury in the region which left nearly 200 people in criticalcondition. Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan and Japanese Medical
Association asked AMDA to conduct a medical survey with Taiwan Medical Association, especially inthe realm of thermal injury as it was the biggest burn disaster that occurred in the country.

◆Myanmar Flood and Landslide
Activity Location: Ah Thoke Village, Nga Thane Chaung Town (Pathein City)
Project Period: August 2015
Benefited Population: N/A (200 patients per day)
Counterpart: Myanmar Medical Association, Township Hospital (Nga Thane Chaung)Contents: Mobile clinic, aid distribution5◆North East Japan Torrential Rain
Activity Location: Katsunuma, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture
Project Period: September 2015
Benefitted Population: N/ACounterpart: Nikko City, Katsunuma City (Tochigi), Soja City (Okayama)
Overview: AMDA sent a joint relief team with Soja City Government to provide medical assistance,
sanitary goods and daily necessities to the local evacuation centers located in remote areas. In the areas
where houses were severely affected by landslides, the team helped clear the debris as well.

◆Philippines Typhoon Koppu
Activity Location: Pangasinan Province
Project Period: October 2015
Benefitted Population: 1,000 families
Counterpart: Local police, provincial hospital and health office
Overview: After making landfall over the northern part of the Philippines in mid-October, Typhoon Koppu(locally known as Lando) caused extensive flooding and landslides affecting more than three million
people. AMDA conducted medical relief and distributed food items to afflicted people in two towns,
namely, Barangay Wawa and Barangay Aplaya. AMDA also donated water pumps to the community of
San Jose in Aplaya which helped improve the sanitary condition.

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◆Pakistan-Afghanistan Earthquake
Activity Location: KP Province (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan
Project Period: October 2015
Benefitted Population: Four households
Counterpart: National Rural Support Programme (NRSP)
Overview: Responding to the earthquake that struck the bordering area of Pakistan and
Afghanistan, AMDA requested AMDA Afghanistan and its longtime partner in Pakistan, National
Rural Support Programme (NRSP), to conduct damage assessment on the respective sides of theborder. NRSP’s report in the badly hit KP Province (Pakistan) revealed that 174 houses wereseverely damaged. Accordingly, AMDA decided to provide building materials for the housereconstruction to four households which were selected on the basis of damage severity and family’s
economic status.

◆Philippines Typhoon Melor
Overview: After making landfall in Northern Samar on 14 December 2015, Typhoon Melor swept
through the entire region with fearsome winds and heavy rain which continued for several days.
Receiving a request of assistance from a local partner, Development Academy of the Philippines(DAP), AMDA provided aid supplies and medical relief.
Activity Location: Northern Samar
Project Period: December 2015
Benefitted Population: N/ACounterpart: Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP)

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◆Southern Taiwan

Mag.6.6 quake that hit the

Earthquake (*March 2016)

southern part of Taiwan on 6

*Included in 2015 projects in

February 2016 claimed lives ofaccordance with the Japanese fiscal

115 people where, in cities likeyear (Apr.-Mar.)Tainan, buildings collapsed andpeople were trapped under the
rubble. Some of the lifelines
were stopped at the occurrenceof the quake, however, quick
response
government

by

the

local

helpedregainnormalcy in only four weeks.
AMDA delivered donations toSocial Affairs Bureau of Taiwan,
in part, to reciprocate what
Japan

was

given

by

the

Taiwanese people at the time ofGreat East Japan Earthquake.

Post Disaster Assistance 2015
Post Disaster Support for PacificCyclone “Pam” (March 2015~)
The massive Cyclone Pam left a scar of devastation overthe Pacific island-nations including Vanuatu, Tuvalu andKiribati. AMDA built public washrooms in Kiribati where
sanitary condition deteriorated as toilets were destroyed.
Initially, AMDA sent a nurse and a coordinator to Tuvalu
for the provision of relief goods while the country was
under the state of emergency. The toilet project was
realized after an additional coordinator was sent toKiribati to determine the feasibility of assistance.

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Great East Japan Earthquake Rehabilitation (March 2013~)
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 withmore than 2,500 people missing. AMDA launchedemergency relief in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture on thefollowing day the quake struck the city of Sendai, one of
the hardest hit locations. AMDA sent in altogether 149
relief personnel to different locations. The emergency
relief went on until the end of April followed by various
post-disaster projects, some of which are still in operation(as of September 2016). Five years on, the quake-hit regions have entered the transitional phase
where people have moved from make-shift residences to council housing or to new homes. The
pressing issue for now is how to rebuild local communities where population has been decreasing,which implies that the overall manpower for the regional reconstruction is getting less.

Philippines Typhoon Haiyan (November 2013~)
Ever since Typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines in November
2013, AMDA has been providing aid assistance to support
the affected communities. AMDA helped Leyte Medical
Society (LMS) rebuild their office building and emergency
relief post in Tacloban.
Before the typhoon hit, LMS used to organize a free monthly
medical mission and many other events including community
health education, continuous medical education for medical professionals and practitioners at the
LMS building. After the typhoon, the building was swept away and LMS no longer had a place toorganize their community events and workshops. The reconstruction project was made possible withthe help of Japan Medical Association and Fukuyama Medical Association (Japan).

92. GPSP Soul and Medicine Program
To pay tribute to war victims, GPSP Soul and Medicine Program has been held in past
battlefields around the globe. As AMDA believes that healing human souls is essential topeace building, the program represents twofold purposes: 1) to conduct multi-religious
memorial services to pay tribute and respect to those who suffered and died in conflicts andwars, and 2) to provide medical services to the present communities.
In 2005, the concept was expanded to include natural disaster victims as a result of
unprecedented tsunami that hit South Asia on 26 December 2004. Since then, AMDA has
held memorial services in the areas where AMDA conducted emergency relief activities.

GPSP Soul and Medicine Program (GPSP SMP) in Makassar, Indonesia

AMDA’s unique program, Soul and Medicine Program (SMP), was held under the Global
Partnership for Sustainable Peace (GPSP) in Makassar, Indonesia on 18 November 2015. This
year marked the 70th anniversary since the end of World War II. As Makassar was a very
important strategic point during the war, not only did the war claim many lives from both warring
parties but also left deep scars on the local community. Participants who gathered at theceremony prayed for all the victims of the war. Among the participants were the Head of theConsular Office of Japan in Makassar, two Japanese Buddhist priests, local priests from each faith(Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism).

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GPSP Soul and Medicine Program(SMP) in Colombo, Sri Lanka

GPSP Soul and Medicine Program in Tacloban,
Philippines

It marked the second SMP ceremony to
be held in Sri Lanka followed by the firstone which was held in 2004 to pay
tribute to the victims of Pacific Tsunami
disaster. The event was held in time withJapan and Sri Lanka celebrating 63
years of diplomatic relationship, and also
coincided with 70th anniversary sinceWorld War II ended.
On 1 December 2015, GPSP Soul and Medicine Program
was held in San Jose district in Tacloban City, Leyte
Province. San Jose was where 2013 Typhoon Yolanda had
first landed in the region. The event was made possible byHon. Bagulaya, a Provincial Board Member/ ex. vicegovernor of Leyte. In addition to 40 people from the locality,a priest from Tacloban, two Japanese Tenrikyo priests andits followers joined in the prayer session for all the victims ofthe typhoon.

In Mongolia alone, GPSP SMP has been held six
times until 2015.

Ulaanbaatar

GPSP SMP in
Mongolia
2015(GandanMonastery,
Ulaanbaatar)

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B. Educational Support
1. GPSP Kids Projects
Children who are not given enough opportunities to harness their motivation or potential for
self-realization 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. Physical checkups, nutritional meals, sports programs, intercultural or religious programs are some of the activities AMDA has incorporated into thisinitiative. GPSP will continue in this tradition to cater to the needs of these children.

Kilinochchi

AMDA Peace Building Program in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka

Colombo

AMDA Peace Building Program (AMDA PBP) was initially started, having the history of 26year ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka as a background. It was during the time of ceasefire (20032006) when AMDA dispatched medical professionals from Japan to provide medical services
and community health education to both communities in an equal manner. It was initiallycalled “AMDA Peace Building through Medicine” which helped promote peace by building
trust through medical services. AMDA started a youth exchange program in 2011 for thesecond phase of this peace-building initiative.
Ever since, the youth exchange program has become a yearly event where students fromdifferent ethnic/religious communities get together to nurture mutual understanding.

122. Global Human Resource Development Projects
The whole idea behind AMDA’s global human resource development projects was to kick-start an
educational program targeted toward Japanese youths who envision their future career ininternational affairs. Pursuant to this successful attempt, GPSP has been building morecomprehensive human resource development projects by involving organizations from various
GPSP member countries. Each stakeholder of GPSP has been taking an active part in the makingof these programs for the future peace makers of the world.

Rwandan doctor to be trained in Okayama, Japan (Aug. - Oct. 2015)
Under the subsidy of Okayama Prefecture, AMDA collaborated with Think about Education in
Rwanda (an NPO based in Fukushima) to assist two-month training of Dr. Calliope Simba Akintije,
the director of Mibilizi Hospital in Rusizi, Rwanda. During his stay, Dr. Akintije visited hospitals,
clinics, local governments and schools in Okayama, Tokyo and Fukushima. He studied the systemof health checkups for school children and was particularly impressed by the close networking
among schools, doctors and board of education to support children’s health.

Okayama,Japan

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Rusizi,Rwandaa2015 Japan-Vietnam Student Exchange Program13

3. Scholarship

For many years, AMDA has
supported students who arepersevering through difficult
times following natural andman-made disasters. Until
now,

the

beneficiaries

AMDA’sofscholarshipprograms have been mainly
those who wish to pursue
medical careers.

In
AMDA has been supporting those students who were put in difficult circumstances
after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011.

the

GPSP

AMDA

framework,

encourages

internationalits

chapters

and

GPSP member organizations

SUGANAMI Scholarshiptoestablish

programs,

scholarshippreferably

self-funded. Scholarship may start
SUGANAMI Scholarship Foundation was established in 2004

small and can take its own

for capable young medical and nursing students around thecourse along the way. GPSP

globe who are in need of financial assistance to complete their

network can help find thestudy.

donorsandprovidenecessary support if a needarises.

Japan-Mongolia Student Exchange:

Nursing Students (the scholarship recipients) in action (Turkey)

HealthScience

UniversityofMongolia

has

deepenedtherelationship with AMDA through thescholarship program14

C. Promotion of Health
1. GPSP Friendship Hospitals
Butwal, Nepal

Siddhartha Children and Women’s Hospital, Nepal
For AMDA, securing medical assistance for unserved communities has always been high on its
agenda. Partnering with local chapters and collaborators, AMDA runs medical institutions which
serve as a regional medical hub. It is hoped that each involved nation will have one medical
institution which can act as a medical hub for the effective GPSP operation especially at the timeof disaster.

AMDA GPSP Hospitals around theglobe-Siddharta Children and Women’s Hospital (Nepal)-AMDA Damak Hospital (Nepal)-Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital(Bangladesh)-Japan-Afghanistan Friendship Hospital(Afghanistan)-Japan-Mongolia Friendship Hospital (Mongolia)

AMDA Peace Clinic, Bodhgaya, India-AMDA Peace Clinic Bodhgaya (India)15

2. GPSP Medical Mission
AMDA has been carrying out medical missions responding to particular medical needs of certain
group of people in the world. Matching those local needs with the capacity of possible medical
service provider is the basis of AMDA’s medical mission. In recent years, AMDA has been
seeking to promote exchange and assistance programs to diffuse advanced medical expertisein developing countries.

Cleft Palate/ Lip Operation Mission in Indonesia

For the past several years, AMDA International has been working with AMDA Indonesia and the
Clebus Cleft Centre (CCC) in Makassar, Indonesia, to conduct cleft palate/lip operation projects for
local residents for free. Taiwan International Health Action (TaiwanIHA) has been the key force infunding this mission. Until now, TaiwanIHA has also helped AMDA conduct many cataract operations
and dental programs in Sri Lanka and Turkey.

Ophthalmologic Mission in Mongolia

Since 2011, AMDA’s ophthalmologic project in Mongolia has been one of its most viable efforts to date.
Hoping to provide better eye-care for the people in Mongolia, the project primarily focuses on theinstitutionalization 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.

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3. Primary Health Care

Educating women to become peer educators in rural Pakistan(Pakistan Home Health Education)
GPSP is promoting healthcare and awareness among people living in poverty or in places where
health literacy is low. AMDA’s primary health care brings people back to health in many parts of
the world where even the basic medical care is scarce. At the same time, GPSP is also activeat educating people about health which is indispensable for the prosperity of the entire
community. GPSP will continue to thrive in this tradition, providing primary health care services
and health awareness for the better quality of life.

Pakistan Home Health Education
The goal of this project is to improve hygiene andhealth in the remote areas of Pakistan througheducating pre-marital women. It is an attempt at
training these women to become peer health educatorsin their community.
Funded/organized by AMDA Chigasaki Chuo Rotary
Club (Japan), National Rural Support Programme(Pakistan)17

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. AMDA opened AMDA Notoro Farmin Shinjo Village, Okayama Prefecture (Japan) in April 2011 - a village that enacted an
ordinance called Asian Organic Agricultural Platform Promotion in 2010. Likewise, AMDA
has been running AMDA Organic Farm in Malino, South Sulawesi, Indonesia since
February 2014. At the farm, both Japanese staff and local farmers have worked hand inhand to uplift the level of agriculture in the region. Besides the farm operation, the projectis providing Indonesian farmers with the opportunities to be trained in Japan. Japanese
agriculture experts are also invited to Malino on a regular basis.

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