2016 Annual Report
From January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016

Non-Profit Organization
Bridge Asia JapanTABLE OF CONTENTS
Greetings from Etsuko Nemoto, Chairperson of Bridge Asia Japan .....................................................................1
I.

Overseas Support Activities in Myanmar ......................................................................................................2
SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................................................2
1.

Activities in Rakhine State .....................................................................................................................3

2.

School Construction Project 【Funding: Nippon Foundation】 ..........................................................4

3.

Water Supply in the Central Dry Zone ...................................................................................................44.
Hpa-An Technical Training School Project【Funding: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Grant
Assistance for Japanese NGO projects, BAJ fund】 ........................................................................................55.
Yangon Office.........................................................................................................................................8
II. Overseas Support Activities in Viet Nam ................................................................................................... 10
1.
Thinking about environmental issues 【Funding: Canon Inc. , LIXIL Corporation, “Shine! Children ofAsia” Fund】................................................................................................................................................. 11
2.

Educational Support Program 【Funding: “Shine! Children of Asia” Fund】 ................................... 113.
Management Support Project to Strengthen Agriculture and Livestock Industry 【Funding: JICA
Grassroots Technical Cooperation Program (Partnership), LIXIL Corporation, BAJ Donation】 .................. 12
III. Activities in Tokyo Headquaters ................................................................................................................. 16
1.

Operations of Tokyo Headquaters ...................................................................................................... 16

2.

Public Relations .................................................................................................................................. 18

3.
Operational Management .................................................................................................................. 20
IV. Financial Report (January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016) ......................................................................... 23

Greetings from Etsuko Nemoto, Chairperson of Bridge Asia Japan
Here is the annual report 2016.
In the Vietnam projects, we established the second direct-sales store in March 2016 by enlarging our
network with farmers. Both first and second stores are steadily gaining more customers.
In the Myanmar projects, there have been new opportunities and attempts to develop our activities. For
instance, we managed to secure funds to continue our projects, and we were chosen as a recipient of funds
raised by the Osaka Charity Marathon. Moreover, we were offered some CSR (Corporate Social
Responsibility) business initiatives from several companies.
The projects in Myanmar are currently underway as scheduled, although the activities were stopped
temporarily due to a series of violence in October, which arose from ethnic antagonism in Rakhine State.
The situation in Myanmar requires us to take additional measures to strengthen security. In our activities, wewill explore and establish a network for safety in collaboration with local residents.
Since the inception of BAJ, it has been our policy to promote the localization of project activities. In the watersupply project in the Central Dry Zone, we hope that the project can be run by local staffs only. Thus, weorganized a team for well drilling and construction, which consists of local staffs only, and we continued
technology transfer and management training for them. In June, we started withdrawing Japanese staffs.
From now on, we are going to hand over the activities to the local staffs after supporting them for a certain
period.
As for the projects in Vietnam, direct-sales stores are producing great results. We will continue supporting
the stores so that local staffs will be able to operate them by themselves in the future.
Your support and cooperation enabled us to continue these projects. We sincerely appreciate your further
support in advance.

Etsuko Nemoto
Chairperson
Bridge Asia Japan, Non-Profit Organization

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I.

Overseas Support Activities in Myanmar

SUMMARY
Maungdaw, Rakhine State in the northwest of Myanmar, borders Bangladesh and it is an area where many
Muslims live. From 1991 to 1992, there was a large-scale outflow of Muslim refugees, and BAJ had began its
activities in Maungdaw as a project implementing partner of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR).
In 2016, a new government led by Aung San Suu Kyi came in power with a promise of "ethnic harmony",
which is a major challenge in Myanmar. Amidst various administrative reforms, “21st Century Panglong
Conference” was held last May, which seemed to make a start at last. However in October, border security
police stations at three locations within the northern Rakhine State was attacked simultaneously by Muslims,
and BAJ was forced to terminate part of activities at the project site.
BAJ’s water supply project in the South Eastern border which launched in 2004 terminated due to thewithdrawal of the donor, UNHCR, failing to achieve the goal of receiving returnees in the refugee camps on
the Thai side of the border.
Village water supply project in the Central Dry Zone is underway in keeping with our initial goal of localizing
the project. We have been making efforts to have the project operated by local staff by withdrawing
Japanese staff, and BAJ is currently at the stage to provide logistical support.
With the operations of Hpa-An Technical Training School, it was decided that the school would receive
contributions from Nippon Foundation. This is the result of cultivating new donors which has been ourbiggest challenge since the completion of the funding from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Grant
Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects. We can now plan for the operational fund for the remaining three
years of the project.
Furthermore, we were able to start up several unique projects in Yangon Office with companies that could
provide us funding as part of their CSR initiatives.
BAJ Offices are shown below.
-Yangon Office-Hpa-An Office-Mawlamyine Office-Maungdaw Office-Sittwe Office2 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT

-Magway Office1.

Activities in Rakhine State

After the attack in October, the joint forces of Myanmar military government and border security police
executed search and sweep operations of armed insurgents, but the security situation of nearby areas
worsened. As of March 2017, the operation has ended and the region seems to have settled on the surface.
However, incidents of stabbing are occurring sporadically and we are watching the proceedings while taking
continuous safety measures. Together with international organizations and NGOs that operate in this region,
BAJ provided trainings on sewing, computers and machineries, where Muslims and Buddhists learn together,as a part of UNHCR’s new project, "Peaceful Cohabitation Project".
Maintenance of vehicles and machineries 【Funding: UNHCR】

i.

We provided support to each organization through maintenance of vehicles, generators, outboard motors,
etc., for United Nations, international NGOs, and Myanmar government authorities that operate in theregion.
ii.

Agricultural machine training【Funding : UNHCR】

In 16 villages that UNHCR provided agricultural machines to, we provided trainings on repair methods for
single cylinder engines, which make the basis of agricultural machinery repairs.
iii.

For peaceful cohabitation 【Funding: UNHCR】

With the aim of interethnic collaboration by allowing Rakhine, Muslims and other ethnic minorities living inthis area to learn together, we provided sewing training (for women) six times for 330 days or more and 117
women participated. We also provided computer trainings (for junior high and high school students) two
times for 372 hours and 24 students participated. Machinery trainings (for adults) were held two times for 80
days and 40 people participated. Due to the effects of the attack, training sessions were temporarilysuspended, but we restarted the remaining training sessions in 2017.
iv.

Educational project 【Funding: UNHCR】① Kindergarten operations

We implemented activities until March 2016, targeting a total of 116 students for each kindergarten (forfour- to five-year old children) in Rakhine, Muslim, and Hindu villages.
② School operations in Muslim IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) communities

We provided support for school operations until March 2016 for 1980 Muslim children and students in fiveschools in Rathidaung Township.

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2.

School Construction Project 【Funding: Nippon Foundation】

The school construction project funded by Nippon Foundation started in September 2012, aiming toconstruct 100 schools in 5 years. We aimed to complete 26 schools in the fourth year (from September 2015
to August 2016), but the roads to the construction sites were blocked by heavy rain during the rainy season.
These constructions were postponed to the fifth year.
Currently in the fifth year (from September 2016 to August 2017), we are constructing the remaining 27
schools. However, security situation worsened at the sites due to the effects of the attack, so we relinquished
two schools and are planning for substitute schools to be constructed.
Aiming to improve the quality of the schools to be constructed, an engineering and construction
specialistwas invited. They provided technical advice, monitoring, construction management and safetymeasures to on-site engineers and workers. In 2016, we seconded the specialist four times in February, May,
July, and October. We will continue to second specialist in 2017 with similar frequencies.
At each construction site in villages, 10 local youths who requested on-the-job training (OJT) were selected
and participated in construction. After the OJT, the youths with approved technical skills who wished tocontinue working were hired in the next construction site as semi-skilled workers. In 2016, 275 youths
participated in OJT, and took part in implementing the project while learning the basics of construction.
We plan to conduct inspection by participative evaluation for 100 schools we construct. To this end, aspecialist on participative evaluation was invited from Japan in October, and trainings were provided,targeting local staff and Japanese expatriate staff in Yangon. At the completion of the training, indexes andquestionnaires learned in the actual training were used to monitor two schools in Rakhine State ahead ofothers.
3.
i.

Water Supply in the Central Dry Zone
New Deep Tube Well Construction Projects 【Funding: Myanmar Posts andTelecommunications (MPT), and Department of Rural Development】

We have completed drilling a total of four wells, which were part funded by our own funds. One well wascompleted as a CSR project for MPT, the largest mobile phone company in Myanmar, two wells wererequested from Department of Rural Development and the last well was requested from a village.

Drilling
No.

Village Name

TownshipRequested by

Start

End

Dept
h
(m)

Water
Yield
（gallon/h）

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Hnget Pyaw
Kan

Yaynanchaung

Department ofDevelopment

Mar 9 Apr 10

263

2,500

Jun 12284

2,000

Sep 1296

2,500

Jan 27209

2,500

Affairs
Chauk-

Thanbo
North

Chauk

Department ofMay

Development

1

Affairs
126
127

Pi Tauk Kone
Ywar Haung
Kan

Natmauk
MagwayPi Tauk Kone

Aug

Village

24

MPT

Dec
14

(1 gallon ≒4.5 L)
ii.

Existing Deep Well Repair Projects 【Funding: Own funds; requests from Departmentof Rural Development】

155 existing wells were repaired in a year based on the request from Department of Development Affairs,
Ministry of Progress of Border Areas and National Races and Development Affairs, Myanmar Government.
Major repaired jobs were repairing pumps and cleaning wells.
iii.

Towards localization of the projectThrough holding discussions with local staff, preparation is underway by providing BAJ’s support for the first 2
years with an aim to become completely independent. In particular, decisions have been made such as
repayment plans for the initial investment funds from BAJ, putting in place regulations including the articles
of incorporation, and management plans.
After starting operations in earnest with only local staff in July, Yangon office is taking the initiative tocontinually monitor the project.

4.

Hpa-An Technical Training School Project【Funding: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO projects, BAJ fund】

This project was funded by Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO projects as a three-year continuous project,
starting in December 2013 and we continued to implement it in the third year, from December 2015 toNovember 2016. The project main target is Myanmar's young youths who have not had opportunities tolearn and we sought trainees from all around the country. We operate the school as a boarding school withno costs incurred to trainees.
The school was built on a 2.5 hectares of land provided by Karen state government, with the school grounds
having more than ten facilities including workshops, vocational training building and accommodation
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quarters. A total of 356 trainees graduated during this period. BAJ has been planning to extend this projectto six years and then to hand over upon completion to our project counterpart, the Department of Education
and Training (DET), so we had been fundraising for the fourth year onwards. While seeking financial
contributions from Japanese firms as a human resource development project, we were finally able to secure
Japan Foundation's support. We are now able to implement the extended three-year project for theremaining period from December 2016.
i.

Selection of Trainees

For the trainee selection, a student selection committee was formed consisting of three parties, namely DET,
Karen state government and BAJ. The selection was made according to the selection criteria. Prospective
trainees were sought through national newspaper advertisements and by visiting public and NGO offices
located in Hpa-An township. We explained to each village within the township and asked them to distributeapplication forms. The selection was made through screening applications first, then conducting interviews
with prospective candidates and selecting appropriate candidates. In the interviews, the committee valued
candidates’ eagerness to acquire technical skills while giving consideration to each candidate's family
circumstances (family composition, economic situation, etc.) and his/her views on future prospects. For thethird year term, the committee selected a total of 153 trainees who were placed in the following courses:• Construction - 21 students for four terms• Electrical Trade- 25 students for three terms, 25 students for four terms• Automobile Maintenance - 32 students for three terms, 25 students for four terms• Welding - 25 students for two terms
Technical Trainingii.

① Construction

With an aim to acquire basic construction skills for general building forms in Myanmar, namely, wooden,
brick and reinforced concrete (RCC), the course offered three units: wood work, stone mason and fabricationof reinforcements. As part of practical work, students constructed the gate and fences within the school
grounds.
②

Electrical Trade

This course mainly offered skills for interior electrical wiring, as well as incorporating basics for air
conditioner installation which has increasing demands in Myanmar. In practical work, students participated inelectric wiring and repair works for facilities on the school grounds and also for external on-site work.
③ Automobile MaintenanceThe curriculum was designed and textbooks were created in accordance to Myanmar's unique demands forautomobile maintenance and repairs, including technical training for single-cylinder engines and automobile
system (engines, chassis and electric devices).

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④ Welding

The course provided technical trainings for metal work, mainly arc welding, gas welding and gas cutting. As
on-the-job training, students created beds, swings and tables. They also participated in a study tour to visit
and learn about vocational training facilities and city workshops, raising their awareness for future job
hunting.
⑤ Special Course for Automobile Maintenance on EFI (Electric Control Fuel Injection Device);

EFI class was provided to the top performing students among the first graduates and we taught EFI-equipped
vehicles which are becoming more mainstream, from its principles and structure to methods for inspection
and repairs.
iii.

Employment Support and Employment Status Survey

We created a list of “Job Openings” by asking and collecting information from firms, workshops andcontractors in Hpa-An and Yangon to become employers for our graduates. We distributed this list to all
trainees. We conducted employment status survey on our school graduates through telephone interviews
and on-site visits to their workplaces.
Of the 140 graduates for the third-year term, 120 graduates found employment where more than half were
working at local construction and electrical work sites, automobile repairs and maintenance workshops andwelding factories. As trained technicians, they have actively contributed to technical skills improvement andeconomic revitalization of their local communities. We had been reaching out to Japanese companies in
Yangon and over the past three years, 37 graduates found employment at automobile related companies,
bridge construction companies, construction companies and electrical work companies. Accumulated
employment rate over the past three years was at 83 per cent with the following breakdowns of courses:
CourseNo. of

Employed

Employment Rate

Graduates
Construction (first- to fourth-year term)

91

71

78%

Electrical Trade (first- to fourth- term)

107

94

88%

Automobile Maintenance (first- to

106

89

84%

Welding (first- and second-year term)

52

43

83%

Total

356

297

83%

fourth-year term)iv.

School Management

The school management committee, including residing DET staff posted at the school, makes management
decisions. The school is a boarding school and students are provided with items needed for living and
7 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORTlearning. Moreover, we provide meals and prompt actions for health care, creating the living environment
where students can focus on learning and acquiring technical skills.
On Saturdays, we provide opportunities for students to learn general knowledge other than technical lessons,by inviting teachers who work in various fields externally. They gave lectures and allowed students to visit
their facilities.

5.

Yangon Office

Yangon office submits reports to the central government, holds meetings, and applies for visa approval for
Japanese staff and specialists. The office also handles administrative affairs such as human resources,
procurement, insurance, and consolidating accounts for all Myanmar offices.
i.

Holding Meetings① Annual General Meeting

After the general meeting of BAJ Headquarters in Tokyo, topics such as the annual reporting of projects,
planning and operational tasks were discussed with the local management staff from all Myanmar offices.
The Headquarters took this opportunity to update its rules and regulations and held a workshop on disasterprevention and reduction.
② Management committee and Japanese staff meeting

Every October, the management in Tokyo Headquarters and a representative of BAJ Myanmar, Ms. Mori, holdthe management committee meeting in Yangon office to check on the status of tasks as well as review therules, regulations, and problems. Following this meeting, Japanese staff in the Myanmar office reported oneach topic and discussed the problems, which would be reflected on project plans for the next fiscal year.
ii.

Disaster risk reduction in Ayeyarwaddy Delta【Funding：Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd】

As part of the project, “Mangrove planting for functional enhancement of disaster prevention in coastal areas”
which Kokusai Kogyo conducts in Deli and other areas, BAJ contracted a disaster drill program. In 2016,
workshops for disaster prevention were held at three villages in the Delta area.
iii.

Book & Toy Project 【Funding and cooperation：Tomoiki Foundation, All Nippon
Airways Co. Ltd., crowd funding, individual donations】

Under a collaborative project with the Tokyo Toy Museum, Book & Toy Library 100, 250 books and toys suchas Ken-dama（cup-and-ball game), ring toss, and the game “GO” were donated to 16 elementary schools
in Myanmar’s remote districts in the fiscal year of 2016 in order to provide quality learning opportunities forchildren without books and equipment. Along with donation of the items, the importance of reading as wellas usage rules and handling were explained to the students and the teachers.
8 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORTBAJ Tokyo was successful in fundraising for this project by trying various different ways. In particular, BAJ was
eligible as a donation recipient organisation at the Osaka charity marathon, which was held in Osaka in
October, BAJ could raise a good sum.
iv.

Construction of an elementary school 【Funding：Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd】

As a part of the Kumagai Gumi CSR initiatives, BAJ helped construct and donate an elementary school nearby
Kumagai Gumi’s construction site in Myanmar. Construction of the school began in February, then acompletion ceremony was held in May, and the school was opened in the new school year in June.
v.

Participatory evaluation training program 【Funding：The Nippon Foundation】

For two weeks in October, Mr. Hiroshi Tanaka was invited from Japan to Myanmar as a specialist in
participatory evaluation methods and provided this evaluation training for BAJ local staff. In the future, allstakeholders in completed projects will share achievements and problems using method to enhance themotivation and improve future projects.

9 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORTII. Overseas Support Activities in Viet Nam
In 1982, we donated a generator to support livelihood of Cu Chi, a fierce battleground in the Vietnam War.
Our donation became the start of our activities in Ho Chi Minh city, more specifically we supported children
with disabilities, conducted surveys on waste in urban areas, and donated Japanese garbage trucks to theCity. In 2002, BAJ sent one liaison representative officer to station in Ho Chi Minh City and began full scale
activities in Vietnam.
At that time, the heart of our activities conducted in Ho Chi Minh was at an area called Anh Kahn in District 2,
situated opposite by crossing the Saigon River to lively and flourishing District 1. Anh Kahn is the place
where many under-privileged people live in shanty huts built on riverbanks. We saw quite many children in
Anh Kahn were not going to school. They were selling lottery tickets and postcards to help their parents forliving. BAJ began to group these children together and conducted various supporting activities for thesechildren, including forming a drawing club for small children, setting tutoring classes for elementary school
aged children by calling university student volunteers. Meanwhile, we also provided family finance support
through a micro-credit financial scheme to parents struggling with debts.
By 2010, as Anh Kahn district was designated as one of the redevelopment zones, the relocation of residents
from the area became well underway. As such, we had to discontinue our core activities in Anh Kahn such as
child-led waste collection and separation, tutoring classes for elementary school-aged children.
Given this situation, we relocated our activity base to Hue City. Hue is known to be a world-renowned tourist
destination where the Imperial Royal Palace of Nguyen dynasty is located.

However, there also areunder-privileged people living in shanty huts by the side of moat embankments of the palace wall as well as
those living on boats on banks of Huong River. BAJ approached the communities in Hue where thesedisadvantaged people live and started environmental education for children, including supports for local
waste collection and separation activities, tutoring classes, and family finance support through a micro-credit
scheme for parents. The city was increasingly seeing developments of new residential areas due tourbanization. We came to know that local farmers, especially those subsistent farmers, were inclined to sell
their land.

Some of the reasons for selling their land were said due to issues associated with raising pigs;i.e., bad smalls and untreated pig manures and urine discharged untreated to land and river, which were
contaminating the environment.
To help the farmers coping with swine wastes related issues, BAJ went in to their villages and installed biogas
digesters (BD). Farmers became able to utilize compost and liquid fertilizer produced in the process to growvalue added organic vegetables.

Our BD installation eventually led to the opening of the first Hue Farmers’Store in 2014 in Hue City that was jointly operated by BAJ and the farmer’s group to market organicallygrown fresh vegetables. As the story was picked up by Newspapers and TVs, sales of the store increased
dramatically. In response to the request of visiting coming from far away, we increased the number of farm
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produce suppliers and opened the second store.

Our next step is to transfer the shops in the hand of the

farmers’ groups in the future. To do so, we will be looking after various management and operational
related issues before it happens.
1.

Thinking about environmental issues 【Funding: Canon Inc. , LIXIL Corporation, “Shine!
Children of Asia” Fund】

In Vietnam, the country where rapid developments are taking place, deteriorating environment has become
the critical issue that can no longer be ignored. Even in the school class room studies, brining
environmental education is a challenge as there are not many teachers capable and trained to teach thissubject. Through our track record of accumulated experiences in addressing environmental issues in thefield of education, some schools in Hue City adopted and implemented BAJ’s environmental education
lessons in their curriculums. Also, there are other schools that started environmental education activities aspart of an after-school curricula.
i.

Environmental Education at Schools

Schools allocated time for a class entitled “Activities to Strengthen the Power of Living” in the curriculums.
BAJ conducted environmental education lessons in the form of classroom lectures, experiments, and actualsite observations. In these lessons, we used textbooks which we had created with a company involved insanitation and hygiene businesses in the past; namely “Let’s think about water and study” and “Let’s think
about toilet”. At the Thuy Xuan Primary School in Hue City, 385 students in seven classes of 3rd and 4th
grade students participated in total.
Similarly, at the Lam Mong Quang Junior High School in Vinh My Village, Phu Loc District, we conductedlessons using the same textbooks for 6th to 9th grade students. A total of 79 students participated inexperiments such as “Making recycled paper”, “Creating clay animation” and “Making a wall newspaper”.
ii.

Environment Group’s Extracurricular Activities

During summer vacation in June and July, we organized hands-on farming experiences in farmers’ fields forchildren’s environment groups from Thuy Xuan Ward. Farmers’ group who installed BDs cooperated andassisted the occasion.
2.

Educational Support Program 【Funding: “Shine! Children of Asia” Fund】

The “Shine! Children of Asia” Fund was launched in 2004 with an aim to promote school attendance ofVietnamese children.

BAJ has so far provided many children with opportunities to go to school through theabove fund. In 2016, we decided to grant scholarships for 52 students upon consulting with Thuy Xuan
Elementary School and Lam Mong Quang Junior High School. Award ceremonies took place in September
and October (refer to the table below).

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GradeJan to Apr

3rd Grade (Class 1 to 3)
121th
4 Grade (Class 1 to 4)
75
Figures indicate no. of students
3.

Nov toDec
81108Management Support Project to Strengthen Agriculture and Livestock Industry【Funding: JICA Grassroots Technical Cooperation Program (Partnership), LIXIL
Corporation, BAJ Donation】

The “Management support Project for Small Scale Farmers to Strengthen Agriculture and Livestock Industryin Hue City is one of the BAJ projects in Vietnam adopted and funded by Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) partnered with LIXIL Corporation.

The project is a five year period with the implementation

began in May 2014 and to end in April 2019. Prior to this project, BAJ has been implementing various
projects with the scope to support children and poor areas in need of help in Hue City. The Hue City
government had an on-going subsidy project entitled “High Quality Pig Acquisition and Biogas Digester
Installation”. Hue city government wanted to expand farmers’ utilization of the subsidy and requested BAJ
for assistance. In response, we implemented the BD installation project which began in 2011. The city’s
subsidy project ended in 2016, we also had to discontinue our BD installation project. We negotiated forthe project continuation which resulted the city government to secure an alternate budget, enabling the
project to resume in June.
i.

Biogas Digester (BD) Installation Project① Activities in Hue City 【Funding: Hue City】

Under the Strengthening Management Support project, Hue City conducted livestock farm survey, selected
potential farmers for BD installations, and organized meetings and seminars for new farmers mainly in three
districts, namely Thuy Xuan, Thuy Bieu, and Huong Lon. For six farm households, BD was installed.
Furthermore, for familiarization and installation of BDs, we collaborated with the local government andprovided on-the-job training for officials of the economic department of the Hue city government andrelevant officials of local councils.
It costs approximately 50,000 yen to install one BD. Farmers who plan to have BD are required to savecertain sum of money installed in, so called “BD Fund”, each week. The plan is to utilize the reserved fundto subsidize farmers who are going to install BD on and after fiscal year 2017. By using accumulated bio gas
produced by the installed BD, famers are able to reduce fuel cost, for example, fuel to cook leftovers to feedpigs.

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② Activities in Quang Dien District 【Funding: BAJ Donation】

Quang Ngan villagers who observed the project in Hue city through on-site visit came back and told us thatthey wanted to install BDs, too. Given the above, BAJ installed 10 BDs in their village for the period
between June through to September, covering half of the installation costs with the rest paid by the residents
themselves.
ii.

Expanding Direct Sales Shops for Agriculture Produces and Livestock Products【Funding: JICA Grassroots Technical Cooperation Program, BAJ Donation】“Hue Farmers’ Store”, a direct sales outlet for agriculture and livestock products, was opened in December
2014. The store is run by ten farmer suppliers with opening hours from 7am to 4pm. By the request ofcustomers in Hue City, we increased the number of suppliers and opened a branch in the north of the city inAugust. Overall, they started make sufficient profits to cover running costs without any project subsidies byaround March and April. We came to realize that there are increasing demands for safer vegetables inurban areas.
iii.

Sending specialists and trainings

For local farmers, operating the direct sales store was for the first-time experience. We invited specialists inthe areas of organic farming as well as direct sales store management from Japan. These specialist gave
useful advises on cultivation technique and on direct sales operations with examples in Japan as well as in
Vietnam. On 27th August, we had a seminar attended by people related to the BAJ direct sales store
operation (farmers, local government officials, and consumers). Especially, consumers’ participation wasprovided an important opportunity for other participants to hear opinion.

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1

nd

th

Feb 22 – 28

Specialist

Contents

Masaaki Ooe

Organizational structure of direct sales store;
Maintenance of operating conditions; Cultivation plan2

May 6thTokyo

Agriculture and livestock technology training

University ofAgriculture
th

th

3

June 13 - 18

4

August 23 - 27

5

6

rd

th

rd

th

August 23 - 27th

September 12 October 8thShiho Segawa

Making organic composts

EtsukoThe history of organic farming in Japan and nurturing

Nemotoconsumers

YoshiroOperation know-hows from the perspective of

Kishidasuccessful direct sales stores in Japan

Shiho Segawa

Making good quality organic composts; Ways tocontrol pests

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iv.

Exchange with Other Organizations in Vietnam

In August, five farmer suppliers who works at the BAJ direct sales stores visited Ben Tre, where organic
vegetables are grown by farmers who supply to the direct sales shop operated by Viet Tam direct store in Ho
Chi Minh City. Our suppliers observed creative solutions for organic growing such as disinfecting soil bycovering fields with films before planting seeds and controlling pests by covering ridges with nets.
Changes in Operating Margin and Profit Margin
Operating profit in sales（売上高営業利益率）
Profit margin（経常利益率）

15 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORTIII. Activities in Tokyo Headquarters
We have been able to complete 2016 without huge difficulties. One of the issues we had was fundraising for“BAJ Technical Training School Operations Project” in Karen State, but we were able to secure the funding forafter the third year of the project. Furthermore, for the school construction project in Rakhine State, we areforecasting to complete the construction of 100 schools in 5 years, which was our initial target. Both projects
are funded and supported by the Nippon Foundation.
“Book & Toy Library 100” is a collaborative project with Tokyo Toy Museum, which is a project to donate alibrary of books with toys encased in bookshelves to each elementary school in remote areas of Myanmar. To
fundraise, we challenged ourselves to use crowd funding, to be selected as a donation recipient organization
in “Osaka Marathon”, and to explore and find new donors.
In Vietnam where we implement support project to strengthen management for impoverished farmers in
Hue city in Vietnam central area, we installed biogas digesters, as well as developed organic vegetable
farming by utilizing the by-product of digesters such as composts, liquid fertilizers and gas. We also put ourefforts into the management of “Farmers’ direct sales store” where farmers can directly sell to consumers,
and opened the second shop to increase sales smoothly.
As for the relevant NGO movements in Japan, the UN set the replacement for ‘the Millennium Development
Goals’ called ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ to be achieved by 2031. Domestically, ‘SDGs Civil Society
Network’ has been formed to mobilize the power of civil society beyond the network of international
cooperation sector.
The management of Tokyo Headquarters resolved a shortage of staff in Tokyo by incorporating
work-from-home arrangements and flexible working hours to create a pleasant working environment andaimed for a “select-few” organizational structure. We have also increased training opportunities for our
employees and cooperated with external organisations such as NPO Nimaime no Meishi (the Second
Business Card) program, initiating collaborations among various corporate individuals.

1.

Operations of Tokyo Headquarters

Activities of NGO and NPO are generally founded on operating projects with donations and membership feesfrom supporters. Like previous years, we received support from a great number of people in 2016. We
sincerely thank you for all your support. In 2016, we received contributions from organizations listed in thetable below. Names of individual donors are not shown here due to privacy information.

16 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORTOrganizations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Grant Assistance for Japanese NGOs, UNHCR, The Nippon Foundation,
Myanmar

Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd., Bridgers Co., Ltd., Kumagai Gumi, Tomoiki Foundation, Loyalty Marketing
Inc.
JICA Technical Cooperation Program (Partnership), Canon Inc., Consumer Co-operative InstituteVietnamof Japan, LIXIL Group Corporation, A.N.Lab Joint Stock Company, “Shine! Children of Asia” Fund,Environmental Partnership Council, Ohki-gumi
Japan Development Service, Nikko Bussan Co., Ltd., WAVE, Ohki-gumi, Yutaka Hoikuen, IdoSeal
Co., Ltd., Birotasu Co., Dynax Corporation, NPO Care Center YAWARAGI, Shuho Kogyo, Bridgers

Other

Co. Ltd., Capital Industry Co., Ltd., Kokusai Kogyo Co. Ltd., Sowa Consultants Inc., Rikkyo
University, LIXIL, Bookoff Corporation Limited, Yahoo Japan, JANIC, Sowa Consultants, gooddo,
Salesforcei.

Operations in Tokyo

Funding problem is a challenge that many NGO organizations face and funding the operational costs of
Headquarters is a difficult issue. Generally, NGOs are seen as volunteer organizations, and sometimes
operational costs such as employment costs are not recognized. Fortunately, we see more cases of such costs
approved by many grant organizations and public funds, but they do not cover all costs.
Tokyo Headquarters needs to think about programs that make profit, however, therein lies an issue of having‘for profit’ projects as an NGO organization.
For programs in Tokyo, we have implemented five programs that are based on donations, which are ‘Shine!
Children of Asia Fund Supporter’, ‘BAJ All-Round Supporter’, ‘Furu-kuru Project’, ‘Book & Toy Library 100’ and‘Happy Book’.
① “Shine! Children of Asia” FundThis fund was launched in December 2004 as a monthly payment system, with an aim to support school
children in impoverished areas of Vietnam and children with disabilities. We called for support members
starting from 1,000 yen per lot and we have been improving local environment and providing scholarships. As
of December 2016, we have 34 members with the total annual donation amount of 1,057, 000 yen.
② BAJ All-Round Supporter

There are many donations which specify projects, but we started this donation program that can cover
operational costs of the Headquarters in October 2006. We call for members starting from 2,000 yen per lot.
As of December 2016, we have 57 supporters with the total annual donation amount of 1,789,000 yen.

17 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT

③ Furu-kuru Project (Secondhand clothes collection)

Support for BAJ includes not only monetary contributions but also stamps, paid postcards, secondhand
clothes and shoes which are fully utilized at our project sites. In particular for secondhand clothes, welaunched “Furu-kuru Project” where we have been collecting secondhand clothes with cooperation from
Nikko Bussan Co., Ltd. BAJ mainly calls for contributions of secondhand clothes and people send them
directly to warehouses in Nikko Bussan, which are then bought by the company and donated to BAJ. BAJ has
been expanding this project by sending flyers to municipal social welfare councils. Furthermore, in Lumine
department stores located near or within stations, each store runs secondhand clothes collection events aspart of their sales promotions. BAJ has been selected as one of the organizations that they donate to.
In 2016, we collected 43,604kg of secondhand clothes, generating a total donation amount of 701,209 yen.
④ Book & Toy Library 100

We collaborate with Tokyo Toy Museum in this project to donate book cabinets with children’s books andJapanese quality toys as a set to elementary schools in remote areas of Myanmar. It is a project that has
evolved from “Small library donation program” for BAJ’s 20th Anniversary and since its launch in 2016, wehave been reaching out in various ways to fundraise for this project. When donating these book cabinets, we
also provide workshops to instruct how to manage the library.
In 2016, the total donated amount was 12,229,154 yen. As of April 2017, we have donated to 16 schools.
⑤ Happy Book

We started this project with an agreement with Bookoff Corporation Limited, however various otherorganizations are also taking part in this project. We have not been able to expand this project as much as wewould like but in 2016, the donated amount was 63,087 yen.
2.

Public Relations

We believe that public relations is one of the ways to reach out to more people to let them know about BAJ
activities and to support BAJ. However, to be chosen from many existing international cooperation NGOs as adonor recipient organization, we need a significant amount of financial power. In BAJ, we increased thenumber of supporters through letting them know about project contents and then having empathy towards
our activities. Moreover, by connecting supporters and project sites, we utilize many promotional means
such as ‘BAJ Newsletter’, annual reports, website, ‘BAJ E-mail Magazines’, blogs and a Facebook page. We
also have our expatriate staff to speak about our activities in briefing sessions when they temporarily returnto Japan.

18 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORTPublishing informationi.

① Publishing ‘BAJ Newsletter’ and annual report

To inform what is happening at our project sites, we sent ‘BAJ Newsletter’ quarterly. After the Annual
General Meeting, we mailed our annual report that summarizes our annual activities to our members andsupporters.
② Utilizing digital tools for E-mail Magazines and other social media

We utilize digital tools to send e-mail magazines twice a month to share our latest project activities,
volunteering information and upcoming events. In 2016, we published 12 issues of BAJ E-mail Magazines to
4,500 subscribers. On our website, we update blogs written by expatriate staff about their hottest news.
③ Reporting sessions, presenting at other organizations and giving lectures at universities

We had five reporting sessions for the supporters by BAJ expatriate staff and dispatched specialists who were
temporarily returning from our project sites. When other organizations or universities requested us topresent or lecture, we proactively offered to participate to promote BAJ. In 2016, we provided six lectures tofive different universities. In Tokyo Headquarters, we also provided talks to groups of middle and high school
students to broaden their understanding of international cooperation.
Increasing number of supporters through events and fundraising campaignsii.

When we closely examined which website pages people access, we found that ‘the summary of secondhand
clothes collection’ page was significantly higher than other pages. It has been six years since the launch of
Furu-kuru project and due to our efforts in distributing our flyers on widespread areas, many individuals andcorporations have collected secondhand clothes with some repeating these donations. For such donors, we
introduced the fundraising campaigns by sending BAJ Newsletter. We now have a few donors of clothes who
stepped up to become monetary contributors and we are gradually increasing these supporters.
Up until now, we had fundraising campaigns in summer and winter by combining them with different events.
However, this hasn’t been effective in acquiring new contributors. To manage events and campaigns with asmall number of people, we need to reconsider and choose effective approaches by examining event briefs inthe future.
Campaign Title

PeriodWinter Campaign:aEducation in Remote Areas

October 2015 – January 2016

Reporting sessionsb

BAJ Technical Training School Operating Funds Campaign
Summer Campaign:cSupporting Women in Rakhine State, Myanmar
Weaving Tatting Lace Workshop

stMarch 1 – May 31stst

June 1 to August 31stJune 3rd

19 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORTThink about Village Life at Tropical Botanical Garden

July 10th

Relax ★ Yoga Experience

July 23rd

Learning from a Professional Cameraman/Tips on shooting photos

August 6

Hiking Takao Mountain with Multi-nationals

August 11dLive Event: To Vietnamese Children

July 16eBook & Toy Library 100

October 2015 (ongoing)fgFundraising for Vietnamese agricultural and livestock products
direct sales branch
Winter Campaign:

th
th

th

st

September 1 – November 30thNovember 2016 – February 2017
Creating the Future with Own Hands

3.

Operational Managementi.

Donor Relations

We systemized the levels of supporters and implemented a client management software “Salesforce” in 2012.
This has made various management of information possible and enabled us to efficiently deliveradministrative tasks. As of April 2017, we have 1,597 organizations and 13,869 individuals registered.
① Volunteer Café

At our volunteer café, we pack our quarterly “BAJ Newsletter” for mail and introduce BAJ activities while
having tea and snacks. We had over 10 volunteers at each café we held.
② NPO Nimaime no meishi (The Second Business Card)

As a target organization for “NPO Support Project” by NPO Nimaime no Meishi, various corporate individuals
participated to undertake BAJ’s challenges over 3 months. As a result, they collaborated on Furu-kuru Projectand our website.
③ Accepting Interns

In 2016, we took in six students from two universities at our Tokyo Headquarters and at Vietnam Office. For
the ACT program, we took in one Vietnamese international student.
④ Participating in networks

We proactively participated in networks organized by NGO/NPO alliances such as international cooperation
agencies, international organizations, government agencies and community-based organizations to share
information, to engage in dialogues and to promote.

20 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT

⑤ Supporting Overseas Divisions

We supported in procuring items requested by project operations team in each country, for example
procuring machinery parts and requesting repairs of machineries. Furthermore, we procured water quality
survey kits and Coliform bacteria basic detection kits that were necessary for activities in Vietnam.
In Hpa-an Technical Training School, Myanmar, we dispatched specialists who could provide technicalguidance to instructors and engineers. We also had advisors providing guidance for direct sales managementin Vietnam.

PeriodSpecialistndthFebruary 22 – 28

Masaaki Ooe

Activities/Services provided
Site visit to direct sales store in Vietnam
Seminar instructorndthFebruary 2 – 17

Katsuki
Fukushimand

April 22 – December 15thKoreakiKaizukathth

May 8 – 28

Katsuki
Fukushimathth

July 5 – December 16

MasaichiKanazawathJuly 10 – 23rd

Katsuki
FukushimardthAugust 23 – 27

Yoshiroo
Kishidastnd

October 1 – 22

Katsuki
Fukushimath

October 20 – November 4thHiroshiTanakaSchool construction project in Rakhine State, Myanmar
Construction specialist
Hpa-an Technical Training School, Myanmar
Welding and electricity specialist
School construction project in Rakhine State, Myanmar
Construction specialist
Hpa-an Technical Training School, Myanmar
Automobile maintenance specialist
School construction project in Rakhine State, Myanmar
Construction specialist
Hue project, Vietnam
Direct sales store advisor
School construction project in Rakhine State, Myanmar
Construction specialist
Yangon Office, Myanmar
Specialist in participative evaluation training

21 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT

⑥ Staff Training

Our staff participated in upskilling trainings and seminars as well as various trainings to collectinformation, etc.

22 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT

8,877,399
68,238,932
77,116,331

1. Project Cost

Balance for 2016 (A) - (B)Balance Brought Forward from 2015 (C)Balance Brought Forward to 2016 (A) - (B) + (C)336,568,334

10,109,152
6,026,322
369,474,341

324,734,155(Unit: Yen)
1,480,000
27,124,712

24,028,608

1,480,000
27,124,712
212,060,867
112,673,288
10,109,152
6,026,322

89,089,086
247,479,248
16,851,354
7,177,254

Grants *2
Public Funding *3

Personnel Cost
Other Cost
Personnel Cost
2. Management Cost
Other Cost
Total Expenditure (B)EXPENDITURE

4. Project Earnings
5. Other Profits
Total Income (A)3. Grants

INCOME
1. Membership Fees *1
2. Donations *2

ACTIVITIES ACCOUNT STATEMENT FOR FY 2016
(From January 1st, 2016 to December 31st 2016)(Unit: Yen)
1,060,000
420,000
1,480,000

Total Public Funding*3 Breakdown of Public Funding
1. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Myanmar Rakhine State: Repairs and Maintenance of Machineries including Vehicles,
and Peaceful Cohabitation Project
Myanmar Southeastern Region: New Constructions and Rehabilitations of Water Supply Facilities
2. Japan International Cooperation Agency
Vietnam Hue City: Support for Strengthening Management of Agriculture and Livestock Industry
for Small-sized Farmers
3. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Myanmar Hpa-an City, Karen State: Management of Technical Training School

NB: For all major donations, please refer to the table in "Domestic Activities Report
1. NPO Authorization Status and Fundraising (1) Fundraising"*2 Breakdown of Donations and Grants (Unit: Yen)
1. BAJ Donation
15,917,351
2. All Round Supporter
1,789,000
3. Myanmar Donation
218,501,492
4. Vietnam Donation
1,920,736
5. "Shine! Children of Asia" Fund (Vietnam)
1,057,000
Total Donations and Grants
239,185,579*1 Breakdown of Membership Fees
1. Individuals
2. Corporations
Total Membership Fees

112,673,288

49,247,608

8,058,730

16,706,669

38,660,281(Unit: Yen)

IV. Financial Report (January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016)

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

23 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT

0

Personnel Cost
0
0

0
0

3,892,507

Balance for 2016

14,267,127
37,270,013

Subtotal for Other Expenses

042,365

Foreign Exchange Loss
Miscellaneous

0

Corporate Tax etc.
11,7560

Tax and Public Charges

Commission Paid

0

5,708

Accounting Fees

Research and Training

500,2360

Insurance

917,224

Depreciation

1,257,043

Rental Fees

Repairs

300,349

1,156,885

Communication and Shipment

Consumable Goods

1,283,376

0

8,792,186

23,002,885

Travel Expenses

Public Relations and Printing

Equipment

Other Expenses

Subtotal for Personnel Cost

-12,215,527

224,206,993

194,489,602

0
99,480148,795000409,272

517,25805,851,156

13,802,716

2,095,448

3,802,088

7,853,152

0

159,910,236

29,717,391

29,717,391

23,002,885

Severance Benefits/Mutual Aid Program

Salaries and Allowances
Compulsory Fringe Benefits

211,991,466

41,162,520

Total Expenditure

2

1

Ⅱ EXPENDITURE

Total Income

6 Other Income

00300,7580

210,551,591

1,139,1170Myanmar: School
Building
Construction andCommunity
Development in
Rakhine State00926,927

4 Project Earnings

5 Foreign Exchange Profit

38,660,281-7,846

1,583,158

Public Funding

Grants3 Grants etc.

2 Donations

1 Membership Fees

Ⅰ INCOMEITEM

Myanmar: Northern
Rakhine State
Regional
Development Project

Income and Expenditure for Each Operation

1,113,775

8,810,508

5,819,133

0
4,984

748

0

0

0

3,771

15,928154,2211,087,715

523,081

113,095

121,606

319,81003,474,173

2,991,375

002,991,375

9,924,284

006,217,147

003,707,137

0Myanmar: Secure
Water Supply
Program in theCentral Dry Zone

4,991,087

11,786,702

6,523,066

0
5,090

4,425

0

0

0

1,903

416,98601,030,453

467,713

174,266

226,227

437,47403,758,528

5,263,636

005,263,636

16,777,789

00

12,233

16,706,669

0

58,8880

10,073,869

40,680,191

16,460,716

0423,028

65,870000207,260

309,8710495,288789,250

958,257

323,687

1,630,499

24,000

11,233,706

24,219,475

0024,219,475

50,754,060

0037,00449,247,608

0

1,469,4480Myanmar:
Myanmar: Project inSoutheastern BorderHpa-anProject
Karen State

1,347,621

9,863,231

6,361,282

0
53,858

2,521

0

0

0

395,239

72,4900439,5630446,776

83,781

2,068,484

25,7922,772,778

3,501,949

003,501,949

11,210,852

031,411

142,975

8,058,730

1,255,626

1,722,110

0

VIETNAMOPERATIONS-1,855,707

3,950,697

3,558,322

0
26,058

3,768

0

0

0

2,140

5,030

0

135,885

50,678120,332

400,870

738,134

1,450,826

624,601

392,37500392,375

2,094,990

002,094,990

0

0

0

0

DOMESTICOPERATIONS

07,347,625

336,568,335

247,479,248

0654,863

237,8830001,025,293

1,837,799

154,221

9,957,284

16,890,481

4,208,523

6,115,144

14,330,929

1,500,618

190,566,208

89,089,086

00

89,089,086

343,915,961

0
31,411

9,732,034

112,673,288

211,799,371

9,679,858

PROJECT
TOTAL

1,529,773

24,028,608

7,177,254

01,153,891

637,952

70,00020,000846,50247,4401,140,680

0522,10001,206,471

384,138

946,279

201,8010

16,851,354

4,888,303
381,380

11,581,671

25,558,381

5,957,805
37,106377,1190261,496

17,444,855

1,480,000

MANAGEMENT

8,877,399

360,596,942

254,656,502

0
1,808,754

875,835

70,00020,000846,502

1,072,733

2,978,480

154,221

10,479,385

16,890,481

5,414,995

6,499,282

15,277,208

1,702,419

190,566,207

105,940,440

4,888,303
381,380

100,670,757

369,474,341

5,957,805
68,517

10,109,152

112,673,288

212,060,867

27,124,712

1,480,000

TOTAL(Unit: Yen)

Income and Expenditure for Each Operation

24 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORTBALANCE SHEET
Balance Sheet (As at December 31st, 2016)
ASSETS

Current Assets

Fixed Assets(Unit: Yen)Cash651,216
Deposits
150,180,491
Cash
Cash and Deposits in Myanmar
183,729,039
Cash and Deposits in Vietnam
6,380,591
Advances
167,768
Accounts Due
8,745,779
Current Assets
Advance Payment0
Temporary Payment
54,736
Contribution for Incomplete Construction
847,136
Tangible Fixed Assets
Machinery
154,225
Investments and Other AssetsRental Deposit0

Total Assets

350,756,756

154,225
350,910,981

LIABILITIES
Accrued Corporate Tax Payable
Accrued Account Payable
Deferred Membership Fees
Deferred Donations
Current Liabilities Deferred Grants
Deferred Public Funding
Other Deferred Payable
Deposits Payable
Temporary Receipts
Fixed Liabilities Accrued Retirement Benefits
Total Liabilities
Net Assets
Balance brought forward from Previous Year
Balance for Current Year
Total Net Assets
Total Liabilities and Net Assets

70,000000264,908,626
3,451,375
0
1,011,507
532,327

269,973,835

3,820,815
273,794,650

68,238,932
8,877,399
77,116,331
350,910,981

25 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT

Management - Rental Fees

Donations Received

Membership Fees Received(Activities Account Statement)

Item(Unit: Yen)

350,000
1,039,000

23,572,100

468,899

70,000Transaction amount of
directors and close
relatives

522,100

27,124,712

1,480,000

Amount shown in thefinancial statement

3. Details on transactions with directors and close relatives

Asian Students Internship Program, Grants for Asian Exchange Students / Asian
Community Trust

Environmental Education in Vietnam / LIXIL Corporation

Management of Technical Training School in Hpa-an City, Karen State, Myanmar /Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Support for Strengthening Management of Agriculture and Livestock Industry for
Small-sized Farmers in Hue City, Vietnam /Japan International Cooperation Agency

School Building Constructions and Community Development Project in Rakhine State/ Nippon Foundation
Management of Technical Training School in Hpa-an City, Karen State, Myanmar /Nippon Foundation
New Constructions and Rehabilitations of Secure Water Supply Facilities inSoutheastern Region, Myanmar / UNHCR

Repairs and Maintenance of Machineries including Vehicles and Training for Sawing
Skills in Rakhine State, Myanmar / UNHCR

Project Detail

2. Breakdown on donations constrained on usage

27,054355,626

288,550

355,626

8,058,730

49,320,858

16,719,809

0

205,061,591

38,660,281

Amount used in
the current term

Closing Balance(Tangible fixed
assets)
Machinery &equipment
Drilling machines
for wells

Item

15,422,173

Initial value

Acquired

4. Balance details for fixed assets

312,000

0

8,007,229

1093598

9,610,552

710925749247608

80,348,636

0

73,250235,747,816

39,339,114

Amount received
inthe current term

153823261

1730445

Balance brought
forward fromprevious term

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Notes
Project Period

2015/9/1-2016/8/31
2016/9/1-2017/8/31

2015/4/1-2016/3/31
2016/4/1-2017/3/31

Depreciation

0

154,221

Term-end value

15,267,948

Accumulated
depreciation

50,504 2016/8/1-2016/8/19

0 2015/4/1-2016/3/31

1,042,097

0 2015/12/14-2016/12/13

0 2016/1/1-2016/6/30

80,348,636 2017/1/1-2017/12/31

184,509,486

2,409,278 2016/1/1-2017/2/28

Advances Received(Unit: Yen)

154,225

Term-end
book value

1. Key Accounting Policies
The financial statement is prepared according to NPO Accounting Standard (by NPO Accounting Standard Committee on July 20th, 2010).
In this standard, Income and Expenditure Account Statement in Article 28 of Paragraph 1 of the Act to Promote Specified Non-profit Activities is called Activities Account Statement.
(1) Depreciation method of fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are depreciated using the straight-line method based on regulations of corporate tax.
(2) Reserve account recording standard
・Severance benefits reserve amountTo be prepared for the severance benefits for staff, estimated amount of contribution by the organization is shown, of which mutual aid premium is excluded from term-end necessary paymentsfor voluntary resignation based on work regulation.
(3) Accounting method of GST
All accounts are GST inclusive.

Notes on Financial Statement

Notes on Financial Statement

26 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORTAuthorized Non-profit Organization

Bridge Asia Japan
Address: Shintoshin Mansion 303, 3-48-21
Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-0071
Phone: + 81-(0)3-3372-9777
Fax: + 81-(0)3-5351-2395
E-mail: info@baj-npo.org
Website: http://www.baj-npo.org
Postal Transfer Account Number: 00130-1-739924
Account Holder: Bridge Asia Japan(Special Thanks to Ms. Naomi Konno, Ms. Kyoko Numata and Ms. Anne McGovern)
Translated by: BAJ Volunteers
Edited by: Shoji ARAISHI