Activities in 2020
Peace Winds Japan provided assistance to 2,043,264 people in nineteen countries, including Japan, in 2020.
Activities

Location

No. of Beneficiaries

Iraq
Infrastructure
improvement

Improvements of roads, electricity network, water supply facilities, and public facilities inand outside of camps

Duhok Province

Distribution of nonfood items

Distribution of non-food items as winterization assistance

Duhok Province

Shelter, livelihood
assistance

Shelter upgrades in camps, provision of employment opportunities through shelter
upgradeDuhok Province, Erbil
Province

EducationRehabilitation of schools, new school construction, and provision of equipment andsupplies

Ninewa Province

Technical andvocational training

Provision of vocational training courses

Ninewa Province

Shelter

Rehabilitation of war-damaged shelters

Ninewa Province

Water andsanitation

Water trucking, improvement of water supply facilities, and improvement of hygienic
environment

Duhok Province, Ninewa
Province

School health

Health screening for school-aged children, treatment, and health awareness activities

Duhok Province

Infrastructure
improvement

Rehabilitation of electricity network and improvement of roads between campsDuhok Province

Water trucking, rehabilitation of water supply facilities, improvement of hygienic
environment, and response to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.

Duhok Province, Ninewa
Province

Technical andvocational training

Provision of vocational training courses

Duhok Province

Distribution of fooditems

Distirbution of food kits for IDPs and host communities

Aleppo Governorate, AlHasakah Governorate,
Idlib Governorate

6,420 families(33,824 people)

Distribution of nonfood items

Distribution of winter clothes for the children of the internally displaced and the conflictaffected families

Rural Damascus
Governorate

691 familie(1,200 people)

Shelter assistance

Restoration of housings damaged by bombings etc, for returnees and IDPs who wish toreturn

Aleppo Governorate,
Rural Damascus
Governorate

Education

Restoration of school buildings damaged by bombings etc.

Rural Damascus
Governorate, Deir ez Zor
Governorate

2 schools(1,185 people)

Water, sanitationand hygiene

Distribution of hygiene kits for IDPs and host communities

Aleppo Governorate, AlHasakah Governorate,
Idlib Governorate

5,850 families(30,731 people)

Health and nutrition

Medical examination for preschool children, nutrition therapy, training in nutrition forfamilies and capacity building for kindergarten teachers

Deir al Balah, KhanYounis and Rafah
Governorates

Technical andvocational training

Establishment of community technical/vocational training centers for youth andconducting training

North Gaza, Khan Yunisand Rafah Governorate

Emergency foodassistance

Food

Food assistance for socio-economically vulnerable people

Nangarhar Province

Assistance forrehabilitation

Capacity building

Capacity building training of civil society organizations in AfghanistanAll Provinces

Assistance for South
Sudanese refugees

Water, sanitation,
hygiene promotion
and shelter

Construction and rehabilitation of semi-permanent shelters and latrines, construction oflatrines in schools and health centers, and hygiene promotion

Adjumani District, Yumbe
District, Arua District

77,292 people

Assistance for the DRC
refugees

Water, sanitation,and hygiene
promotion

Construction of latrines and hand washing facilities in schools, hygine promotions tostudents and teachers, and installation of water tanks and solar powered water supply
facilities

Kyegegwa District

15,255 people

Assistance for IDPs,returnees and hostcommunities

Water, sanitationand hygiene,
Protection

WASH, protection and prevention measures against COVID-19 for IDP camps and hostcommunities accepting returnees

Jonglei State, Central
equatoria State, Eastequatoria State762,234 people

Assistance for returnees

Agriculture

Agricultural support for farmers and host communities damaged by locust

East Equatoria State

4,468 people

Assistance for Syrian
refugees

Assistance for returnees

Assistance for internallydisplaced persons (IDPs) Water andand host community
sanitation

495,493 people

Syria

Assistance for thoseaffected by conflicts

100 families(548 people)

Palestine

Assistance for thoseaffected by conflict

7,694 people

Afghanistan
3,402 people

UgandaSouth Sudan

KenyaAssistance for Somali
refugees and hostcommunity

Shelter

1,000 people

Temporary shelter construction for refugee households
Garissa County

Livelihood

Improvement of construction skills and entrepreneurship support for youth in hostcommunities

Shelter

Construction of permenent shelters through cash-based interventions for refugees

Water, sanitationand hygiene

Construction of water pipeline for refugee settlement and improvement of sanitation andhygiene through construction of parmanent latrine and Community Led Total Sanitation
approach in refugee settlement and host community

Capacity building,agriculture

Capacity building on desert locust control and food assistance for people in Turkanacounty damaged by desert locust infestation

Water andsanitation

Nhamatanda and Dondo
Construction of boreholes and water supply systems and implementation of maintenanceDistricts and Buzi District,trainings for water management committees
Sofala Province

HealthRenovation of hospital and medical school buildings and provision of necessary
equipments and furnituresBeira City, Sofala
Province

585 people

Sanitation andhygiene promotion

Construction of household latrines for refugees in camp and support for community-ledhygiene promotion activities

Gambella region

45,815 people

Community capacity
building

Disaster risk
reduction, training
on building skills
and hygiene
education

Construction of 4 community centers, organization of management and maintenancecommittees, disaster risk reduction and hygiene education

Chantal Commune, South
Department

21,719 people

Livelihood support

Livelihood
improvement

Support for a women's livelihood group for cashew nuts processing and sales

Saint Jean du Sud
Commune, South
Department

Agriculture,community
development

Support for recovery of farmlands through renovation of minor tanks (small-scaleirrigation ponds), and livelihood support for resettlers with grain, vegetable and organic
farming

Muthur Division,
Kuchchaveli Dvision,
Padavisripura Dvision,
Kinnya Division, andVerugal Division inTrincomalee District

13,676 people

Water, sanitationand hygiene

Construction of water supply facilities, implementation of maintenance trainings andhygiene promotion workshops

Karen State

18342 people

Water, sanitationand hygieneImprovement of water access and agriculture income

Sindhupalchowk District

711 people

Income generation of local community through agriculture production and marketing incooperation with depopulated rural communities in Japan

Sindhupalchowk District

471 people

Assistance for South
Sudanese refugees andhost community

Assistance for people
affected by desert locust
infestation

11,839 people

Turkana County

76,295 people

Turkana County

200,150 people

Mozambique

Assistance for Cyclone
affected population

17,120 people

Ethiopia
Assistance for South
Sudanese refugees

Haiti

800 people

Sri LankaAssistance for returnees

Myanmmer
Assistance for refugee
repatriation

Nepal

Assistance for the victims
Agricultureof the earthquake

GenderStrengthening livelihoods of underprivilaged female workers who engage in the domestic
Bhaktapur Districthandicraft

Assistance for forcibly
displaced Myanmar
Nationals (FDMN)

HealthProvision of essential health service including MCH in refugee camp, and awarenessprogram in community

Ukhiya region and Teknaf
region, Cox’s Bazar
District

94,764 people

Emergency relief
operation for Cyclone
affected population

Disaster response

Distribution of food and non-food item for the vulnerable affected households, andproviding hygiene promotion and construcion of water supply facilities

Golachipa Upazila ofPatuakhali District,
Sharankhola Upazira ofBagerhat District

80,290 people

150 people

BangladeshIndonesia
Agriculture, water
Assistance for earthquake and sanitation,
and Tsunami victims
disaster risk
reduction

Construction of water supply facilities, improvement of hygienic environment, farmers
livelihood recovery and capacity building in community disaster risk management

Central Sulawesi
Province, Sulawesi Island

11,222 people

Assistance for small scale coffee producers and expansion of support areas throughstrengthening coffee quality control system

Ermera, Dili

3,059 people

Support for children of poor families

Ulanbator city

49 people

Emergency
support

Dispatch an emergency support team, providing medical
supplies such as medical equipment and masks

Shanghai andsurroundings it

4,150 people

7,728 people and 32
organizations

East Timor

Development assistance

Promotion of selfsustainability ofcoffee producers

Mongolia
Assisatance forchildren

China
Emergencysupoort for theCOVID-19

Japan
Emergency support in
response to heavy rain
and flooding in WesternJapan

Disaster response

Community rebuilding, Disaster Risk Reduction

Mabi, Kurashiki City,
Okayama Prefecture
Soja City, Okayama
Prefecture
Kochi City, Kochi
Prefecture

Tohoku reconstruction
supportDisaster response

Assistance for operation of the facility for elderly inhabitants

Minamisanriku Town,
Miyagi Prefecture

Local residents(Unspecified number)

Emergency support inresponse to Typhoon
HagibisDisaster response

Provision of home appliances and other daily essentials
Assistance for the after-school daycare facility

Miyagi Prefecture

Unspecified number

Emergency support inresponse to heavy rain
and flooding in July 2020

Disaster response

Needs Assessment, Rescue Operation, Medical support and Distribution of Relief items

Kumamoto Prefecture

Unspecified number

Emergency support inresponse to COVID-19
outbreakEmergency
response

Medical support and Distribution of Relief items

All over Japan

Unspecified number

Animal protection andadoption: dogs

Animal protection

Management of dog protection shelters and dog adoption centers
Training of therapy dogs, search and rescue dogs, and diabetic alert dogs

Hiroshima, Okayama,Tokyo, Kanagawa, NaraPrefecture

Unspecified number

Animal Protection:racehorses

Animal protection

Rehabilitation and retraining of former racehorses

Fukushima Prefecture

Unspecified number

Measures against hay
fever/ allergies

Environmental
Community based afforestationconservation activity

Jinsekikogen Town,
Hiroshima Prefecture－Promotion of traditional
craftsCommunity
revitalization

Promotion of traditional crafts of Saga

Saga Prefecture

Unspecified number

Medical support

Community
revitalization

Medical support at hospitals and clinics in depopulated areas, providing home-visit
medical service

Hiroshima Prefecture

Local residents(Unspecified number)

Art promotion/ Town
developmentCommunity
revitalization

Exhibition of German artist's work in the uninhabited island in Seto Inland Sea
Management of Yuge Sea Station

Ehime Prefecture

Unspecified number

Providing education andsupport to victims ofnatural disasters

Education /Preparation for summer camps for youth, providing scholarships to participants from
Supporting children developing countries and disaster-stricken areas

Jinsekikogen Town,
Hiroshima Prefecture
Kamijima Town, EhimePrefecture

Foreign students 3 people* Calculation of beneficiaries：For projects which benefit an entire area (ie infrastructure improvement in village), the total population within that service area were counted as beneficiaries.