the nippon foundation group projects in myanmar...simultaneously. 302 schools have been completed in...

The Nippon Foundation Group

Projects in Myanmar

The Nippon Foundation (TNF) has been supporting and implementing projects

in Myanmar since 1976.

Initial projects were concerned with development of human resources and

treatment of leprosy patients through the distribution of medicine.

Over time we have expanded our activities across a wide range of fields.

Our current activities include support in Health, Education, Human resource

development and support for people with disabilities as well as support to

conflict-affected communities.

●EducationWe implement school construction

projects led by strong ownership of

the local residents for community

development, focusing on border

areas where education infrastructure

trails behind.

●Agriculture

We strive to increase the farmers’ income and enhance the community development through support farmers to obtain skills and to ship their crops to the enterprise.

●Support for people

with disabilities

We provide support to people with disabilities to promote their independence through expanding their job opportunities and empowerment.

●Peace Building

We conduct three pillars of activities: ①Build trust between the government and ethnic armed organizations, ② Provide support to conflict-affected people, ③Promote understanding of civilian control.

●Human Resource

Development

We support professional training to conflict-affected people to gain an opportunity of employment and earn a stable income.

●Health

We aim to improve the health care service through traditional treatment and donation of social welfare vehicles.

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Main Initiatives

2Support to Conflict-affected People in Myanmar (Rehabilitation Programme)

1Delivery of Humanitarian Support (Food and Non-food items) for Conflict Affected Communities

Project Period:2012 -

Implementing Agency : The Nippon Foundation

(Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan since 2013)

Total： 18,516,500 USD

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Peace Building

2018/5/17

In consultation with Union and State governments

and Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs), relief

items including food, medicine, mosquito nets and

solar lanterns have been procured and distributed

to conflict affected communities in the areas

controlled or influenced by EAOs. As of November

2015, approximately 14,000 tons of rice, 200 tons

of pulse, 100 tons of salt, 150,000 liters of cooking

oil, 437 sets of clinical medicine, 43,922 sets of

solar lanterns and 43,922 sets of mosquito nets

have been distributed.

In Southeastern areas controlled or influenced by

Ethnic Armed Organizations(EAOs), The Nippon

Foundation provides support to conflict-affected

people for community reconstruction through the

rehabilitation programme to stabilize their everyday

lives. Moreover, the Nippon Foundation will support

Myanmar's peace building process by further

promoting trust building between the Myanmar

government and EAOs.

Project Period: 2015 -

Implementing Agency: The Nippon Foundation

(Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)

Total：：29,074,400 USD

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Providing health and medical services to IDPs in Myanmar and refugees of the Thai-Myanmar border

Support is provided to Mae Tao Clinic, which offers

free health and medical services targeting IDPs in

Myanmar and refugees of the Thai-Myanmar border.

Project activities include improvement of nutritional

conditions for inpatients, education on nutrition and

hygiene for parents of malnourished children,

provision of medical supplies, and the training of

clinic staff.

Peace Building

Data

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4Vocational Training Program for Myanmar Refugees in Thailand

This project provides the vocational trainings of

spinning and papermaking as well as marketing

seminars to Myanmar refugees in Thailand. The

objective of this project is to enable the Myanmar

refugees in Thailand to acquire vocational skills to

enable them to earn a stable income in Thailand as

well as after returning to Myanmar in the future.

Data


Implementing Agency: Mae Tao Clinic

Total：：：517,100 USD


Implementing Agency: Greater Mekong Subregion Agriculture and Development Center

Total：：：603,000 USD

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School Construction Project in Rakhine State

100 elementary schools have been constructed in Rakhine State

in the past five years. The project is being implemented with the

objectives of securing a safe and sufficient environment for school

children to study, providing a place and knowledge to evacuate in

times of disaster, and creating opportunities for the acquisition of

construction techniques in regions where development has been

delayed. By using rebar for solid construction of school buildings,

the architecture will be able to withstand repeated flooding. In

regions where flooding disasters occur regularly, schools will have

a raised-floor style of construction, while in regions where

cyclones occur frequently, schools will be built with rooftop

evacuation areas. Furthermore, when building the schools, local

people are employed and undergo job training, which increases

their job opportunities.

1Regional Development through School Construction in Shan and Kayah State

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Education

2018/5/17

Community-based development projects - not just for "hard" infrastructure-

type school construction - but also for the establishment of "softer" elements

enhancing post-construction operation (such as support for teaching staff,

textbooks, and hygiene facilities). Community residents participate in the

school construction process and a system has been established in which the

building costs saved by the materials and labor provided by the community

are calculated to be used as "Community Development Funds." The

development projects are income-generating projects such as simple

hydroelectric power generation and micro-finance activities implemented from

the ideas of local residents. This income promotes the post-construction

operation of the schools and community development by the residents. The

Agriculture Development and Extension Project has also been implemented

simultaneously. 302 schools have been completed in Shan state so far, and

from 2018 to 2022, 100 schools in Shan state and 20 in Kayah state plan to

be built.*Based on the request from the Myanmar Government, Saetanar

supported a 3 schools construction project in cyclone affected Ayeyarwady

Region in 2009.

Project Period：2002-

Implementing Agency:：Saetanar (NGO)

Total：13,179,900 USD


Implementing Agency:：Bridge Asia Japan (NGO)


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Educational Comic Book Project in Myanmar

The publication and donation to elementary schools

in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region of three volumes

of educational, biographical comic books about great

national figures, and so providing local children with

the opportunity to learn about how the

heroes/heroines of their country lived, as well as the

history and culture of those times. Furthermore,

through the provision of easily-understood "comic

book" teaching materials and a biography-themed

essay contest, the local children's reading and writing

abilities will be improved.

3Regional Development through School Constructionin Ayeyarwady Region

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Education

2018/5/17

60 schools have been built since 2013 in the

Ayeyarwady Region. Not only does the project involve

the construction of sturdy schools able to withstand

flood damage, it involves a school-focused village

development project whereby part of the costs for

building the schools will be collected from donations of

villagers and invested in community development

projects. Examples of community development projects

are paddy field development and student dorms.


Implementing Agency:：Association for Rengein Tanjo-ji International Cooperation



Implementing Agency:：Moving Forward Together (MFT)

Total： 88,700 USD

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Managing Japanese Language Course in Myanmar

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Japan-Myanmar Military Officials Exchange Program

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Human Resource Development

2018/5/17

Since April 2015, Japanese language instructors of the Shinjuku

Japanese Language Institute have been dispatched to the

Myanmar Defense Services Academy (DSA) to provide the

Japanese Language Course, which trains 40 young officers every

year. The objective of this project is to promote the defense

exchange as well as the diplomatic relation between Myanmar

and Japan. This will be achieved through training officers to

become proficient in Japanese and to be capable of becoming

Japanese language trainers which will enhance self-management

of the Japanese Course by the Myanmar DSA. 12 officers have

been dispatched to the Ministry of Defense of Japan and 2

officers was assigned to be the assistant teachers of the

Japanese Course from May 2017 (In 2016, 1 of the 2 officers

served as a Japanese interpreter of the Myanmar Armed Forces

in 2016).

Based on a memorandum exchanged between the

Nippon Foundation and the Armed Forces of

Myanmar, with the cooperation of the Ministry of

Defense and Japanese Self-Defense Forces, in

December of 2014, 10 military personnel with the

rank of General were invited from Myanmar to Japan,

where they underwent training to learn what an army

should be like in a democratic nation. The program is

planned to take place once a year from 2014 to 2018.

The training mainly involved visiting the Ministry of

Defense and Self-Defense Force bases, and learning

about Japan's defense policy and personnel training.


Implementing Agency :Myanmar Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defense of Japan

Total：442,900 USD


Implementing Agency :Department of Foreign Language Center in

Myanmar Defense Services Academy, Shinjuku Japanese Language Institute

Total：526,600 USD

4Training for Officials of Myanmar Ministry of Border Affairs

3Technical Training School for National Youths in Karen State, Myanmar

Project Period :2016-

Implementing Agency：Bridge Asia Japan(NGO)


Data

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Human Resource Development

2018/5/17

Short-term training for senior and mid-level government officials of

Myanmar Ministry of Border Affairs is conducted to cultivate the

qualities required for the administrative officers engaging in the

local administration of Myanmar (especially in the area of

education for minority races). Training is held in Yangon and

Japan, and its contents range from administration and politics to

leadership.

In this project, with the cooperation of Myanmar’s

Department of Education and Training, Ministry of Border

Affairs, Bridge Asia Japan founded a Technical Training

School in Hpa-an in Karen State, Myanmar in 2014 for

local young people who do not have the chance to get an

education. The school provides four technical training

courses in construction, automobile mechanics, electrics

and welding in an attempt to increase employment

opportunities along with a goal of self-management of the

Training School.

Project Period :2016-

Implementing Agency：International University of Japan

Total：555,300 USD

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Cultivation of Medicinal Plants


Implementing Agency：Kayin State Government, Ministry of Health


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Agriculture

2018/5/17

The Herbal Garden Project was launched in 2013 based

on a request from the Kayin State Government. Kayin

State Medicinal Resource Center opened in 2016, which

enabled systematic cultivation and processing of medicinal

plants that meets market needs. Processed medicinal

plants are currently sold to a pharmaceutical company in

Myanmar, but the Center plans to partner with more buyers

in the coming years. The Center also provides training on

medicinal plants to local government officials and farmers,

aiming to contribute to the development of the rural

communities in Kyain State.

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Myanmar National Rehabilitation Hospital PO Clinic

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Myanmar School of Prosthetics and Orthotics


Implementing Agency:：Exceed


Data

Projects Period：2012-

Implementing Agency：Exceed


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Health

2018/5/17

Prosthetics/Orthotics services have been provided at the

National Rehabilitation Hospital, Yangon, the largest city in

Myanmar, to meet the needs of people there. Myanmar

government officials and the International Red Cross have

considered to expand the service provided area, for

example to Mandalay and consultation is on-going.

National Rehabilitation Hospital used to provide P/O

services to 400 people per year. Now it has been

increased to 2,200 per year with our support. The Nippon

Foundation has also supported schools of P/O in

Myanmar’s neighboring countries, and graduates from

Indonesia and Cambodia have worked here and

contributed to providing services.

The Prosthetist/Orthotist Training Course based on the guidelines

for the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO),

which is recognized by WHO, has been established and

operated at University of Medical Technology, Yangon. This aims

to implement the training of local Prosthetists/Orthotists. Students

need to take Cultural Studies in first year of University, and then,

this course corresponds to three years from second to forth. 15

students started to take this P/O Training Course as the first class

in January 2015. Around 15 students will be accepted each year,

with the long-term target for training 200 to 300

Prosthetists/Orthotists.

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Donation of Used Welfare Vehicles

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Mandalay Orthopaedic Hospital PO Clinic


Implementing Agency：Exceed


Data


Implementing Agency: Ministry of Health, Myanmar Embassy

in TokyoMyanmar Medical Association (MMA)


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Health

2018/5/17

Since 1994, The Nippon Foundation has distributed

welfare vehicles in order to support the community

lifestyles of disabled persons and the elderly in Japan.

Those vehicles that have fulfilled their roles in Japan, but

are still serviceable, are converted into ambulances to

reinforce the emergency medical services in Myanmar.

Some of the vehicles are not converted and are allocated

across Myanmar to be used for public health purposes. A

total of 258 vehicles have been donated to Myanmar up to

FY 2015.

From 2017, Prosthetics/Orthotics services has been

provided in Mandalay, the second largest city in

Myanmar. Hiring graduates of P/O schools in Sri

Lanka and Cambodia, the clinic aims to provide

services to 1,000 patients per year at maximum.

From 2018, it plans to hire graduates of P/O school in

Myanmar to gradually increase the numbers of

prosthetist/orthotist. The Japanese Embassy also

supported the construction of this clinic and made a

grant of USD98,252

1Distribution of Traditional Medicine Boxes


Implementing Agency：Ministry of Health

Total：829,100 USD

Data

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Health

2018/5/17

Over three years from 2009, 7,000 traditional-medicine boxes

containing seven kinds of natural remedies manufactured at

Myanmar's National Traditional Medicine Factory have been

distributed to 14 states and regions all over Myanmar (500 boxes

per region, one box per village), serving some of the the villagers'

health needs. The Ministry of Health's Department of Traditional

Medicine is in the process of adding another 1500 boxes/villages

per state over three years from 2012, bringing the distribution to

roughly 28,000 villages all over Myanmar. Furthermore, a

Myanmar medicinal plant pharmacopoeia containing 20 kinds of

medicinal plants (including the seven in the medicine boxes) has

been completed by a Pharmacopoeia Development Committee

Chaired by the Minister of Health, with work on a second volume

currently underway. Japanese experts, including some from the

University of Toyama, are also providing assistance by being part

of the development team. Moving forward, detailed data will be

collected, which will be used as a basis for improving the medical

treatment situation in villages.

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Training School for Traditional Medical Blind Massage

1Implementation and Policy Recommendation on

Human Rights Advocacy Training for People with

Disabilities in Myanmar, and Disability-Inclusive Business Incubation Center Operation


Implementing Agency：Myanmar Independent Living Initiative


Data


Implementing Agency：Nippon Myanmar Traditional Medicine Development Foundation

Total：464,100 USD

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Support for people with disabilities

2018/5/17

Leadership trainings have been offered to potential young leaders with disabilities for

two main goals: 1) to promote social inclusion of persons with disabilities through

enlightening them and 2) to eliminate discrimination and prejudice towards people with

disabilities. Trainings for establishment of self-help branches and trainings for

improving management for the established branches have also been provided. 110

young persons have received this leadership training and 24 branches have been set

up since 2011. The total number of members is over 2,200 today. Beginning in 2017,

the second five-year plan calls for the strengthening of the head office’s management

functions and support for local branches. The focus on existing social work activities

will also be further enhanced. In addition, the first disability-inclusive business

incubation center in Myanmar was established in August 2014 to expand their job

opportunities and support disability-inclusive business. This centre offers basic ICT

and English education programs to persons with disabilities, and plays a role as a

support stronghold to launch the business.

The project purpose is to provide a training course using a

specially made curriculum for visually impaired persons to acquire

the medical massage techniques used since ancient times in

Myanmar. The training's focus will mainly be on acquiring practical

skills, but also includes lectures concerning anatomical theory and

traditional Myanmar medical massage techniques. The objective

is the achievement of increased independence and income for

visually impaired persons participating the course. The school was

opened in January 2016 in Mandalay.

3Scholarship and Zero-interest Loan for Students with Disabilities

Support for people with disabilities


Implementing Agency：The Eden Foundation

Total：105,000 USD

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Implementing Agency：ICT Center Development Committee

Total：791,600 USD

Data

ICT Training Center of Excellence in Myanmar

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TA scholarship program to expand opportunities for university

education for persons with disabilities. The Nippon Foundation will

pay scholarship students a maximum of $150 a month, while the

Myanmar Apex Bank will provide zero-interest loans. A total of 79

people have been selected to receive scholarships as of December,

2016 (26 in the first year, 26 in the second, and 27 in the third).

The purpose of this project is to enhance

job opportunities for people with

disabilities through providing training such

as basic Information and Communication

Technology (ICT) skills and graphic

design. By combining with other TNF

projects in this field, we aim to promote

self-reliance and social inclusion of

people with disabilities.

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TNF Projects Completed (1978 - 2017)

No. Project Period

Project Title Implementing Agency Total Grant

(USD)

11978 -

1979

Relief and rehabilitation of Burmese refugees in Bangladesh

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 1,000,000

21978 -

1979

Malaria drugs for young children and pregnant women in remote areas of Burma

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) 855,000

31978 -

1980

Law enforcement for drug abuse control in Burma United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control

(UNFDAC) 600,000

41983 -

2003

Donation of school buses Japanese School in Yangon185,800

5 1992

34th Colombo Plan Consultative Committee

Meeting in Yangon

Ministry of Planning and Finance, Myanmar 41,600

6 1992 Support for medical activities Burmese Relief Center (Thailand) 35,000

71993 -

1995

Provision of essential drugs to support primary

health care

Ministry of Health3,623,900

81993 -

1996

Capital reinvestment system for procurement of

essential drugs under Bamako Initiative in

Myanmar

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) 1,218,000

9 2002 Assistance for GAEL meeting February 2003 The Government of Myanmar Ministry of

Health 77,900

102004 -

2005

Donation of Fire Engines, Ambulances and a

School Bus

Tokyo Myanmar Association136,600

11 2008 Relief for cyclone victims ASEAN Secretariat 95,200

12

2012

Book Donation Program

“100 Books for Understanding Contemporary

Japan”

Ministry of Information

34,000

13 2012

Support for Mae Tao Clinic's Fund-raising

Activities in Japan

Mae Tao Clinic, Japan Association for Mae Tao

Clinic 20,000

14 2012 -

2015

Preparation for the International Arts Festival for

People with Disabilities

Myanmar Independent Living Initiative 678,958

15 2012 -

2013

Implementation of Medical Services for Citizens Living in Remote Areas

Myanmar Medical Association (MMA)2,100,600

162012 -

2013

Training of Public Officials of State Governments Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National

University of Singapore 506,400

17 2013 5th ASEAN Traditional Medicine Conference Ministry of Health 200,000

2018/5/17

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No. Project Period

Project Title Implementing Agency Total Grant

(USD)

18 2013

Training School for Medical Blind Massage Myanmar Traditional Medicine Development

Association82,500

19 2013

Construction of an Educational Center for

Children with Disabilities

New World Therapeutic Training Center for

special needs children1,500,000

20 2014

Evaluation and Situation Analysis of Myanmar TM

kits project

Myanmar Medical Association 85,300

21 2014Yanmar Cup - Myanmar National Team vs Cerezo

Osaka: The Nippon Foundation Charity Football

Match to Cerebrate 60th Anniversary of the

Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between

Myanmar and Japan

Co-Host: Myanmar Football Federation

Federation Match Naming Sponsor: Yanmar

Co., Ltd., All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., Japan

Myanmar Association, Gowel Co., Ltd.

Supported by: Japan Professional Football

League, Embassy of Japan in Myanmar

690,000

222014 -

2015

Capacity Enhancement of Myanmar Government

Officials

International University of Japan 623,000

232017

Japan Visit by Minister of Border Affairs of

Myanmar

The Nippon Foundation 36,800

24 2017

Japan Visit by Commander in Chief of the

Myanmar Armed Forces


25

2017

Japan Visit by Members of Central Forming

Committee for A New Party


2018/5/17

Total 14,568,600

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Projects Implemented by TNF Sister Organizations (1976 - 2015)

No. Project

Period

Project Title Implementing

Agency

Grant Agency Total Grant

(USD)

11976 -

2006

Provision of Medicine / Equipment Ministry of

Health

Sasakawa

Memorial Health

Foundation

2,252,600

21994 -

1995

Public Awareness Ministry of

Health

Sasakawa

Memorial Health

Foundation

83,500

31978 -

1980

Human resource development Ministry of

Health

Sasakawa

Memorial Health

Foundation

60,500

41997 -

2010

Leprosy control activities Ministry of

Health

Sasakawa

Memorial Health

Foundation

362,000

5 1999Media Human Resource Development in

Indo-Chinese Countries: Educational TV

Broadcast of the Structure of Market

Economy in Myanmar

Myanmar

Television and

Radio Dept.,

Ministry of

Information:

MTRD

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

38,000

6 1999

Journalist Training in Cambodia and

Myanmar

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

Post Media Co.,

Ltd. (Cambodia)

24,800

71999 -

2000

Seminars and Research on the

International Economy in Myanmar

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

Myanmar

Institute of

Strategic and

International

Studies, Thailand

56,100

82000 -

2002

Capacity Building for Young Researchers

in Myanmar’s Industrial Field

Myanmar

Economic &

Management

Institute

(MEMI）

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

76,5000

92000 -

2013

Leprosy control activities International

Federation of

Anti-Leprosy

Associations

（ILEP）

Myanmar

Sasakawa

Memorial Health

Foundation39,000

2018/5/17

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No. Project

Period


Agency


(USD)

102002 -

2004

Human Resource Development in

Myanmar

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

The Myanmar

Times

Institute of Asian

Studies,

Chulalongkom

University

(Thailand)

Kyung Hee

University (South

Korea)

Malaysian

Economic

Research

Institute

(Malaysia)

Civil Service

Selection and

Training Board

(Myanmar)

583,100

112003 -

2005

Support for people affected by leprosy Educational

support group for

the resettlement

villages of

Nantha Myaing

and Mayan

Chaung

Sasakawa

Memorial Health

Foundation24,500

12 2005


Myanmar, Phase II

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

The Myanmar

Times

Information &

Resource Center

(Singapore)

258,400

13 2005


Myanmar, Phase II - Civil Servant

Training in Myanmar

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

Information &

Resource Center

(Singapore)

The Myanmar

Times

209,300

142006 -

2008

Human Resource Development for

ASEAN in Myanmar

Myanmar

Institute of

Strategic and

International

Studies

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

125,600

2018/5/17

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No. 期間事業名実施団体助成団体支援金額（USD）

152006 -

2008

Human Resource Development for

ASEAN Summit in Myanmar - Improving

the abilities of Myanmar's young

diplomats

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

Myanmar

Institute of

Strategic and

International

Studies

46,300

162007 -

2009

Support for people affected by leprosy International

Federation of

Anti-Leprosy

Associations

（ILEP）

Myanmar

Sasakawa

Memorial Health

Foundation17,300

172007 -

2013

Support for people affected by leprosy Myitta Arr Marn

（MAM）

Sasakawa

Memorial Health

Foundation

83,200

18 2008 Support for people affected by leprosy Sasakawa

Memorial Health

Foundation

300

192009 -

2011

Capacity Building for Instructors in

Myanmar's Industrial Field

Myanmar

Economic &

Management

Institute (Japan)

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation 390,600

202009 -

2011

Training for Civil Servants in Myanmar The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

Myanmar Civil

Service Selection

and Training

Board

（CSSTB)

568,800

212010 –

2011

Public Awareness Myitta Arr Marn

（MAM）

Sasakawa

Memorial Health

Foundation

7,600

22 2012

Capacity Enhancement of CLMV

Journalists

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

Media Education

Development

Initiative in

ASEAN Region

(MEDIAR)

44,600

2018/5/17

19

No. Project

Period


Agency


(USD)

232012 -

2013

Capacity Enhancement of Myanmar

Diplomats toward ASEAN Chairmanship

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

ASEAN Affairs

Dept./Myanmar

Ministry of

Foreign Affairs

Diplomatt, Inc.

ASEAN Studies

Centre

（Singapore）

609,800

242012 -

2014

Capacity Enhancement of Organizational

Management in Myanmar

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

The Union Civil

Service Board,

Myanmar

563,700

25 2013 Basic Research on Global Human

Resource Development in Myanmar

Shiga University The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

18,200

26 2014 Strengthening Global Human Resource

Development in Myanmar

Shiga University The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

88,100

27 2014

Capacity Enhancement to Acquire

Interpretation Methods for the Aim of

Introducing New Teaching Methods into

University in Myanmar

The Sasakawa

Peace

Foundation

Myanmar

Ministry of

Education

Diplomatt, Inc.

94,000

Total 6,726,400

2018/5/17

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