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Our Volunteer Translators:
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Yoshikazu Hirano
Anna Kojima

Major Activities in FY2002

kurdish Autonomous Region, Northern Iraq
Beneficiaries: approx. 71,000

1. Socio-Medic Project: Dohuk and Sulaimanya Governorates
   medical assistance, health education, training for nurses, sanitation
   
2. Social Care Project and support for the disabled: Penjuin and Sulaimanya Governorates
   
3. Support for juvenile reformatory center: Dohuk Governorate
4. Quick Impact Projects: Dohuk and Sulaimanya Governorates
   Water and Sanitation Projects, distribution of necessities
5. Emergency Preparation: Erbil, Dohuk, and Sulaimanya Governorates
   storage of medical supplies

Mongolia
Beneficiaries: approx. 2,700

1. Administration of "Khot Ail," shelter for the children: Erdenet, Orkhon and Ulaanbaartar Province
   
2. Street Children Prevention Project: Darkhan, Darkhan-Uul Province and Erdenet, Orkhon Province.
   
3. Vocational training and counseling for children in juvenile reformatory: Ulaanbaatar
   
4. Assistance in obtaining prosthetics for the physically challenged
   
5. The Emergency Comprehensive Project for the relief of damages caused by snowstorms: Arhangai Province
   
6. Reconstruction of "Khot Ail" Project: Ulaanbaatar

Indonesia
Beneficiaries: approx. 170,000

1. Rural Development and Training Project: Karawang Regency, West Java Province;
   Takalar Regency,South Sulawesi Province; and Sorong Regency, Papua Province
   
2. "Convention on the Rights of the Child" Program: Greater Jakarta
   
3. Construction of orphanage: Bogor Regency, West Java Province
   
4. Reinforcement of Residential Buildings Project: Greater Jakarta
   
5. Community Disaster Mitigation Project: Greater Jakarta
   
6. Needs assessment of rural development: Mamasa Regency, South Sulawesi Province

East Timor
Beneficiaries: approx. 80

1. PWJ Coffee Program: Ducurai, Lauana, and Letefoho in Letefoho sub-district of Ermera District

Sierra Leone
Beneficiaries: approx. 57,000

1. Construction and management of camps for Liberian refugees: Bandajuma, Pujuhun District and Jimmi, Bo District
   camp management, distribution of shelter kits and food, construction of schools and roads, Water and Sanitation Projects, etc.
   
2. Construction and management of transit camps for Sierra Leonean returnees: Bandajuma, Pujuhun District
   
3. Water Provision Project and hygiene promotion: Kono District

Afghanistan
Beneficiaries: appox. 170,000

1. Emergency assistance: Sarepul Province
   emergency assistance to IDPs, distribution of necessities
   
2. Agricultural Project: Sarepul Province
   agricultural rehabilitation, distribution of seeds
   
3. Women Assistance Project
   Poultry Training Project: Kabul City, Kabul Province and Sarepul City, Sarepul Province
   Literacy Course for Adults: Kabul City, Kabul Province
   Silkworm Project: Sarepul City, Sarepul Province
   
4. School Project
   school rehabilitation, construction of wells: Sarepul and Sayad District
   school construction: Sarepul Province
   school rehabilitation, rehabilitation of toilets and wells, construction of boundary wall: Kabul City, Kabul Province and Paghman District
   
5. Trunk Road Rehabilitation Project: between Shiberghan and Sarepul

China
Beneficiaries: approx. 80

1. Scholarship Program: Tibetan Autonomous District, Yunnan Province
   PWJ is conducting a scholarship program in the Tibetan Autonomous District in China. For FY2002, the funds for this program were raised from the sales of Matsutake mushrooms collected by landless farmers.
   Total Beneficiaries: approx. 471,000