Peace Winds Japan Annual Report FY2003

Peace Winds Japan
2-11-5 Sakurashinmachi,
Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-0015
Japan

Telephone: +81-3-5451-5400
Facsimilie: +81-3-5451-5401
www.peace-winds.org
meet@peace-winds.org

Photo credits:
PWJ, The Mainichi Newspapers,
Japan International Cooperation Agency

Special appreciation to volunteer translators:
Noriko Inaba, Natsuko Tokai, Mike Nix

Message from the Chairperson
The Role of NGOs
Iraq
Mongolia
Indonesia
East Timor
Sierra Leone
Afghanistan
Iran
Activities in Japan
Major Activities in FY2003
Organizational Time Line
Organizational Structure
Financial Statement for FY2003

PWJ English Top

Major Activities in FY2003

Total number of beneficiaries: Approx. 2.02million

Iraq
Activities		Activity Sites	Beneficiaries
Emergency assistance	Emergency medical assistance, distribution of non-food items	Sulaimaniyah, Dohuk, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa, Diyala, Baghdad	Approx. 1.5 million
	Renovation of health and other public facilities, equipment provision
	Assistance for IDPs
Social and health care	Socio-Medic projects	Sulaimaniyah, Dohuk, Erbil	Approx. 100,000
Social and health care	Assistance for Thalassemia patients and their families	Sulaimaniyah, Dohuk, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa	Approx. 2,000
Improvement of social welfare	Rehabilitation, awareness, and follow-up program for children and women in the juvenile social reformatory centers	Dohuk, Erbil	Approx. 150

Sierra Leone
Activities		Activity Sites	Beneficiaries
Assistance for Liberian refugees	Camp management, water supply, hygiene promotion	Pujehun District, Bo District	Approx. 12,000
	Food distribution
	Preschool and office construction
	Latrine and shower construction
Repatriation and reintegration of Sierra Leonean returnees	Well drilling, latrine construction, hygiene promotion, well chlorination	Kono District	Approx. 50,000

Indonesia
Activities		Activity Sites	Beneficiaries
Promotion of local NGOs and self-help groups	Development of eco-farming and income generation activities for peasants in intensive rice production areas	Karawang District	Approx. 400
	Community empowerment and institutional development	Sorong District	Approx. 200
	Empowerment of local village communities	Takalar District	Approx. 10,000
	Promotion of the convention of the Rights of the Child	Jakarta	Approx. 450
	Resettlement of Aceh IDPs	Boyolali District	46
Midterm evaluation		All project areas	N/A

Iran
Activities		Activity Sites	Beneficiaries
Emergency assistance for earthquake victims	Camp operation for displaced people	Bam City and the surrounding areas	Approx. 10,000
	Distribution of non-food items
	Provision of temporary school buildings		Approx. 300

Afghanistan
Activities		Activity Sites	Beneficiaries
Reconstruction and development	Infrastructure improvement	Sarepul Province	Water supply Approx. 20,000 Road construction Approx. 100,000 Bridge construction Approx. 200,000
	Empowerment of women		Poultry farming project Sericulture project 3,162
	Agricultural assistance		Agricultural rehabilitation 1,670 Seed distribution Approx. 3,600
Educational assistance	School construction	Kabul Province	Approx. 4,500
Study for appropriate water resource usage		Sarepul Province	N/A

Mongolia
Activities		Activity Sites	Beneficiaries
Assistance for children of poor families in Ulaanbaatar	Khot Ail	Sulaimaniyah, Dohuk, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa, Diyala, Baghdad	Approx. 1.5 million
Assistance for children of poor families in Ulaanbaatar	Day Care Center	Sulaimaniyah, Dohuk, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa, Diyala, Baghdad	Approx. 1.5 million
Assistance for children of poor families in Erdenet	Non-formal education	Sulaimaniyah, Dohuk, Erbil	Approx. 100,000
Social welfare	Counseling in juvenile reformatory center	Ulaanbaatar	120
Social welfare	Supply of prosthesis	Ulaanbaatar	9
Emergency relief for flood victims	Food distribution	Ulaanbaatar	Approx.170
Income generation for women	Bread factory in Songino Khairkhan	Ulaanbaatar	Approx. 50

China
Activities	Activity Sites	Beneficiaries
Scholarship program	Yunnan Province	Approx.100
PWJ is conducting a scholarship program in the Tibetan Autonomous District in China. Thedistrict is a mountainous area close to the southwest border of China, where many minority groups live in traditional ways, in a severe environment. For FY2003, PWJ provided assistance to approximately 100 students living in remote areas, enabling them to go to school.

East Timor
Activities	Activity Sites	Beneficiaries
Coffee and agriculture based community activation	Ermera District	Approx. 200

Note on the number of beneficiaries
For programs that benefit the whole community, e.g. hospital renovation and infrastructure construction, the number of beneficiaries is counted as the population of the geographic area.