COVID-19 Emergency Assistance: Sanitation Goods Supply Underway for Disability Organizations
On March 28th and 29th, AAR Japan carried out a survey on necessary support and issues faced by people with disabilities amid the COVID-19 crisis. The survey was conducted among disability support organizations in Japan including the Japan Disability Forum (JDF) and the Japan Council on Disability (JD).
Pakistan:“A School With Toilets Is Precisely What We Have Dreamed About!”
From February 2016 to September 2019, the Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan), implemented a hygiene-enhancement project that was targeted at elementary schools of the Haripur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, in Pakistan. Our project included building sanitation facilities, such as water wells and toilets, which were urgently needed by a total of 37 elementary schools with poor hygiene conditions. We also provided instructive workshops, aiming to guide schoolchildren in how to improve their hygiene habits. Sobia Sultan, from our Haripur Office, who led project activities on the ground since its initial stage, reviews and reports on her commitment, and the details of the process during those three years.
