“Can you help us...?” We received a phone call from a kindergarten in Fukushima. This kindergarten is located in Soma city, which is one of the worst-hit places by Typhoon Hagibis. AAR Japan had worked with this kindergarten before , when 3.11 / Great East Japan Earthquake happened, to assist their recovery. This kindergarten has 140 children, from age 0 to 6.

AAR Japan’s staff members participated in two regional conferences, namely the Rehabilitation International Asia & Pacific Regional Conference, held from June 26th to 28th, 2019, in Macau; and also the Asia & Pacific Regional Conference on Community-Based Inclusive Development (CBID), which took place from July 2nd to 4th, 2019, held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Sayako NOGIWA, from Tokyo Headquarters, reports here on the accomplishments and lessons learnt from the two conferences.