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The Nippon Foundation Group

Projects in Myanmar
The Nippon Foundation (TNF) has been 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.

TNF Projects in Progress (As of Sep. 2016)

20

65,890,680 USD

TNF Projects Completed (1978 - 2015)

21

15,736,021 USD

Projects Implemented by Sister Organizations

(1976 - 2015)

28

6,727,469 USD

Total

69

88,354,170 USD

Health
1 Myanmar School of Prosthetics and Orthotics

3,323,000 USD

Project Period:
2012 Implementing Agency:
Exceed
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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2 Myanmar National Rehabilitation Hospital PO Clinic

1,439,000 USD

Project Period:
2012Implementing Agency:
Exceed
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 Myanmars neighboring countries, and graduates from Indonesia and Cambodia
have worked here and contributed to providing services.

3 Mandalay Orthopaedic Hospital PO Clinic

362,200 USD

Project Period:
2016Implementing Agency:
Exceed
From 2017, the clinic plans on providing Prosthetics/Orthotics services in Mandalay, the second largest city
in Myanmar. Essential facilities will be equipped and training for staff will be provided at Mandalay
Orthopedic Hospital this year as preparation for starting these services. This clinic will be able to accept
1,000 patients per year at maximum when it opens.
The Japanese Embassy also supported the construction of this clinic and made a grant of USD98,252.

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4 Donation of Used Welfare Vehicles

Project Period:

1,713,702 USD

2011-

Implementing Agency:

Ministry of Health, Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo

Myanmar Medical Association (MMA)
Since 1994, the Nippon Foundation has distributed welfare vehicles in order to support the community
lifestyles of disabled persons and the elderly in various regions of Japan. Of the vehicles that have fulfilled
their roles in Japan, those that remain sufficiently serviceable are being accepted by Myanmar's Ministry of
Health, where they are being retrofitted as ambulances. They are seeing practical use once again in various
regions of Myanmar. The total number of vehicles, including HiAces, sent to Myanmar up to FY 2014 was
211, with preparations in progress to deliver another 47 vehicles for 2015.

5 Distribution of Traditional Medicine Boxes

834,335 USD

Project Period:
2008 Implementing Agency:
Ministry of Health
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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6 Cultivation of Medicinal Plants

1,491,500 USD

Project Period:
2013 Implementing Agency:
Kayin State Government, Ministry of Health
The Herbal Garden Project was launched in 2013 based on a request from the Kayin State Government. The
state administration has allotted 40 acres to produce, manufacture, and provide training of local herbal
resources. So far, 150 medicinal plant species have been found, proving the rich variety of herbal resources.
The project aims to determine species with added value that are sustainably harvestable as well as processable
locally. Furthermore, the project plans to seek market opportunities for these plant products and contribute
to the development of the rural communities.

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Support for people with disabilities

1 Leadership Training and Establishment of Self-help Groups
for People with Disabilities and Establishment of Yangon 1,124,055 USD
Disability-Inclusive Business Incubation Center
Project Period:
2011 Implementing Agency:
Myanmar Independent Living Initiative
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.
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.

2 Scholarship and Zero-interest Loan for Students with Disabilities

Project Period:

105,000 USD

2014-

Implementing Agency:
The Eden Foundation
A 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. The first class of 26 students was selected after results from
interviews, with payments commencing from January 2015 (10 school-attending students, 16
correspondence students).

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3 Training School for Traditional Medical Blind Massage

Project Period:

131,000 USD

2015 -

Implementing Agency:
Nippon Myanmar Traditional Medicine Development Foundation
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 and 20 trainees have been receiving the training as the first batch.

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Education
1 Regional Development through School Construction in
Shan State

10,592,900 USD

Project Period:
2002 Implementing Agency: Saetanar (NGO)
School-focused village development projects - not just for "hard" infrastructure-type construction - but also
for the establishment of "softer" elements supporting continuous post-construction operation (such as
teaching staff, textbooks, and hygiene facilities such as toilets). Residents cooperate with the building of
the schools, and a system has been put in place whereby the building costs saved by the materials and labor
they provide are used as "Community Development Funds." The development projects are incomegenerating projects such as simple hydroelectric power generation and micro-finance implemented from
the ideas of the local residents themselves, with that income enabling the post-construction operation of
the schools and regional development by the residents. Furthermore, from 2002, the Agriculture
Development and Extension Project has also been implemented.
102 schools had been built by FY2007, with a total of 202 complete by FY2012, and another 100 planned
for construction in the third phase until FY2017. The objective is the completion of 302 schools in total.
*Based on the request from the Myanmar Government, Saetanar supported a 3 schools construction
project in cyclone affected Ayeyarwady Region in 2009.

2 School Construction Project in Rakhine State

8,420,932 USD

Project Period:
2012 Implementing Agency:
Bridge Asia Japan (NGO)
A five-year project to build 100 elementary schools in Rakhine State. The project is being implemented
with the objectives of providing a place that guarantees the safety of children attending school and
appropriate for study, providing a place to evacuate to in times of disaster, and providing 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. Furthermore, in regions where flooding disasters occur regularly, schools will have a raisedfloor 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 that allows them to learn construction techniques.

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3 Regional Development through School Construction

in Ayeyarwady Region

4,382,954 USD

Project Period:
2013 Implementing Agency: Association for Rengein Tanjo-ji International Cooperation
A project started in 2013 to build 44 schools over three years in the Ayeyarwady Region. From 2016, the
2nd phase of the project to build 38 schools over three years has been started. 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 from villagers and invested in community development projects. In addition, public
health/hygiene education is also planned.

4 Educational Comic Book Project in Myanmar

Project Period:

88,700 USD

2014 -

Implementing Agency: Moving Forward Together (MFT)

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.

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Human Resource Development

1 Training of Public Officials of State Governments
Project Period:

506,400 USD

2012-

Implementing Agency:
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Short-term training for state government officials engaged in duties relating to quality-of-life improvement
for minority peoples in Myanmar's 7 states, conducted in Naypyidaw, Yangon, and at the Lee Kuan Yew
School of Public Policy National University of Singapore.

2 Capacity Enhancement of Myanmar Government Officials

Project Period:

634,289 USD

2014-

Implementing Agency:

Graduate School of International Relations (GSIR) at International University of

Japan (IUJ)
10 government officials selected by the Myanmar government have been dispatched as exchange students
to the International University of Japan's Graduate School of International Relations since September 2014.
Over a two-year period (22 months) the exchange students will acquire knowledge and skills useful for
Myanmar's development , and after receiving their master's degree will return home, where they can make
use of them in their daily duties and provide a return contribution to the building of the nation of Myanmar.

3 Managing Japanese Language Course in Myanmar

Project Period:
Implementing Agency:

372,734 USD

2015-

Department of Foreign Language Center in Myanmar Defense Services

Academy, Shinjuku Japanese Language Institute
With support from the Shinjuku Japanese Language Institute, Japanese instructors from the school have
been dispatched to the language centre inside the military academy for the Myanmar Armed Forces
located in Pyin Oo Lwin, and have started offering a Japanese course from April 2015 aimed at promoting
Myanmar's democratization. 40 young officers have been divided into two classes for a course including
cultural lectures that runs six hours per day, five days per week. The objective of the course is the passing
of level N2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test in one year. The ultimate aim of the course is the
training of personnel who can be Japanese interpreters/translators within the armed forces, as well as the
training of personnel who can participate in the exchange/training courses being run by the Ministry of
Defense of Japan.

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4 Japan-Myanmar Military Officials Exchange Program

Project Period:

208,971 USD

2014 -

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

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Support to Conflict Affected Communities

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

19,984,000 USD

Project Period:
Implementing Agency:

2012 The Nippon Foundation (Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
since 2013)
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.

2 Support to Conflict-affected People in Myanmar

(Rehabilitation Programme)

9,800,000 USD

Project Period:
2015 Implementing Agency:
The Nippon Foundation (Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)
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. 1250 houses, 7 schools, 4 health clinics, 1 bridge, and 5 wells will be built
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.

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3 Support for Operation of Mae Tao Clinic on the ThaiMyanmar Border

375,008 USD

Project Period:
2012 Implementing Agency:
Mae Tao Clinic
Support for the Mae Tao Clinic, which provides free health/medical services targeting people such as
refugees from Myanmar (mainly minority people) who have escaped poverty and the ravages of war into
Thailand and immigrant workers. Specific examples of activities include the improvement of nutritional
conditions for inpatients, the instruction of the parents of malnourished children with respect to correct
nutrition/hygiene, securement of medical supplies, and the training of clinic staff.

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TNF Projects Completed (1978 - 2015)

No.

Project
Period

Project Title

Implementing Agency

Total Grant
(USD)

1978 - 1979 Relief and rehabilitation of Burmese

refugees in Bangladesh

United Nations High Commissioner for

Refugees (UNHCR)

1,000,000

1978 - 1979 Malaria drugs for young children and

pregnant women in remote areas of
Burma

United Nations Children's Fund

(UNICEF)

855,000

1978 - 1980 Law enforcement for drug abuse

control in Burma

United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse

Control (UNFDAC)

600,000

1983 - 2003 Donation of school buses

Japanese School in Yangon

186,419

1992

34th Colombo Plan Consultative

Committee Meeting in Yangon

Ministry of Planning and Finance,

Myanmar

41,600

1992

Support for medical activities

Burmese Relief Center (Thailand)

35,000

1993 - 1995 Provision of essential drugs to

support primary health care

Ministry of Health

3,792,660

1993 - 1996 Capital reinvestment system for

procurement of essential drugs
under Bamako Initiative in Myanmar

United Nations Children's Fund

(UNICEF)

1,218,000

9
10

2002

Assistance for GAEL meeting

February 2003

2004 - 2005 Donation of Fire Engines,

Ambulances and a School Bus

The Government of Myanmar Ministry

of Health

77,920

Tokyo Myanmar Association

128,993
95,200

11

2008

Relief for cyclone victims

ASEAN Secretariat

12

2012

Delivery of Humanitarian Support

(Food and Medicine) for Conflict
Affected Communities

The Nippon Foundation

2,350,000

13

2012

Book Donation Program

100 Books for Understanding
Contemporary Japan

Ministry of Information

34,000

14

2012

Support for Mae Tao Clinic's Fundraising Activities in Japan

Mae Tao Clinic, Japan Association for

Mae Tao Clinic

20,000

15

2012 - 2015 Preparation for the International

Arts Festival for People with
Disabilities

Myanmar Independent Living Initiative

678,958

16

2012 2013 Implementation of Medical Services

for Citizens Living in Remote Areas

Myanmar Medical Association (MMA)

2,064,471

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2013

5th ASEAN Traditional Medicine

Conference

18

2013

Training School for Medical Blind Myanmar Traditional Medicine

Massage
Development Association

19

2013

20

2014

Construction of an Educational New World Therapeutic Training Center

Center for Children with
for special needs children
Disabilitie
Evaluation and Situation Analysis of Myanmar Medical Association
Myanmar TM kits project

21

2014

Yanmar 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

Ministry of Health

200,000
82,500
1,500,000

85,300

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

Total Amount of TNF Projects Completed

15,736,021

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Projects Implemented by TNF Sister Organizations (1976 - 2015)

No.

Project
Period

Project Title

1976 - 2006

Ministry of Health

1979 - 2012

Provision of Medicine /
Equipment
Public Awareness

1994 - 1995

Ministry of Health

1997 - 2010

1999

1999

Human resource
development
Leprosy control
activities
Media Human Resource
Development in IndoChinese Countries:
Educational TV
Broadcast of the
Structure of Market
Economy in Myanmar
Journalist Training in
Cambodia and
Myanmar

1999 - 2000

Seminars and Research

on the International
Economy in Myanmar

2000 - 2002

Human Resource
Development for
Industrial Research in
Myanmar
Leprosy control
activities

10

2000 - 2013

2002 - 2004

Human Resource
Development in
Myanmar

Implementing Agency

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Health
Myanmar Television
and Radio Dept.,
Ministry of Information:
MTRD

The Sasakawa Peace

Foundation
Post Media Co., Ltd.
(Cambodia)
The Sasakawa Peace
Foundation
Myanmar Institute of
Strategic and
International Studies,
Thailand
Myanmar Economic &
Management Institute

Grant Agency

Sasakawa Memorial
Health Foundation
Sasakawa Memorial
Health Foundation
Sasakawa Memorial
Health Foundation
Sasakawa Memorial
Health Foundation
The Sasakawa Peace
Foundation

Total
Grant
(USD)
2,252,640
83,530
60,530
362,040
38,017

24,808

56,133

The Sasakawa Peace

Foundation

76,545

Sasakawa Memorial
Health Foundation

39,020

(MEMI
International Federation
of Anti-Leprosy
Associations ILEP
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)

583,105

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11

2003 - 2005

Support for people

affected by leprosy

12

2005

Human Resource
Development in
Myanmar, Phase II

13

2005

14

2006 - 2008

15

2006 - 2008

16

2007 - 2009

Human Resource
Development in
Myanmar, Phase II Civil Servant Training in
Myanmar
Human Resource
Development for ASEAN
in Myanmar
Human Resource
Development for ASEAN
Summit in Myanmar Improving the abilities
of Myanmar's young
diplomats
Support for people
affected by leprosy

17

2007 - 2013

18

2008

19

2009 - 2011

20

2009 - 2011

21
22

2010 2011
2012

Support for people

affected by leprosy
Support for people
affected by leprosy
Capacity Building for
Instructors in
Myanmar's Industrial
Field
(Note: In FY2000-2002,
there was a project with
the same name. The
project name in FY2011
was Capacity Building
for Young Researchers
in Myanmar's Industrial
Field
Training for Civil
Servants in Myanmar

Educational support
group for the
resettlement villages of
Nantha Myaing and
Mayan Chaung
The Sasakawa Peace
Foundation
The Myanmar Times
Information & Resource
Center (Singapore)
The Sasakawa Peace
Foundation
Information & Resource
Center (Singapore)
The Myanmar Times
Myanmar Institute of
Strategic and
International Studies
The Sasakawa Peace
Foundation
Myanmar Institute of
Strategic and
International Studies
International Federation
of Anti-Leprosy
Associations ILEP
Myanmar
Myitta Arr Marn
MAM
Sasakawa Memorial
Health Foundation
Myanmar Economic &
Management Institute
(Japan)

Sasakawa Memorial
Health Foundation

258,480

209,318

The Sasakawa Peace

Foundation

Public Awareness
Capacity Enhancement
of CLMV Journalists

MAM
The Sasakawa Peace
Foundation

125,633

46,305

Sasakawa Memorial
Health Foundation

17,320

Sasakawa Memorial
Health Foundation

83,270
390

The Sasakawa Peace

Foundation

The Sasakawa Peace

Foundation
Myanmar Civil Service
Selection and Training
Board CSSTB)
Myitta Arr Marn

24,560

390,620

568,804

Sasakawa Memorial
Health Foundation

7,650
44,616

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23

2012 - 2013

24

2012 - 2014

25

2013

26

2014

27

2014

Capacity Enhancement
of Myanmar Diplomats
toward ASEAN
Chairmanship

Media Education
Development Initiative
in ASEAN Region
(MEDIAR)
The Sasakawa Peace
Foundation
ASEAN Affairs
Dept./Myanmar
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Diplomatt, Inc.
ASEAN Studies Centre
Singapore
The Sasakawa Peace
Foundation
The Union Civil Service
Board, Myanmar
Shiga University

Capacity Enhancement
of Organizational
Management in
Myanmar
Basic Research on
The Sasakawa Peace
Global Human Resource
Foundation
Development in
Myanmar
Strengthening Global
Shiga University
The Sasakawa Peace
Human Resource
Foundation
Development in
Myanmar
Capacity Enhancement
The Sasakawa Peace
to Acquire
Foundation
Interpretation Methods Myanmar Ministry of
for the Aim of
Education
Introducing New
Diplomatt, Inc.
Teaching Methods into
University in Myanmar
Total Amount for Projects Implemented by TNF Sister Organizations

609,835

563,786

18,268

88,182

94,064

6,727,469