Fundraising to Invite Youth Trainees to Japan

We have always envisioned a world where all people overcome differences, and are living together in harmony with nature. In our 2021-2030 OISCA Ten-Year Plan, we aim to address global issues including poverty, environmental degradation, natural disasters, loss of biodiversity, and others through these two approaches: Eco-System Based Solution (EBS) and Business Based Solution (BBS). Your generous support to our Capacity Building Program, particularly to the training centers activities in Japan, is the key to realize our plan.

Most of the graduates of our training program in Japan became the frontrunners of our projects worldwide. Equipped with our facilities and experiences, we intend to nurture more next generation of leaders who will take the lead in addressing global issues.

We will partially submit a report of how the donations were used. Initially, may we report of how your donations were used at OISCA Nishi Nippon Training Center in Fukuoka Prefecture.

You may saw the news of how the western and southern part of Japan were heavily hit by heavy rains and strong typhoon in September. At OISCA Nishi Nippon Training Center, we were in the middle of rice harvesting season, and we were afraid of how it will impact the quality and quantity of rice harvest, as well as with our other agricultural products. Luckily, despite the strong winds, we only incurred minor damage in one of our greenhouses and farmlands.

With regards to how the donations were used, we were able to buy a new rice milling machine. We have added the donations that we received into our own fund, which enabled us to replace the machine that we have been using for 21 years. This year, we increased the paddy field area to 12 hectares, from our original 11 hectares. We have harvested more than 30 tons of rice this year. The newly bought milling machine was a huge help because we no longer have machine troubles. It lessened our workloads. Given the chance, please come and visit us at OISCA Nishi Nippon Training Center. Let`s eat together delicious rice, as well as the organic vegetables grown by this year`s trainees.

Thank you for your generous donations to support the OISCA training centers in Japan.

Your support enabled/ will enable us to buy the following to improve the training center facilities, as well as to improve the content and quality of the training program.

1. Chubu Nippon Training Center: Grass cutters, fasteners, computers, and training clothes.
2. Shikoku Training Center: Slope mowing machine and training gears, such as safety boots and rain jackets.
3. Nishi Nippon Training Center: Donation will be added to buy the rice hulling machine to replace the old one that we have been using for more than 20 years. With the new machine, we will no longer be troubled by constant machine breakdowns.
4. Kansai Training Center: Air conditioner/cooler and repair of toilet and bathroom. For the past few years, electric fans were enough in the summer season, but with global warming, we felt the need to install aircon/cooler to survive the summer heat.

Chubu Training Center (6 trainees from Fiji, Philippines, Myanmar, Bangladesh, PNG)

Shikoku Training Center (9 trainees from Fiji, Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Malaysia)

Kansai Training Center (1 trainee from Malaysia)

Nishi Nippon Training Center (9 trainees from Myanmar, East Timor, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and PNG)

Currently, we are empowering 25 youth trainees in our four training centers from the following countries:

Bangladesh, East Timor, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, PNG, and Uzbekistan. Prior to dispatching to the companies, we are educating basic Japanese language to the 108 technical intern trainees.

 Thank you for your kindness and generosity.