AirCares® Partners in Japan

In Japan, Northwest Airlines is supporting "Médecins Sans Frontières Japon" and 11 other international humanitarian aid organizations since 1992.

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Médecins Sans Frontières Japon

Médecins Sans Frontières offers assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.
Phone: (03)5337-1490
Website: http://www.msf.or.jp

Japan Marrow Donor Registry Promotion Conference
Grassroots activities to facilitate potential volunteer donors to register for marrow transplants to those patients in need. The organization aims to get 300,000 volunteer potential donors' registries.
Phone: (03)3356-8217
Website: http://www.marrow.or.jp/

Make-A-Wish® of Japan
Charitable, volunteer-driven organization, granted the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.
Phone: (03)3221-8388
Website: http://www.mawj.org/

Japan Team of Young Human Power
Volunteer-driven organization establishes schools and provides educational programs such as teacher training and materials for children who were deprived of an education as a result of armed conflict or natural disaster such as in Cambodia.
Phone: (03)5414-1774
Website: http://www.jhp.or.jp/ (Japanese)

Special Olympics Nippon
Special Olympics is an international program of year-round sports training and athletic competition for more than one million children and adults with mental retardation.
Phone: (03)3501-4680
Website: http://www.son.or.jp

Hunger Free World
The specified nonprofit corporation headquartered in Japan was formed to root out global hunger and poverty through its activities currently extended to 11 countries.
Phone: (03)3261-4700
Website: http://www.hungerfree.net/english/index.html

World Vision Japan
This organization provides hope to people oppressed by poverty, hunger and conflict. Throughout World Vision Japan's Child Sponsorship, you can support a child in a developing country as well.
Phone:03-3367-7253
Website: http://www.worldvision.or.jp

Save the Children
All children are equal, and have human rights such as the right to food, shelter, health care, education and freedom from violence, neglect and exploitation. In all its work, both long-term development and emergency relief, Save the Children helps to enjoy a happy, healthy and secure childhood.
Phone: 0120-317-502 (9:30-18:00)
Website: www.savechildren.or.jpp

Peace Winds Japan
Peace Winds Japan (PWJ) was founded in 1996 as a Japanese non-governmental organization. PWJ is dedicated to assisting people threatened by armed conflict and poverty, especially in those areas where assistance is not readily available due to security, political and/or economic circumstances. While the primary focus is on emergency humanitarian assistance, PWJ also works on reconstruction and development projects.
Phone: 0120-252-176
Homepage: http://www.peace-winds.org

Association for Aid and Relief, Japan
Association for Aid and Relief, Japan(AAR) was founded in 1979 as the first Japanese private relief organization for refugees. AAR is currently active in 10 countries focused on humanitarian assistance for refugees, mine action and assistance to people with disabilities.
Phone: (03)5423-4511
Website: http://www.aarjapan.gr.jp

Shapla Neer = "Citizens' Committee in Japan for Overseas Support"
Shapla Neer has been working as a voluntary non-governmental organization for 30 years. In the spring of 1972, 50 Japanese youth volunteers, who were the delegation for agricultural rehabilitation program in Bangladesh. Since then, Shapla Neer has assisted Street children, Relief Operations, Educations, Community Development Program in Banbladesh, Nepal, and other countries in Asia.
Phone: 03-3202-7863
Website: www.shaplaneer.org

Child Fund Japan
Child Fund Japan is assisting poverty children, their families and communities with a sponsorship program, administered through 25 centers in the Philippines. Some of the programs implemented are educational assistance, feeding, vocational training, loans for small-scale business, and community organizations. As of July 2005, Child Fund Japan is sponsoring 5,000 children in 25 projects all over the Philippines.
Phone: (03)3399-8123
Website: http://www.childfund.or.jp/

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