Approximately one third of the world’s natural disasters occur in Asia due to its climatic and topographical characteristics. 1350 disasters, such as earthquakes, typhoons and volcanic eruptions, have occurred in the past ten years in Asia, affecting a total of 1,624.49 million people including those who were injured and killed in the disasters. There are, however, no evacuation drills in some areas, and many people do not know how to confront disasters. In order to respond to this challenge of natural disasters, we must not only deal with individual countries and regions, but Asia as a whole, sharing knowledge and communicating in an engaging manner. In 2014, the Japan Foundation Asia Center launched the HANDs! Project to form a next–generation disaster–prevention network. From 2014 to 2017, we conducted exchange programs for Asian youths to learn about creative disaster education, and trained 100 fellows from nine countries. From 2018 to 2019, we supported 5 projects collaborated by the HANDs! Fellows.
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HANDs! Project Magazine (Final Report)
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This project in FY2017 , FY2018 and FY2019 is certified as beyond 2020 program.
FY2018 to FY2019
Collaborative Action Challenge (CAC) Contest
Carried out a contest in which HANDs! Fellows made presentations on their CAC projects.
August 27 to 28, 2018
Thailand: Bangkok
Implementing five Collaborative Action Challenge (CAC) projects
November, 2018 to December, 2019
ARC PROJECT (Venue: Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand)
KIDSUP (Venue: Indonesia)
SMART (Venue: Nepal)
ECO Caravan! (Venue: Lao PDR)
Mobile Eskwela (Venue: Philippines)
FY2014 to FY2017
Video from Japan tour (2017)
1st Batch (24 Fellows)
Study tour (first leg) –Indonesia & Philippines tour–
September 26 to October 5, 2014
Indonesia: Jakarta, Yogyakarta (Mt. Merapi)
Philippines: Manila, Tacloban
Study tour (second leg) –Thailand & Japan tour–
February 16 to 26, 2015
Thailand: Bangkok, Chiang Rai, Doi Chang
Japan: Tokyo, Fukushima, Sendai, Ishinomaki, Minami Sanriku
2nd Batch (25 Fellows)
Study tour (first leg) –Indonesia & Philippines tour–
October 5 to 15, 2015
Indonesia: Banda Aceh
Philippines: Manila, Tacloban
Study tour (second leg) –Thailand & Japan tour–
February 24 to March 6, 2016
Thailand: Bangkok, Chiang Mai
Japan: Tokyo, Sendai, Higashi Matsushima
3rd Batch (25 Fellows)
Study tour (first leg) –Philippines & Indonesia tour–
September 25 to October 7, 2016
Philippines: Manila, Navotas
Indonesia: Bali
Study tour (second leg) –Thailand & Japan tour–
March 1 to 13, 2017
Thailand: Phuket
Japan: Kobe
4th Batch (26 Fellows)
Study tour (first leg) –Philippines & Japan tour–
October 8 to 19, 2017
Philippine: Manila
Japan: Tokyo, Sendai, Oshinomaki, Onagawa
Study tour (second leg) –Indonesia tour–
February 4 to 12, 2018
Indonesia: Kalimantan
Other HANDs! Related projects
Exhibition "EARTH MANUAL PROJECT – This Could Save Your Life"
September 27 to December 12, 2018 United States: New York
Exhibition "EARTH MANUAL PROJECT – This Could Save Your Life"
HANDs! –Hope and Dreams– for Miyako!
Conducted disaster education event in Iwate Prefecture, as one part of Sanriku International Arts Festival Sanriku × Asia TSUNAGARU Project
March 9 to 10, 2019
Japan: Miyako–city
Sanriku International Arts Festival 2019 "Sanriku×Asia Tsunagaru Project" HANDs! -Hope and Dreams- for Miyako!
Earth Manual Project "Disaster and Design: For Saving Lives"
May 2 to 26, 2019
Indonesia: Jakarta
https://asiawa.jpf.go.jp/culture/events/e–asia2019–earth–manual–project/ (Japanese text only)
DISASTER AND DESIGN
Exhibition and workshop featuring creative Asian endeavors on the themes of disaster and environmental issues
July 2 to 15, 2019
Japan: Ikebukuro
https://asiawa.jpf.go.jp/en/culture/events/e-asia2019-disaster-and-design/(Japanese text only)
We would like to thank all HANDs! Fellows and Advisors for their support, the people who warmly welcomed us at the places we have visited so far, and all the other people who have so willingly cooperated with. A sincere thank you to you all.
