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The fourth Ladies First women’s track and field meet was held this January at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city. Approximately 210 female athletes from Japan competed in nine events, including track events. April 6 was the “International Day of Sports for Development and Peace” designated by the United Nations. We…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a memorandum of cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on June 9. The signing took place online between JICA President Akihiko Tanaka and ICRC President Miliana Spoliarich. On the 14th, JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada met with President Spoliarich at JICA Headquarters. Since the…

At the end of January this year, a water purification facility constructed with the cooperation of JICA was completed in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. More than two months have passed since the water supply began. About 400,000 citizens of Juba now have access to clean and inexpensive water through the newly constructed public…

On June 19, the opening ceremony was held at the ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Capacity Building Centre (AJCCBC) in Bangkok, Thailand, to commemorate the first training session of the technical cooperation “ASEAN-Japan Capacity Building Project on Cybersecurity and Digital Trust Services The opening ceremony was held at the ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Capacity Building Centre (AJCCBC) in Bangkok to…

It has been about a month since the violent armed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the national army, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group, occurred in Sudan in northeast Africa on April 15. We asked Mr. Koji Sakane, Director of the Sudan Office, who returned to Japan at the end…

JICA’s Overseas Cooperation Volunteers work in developing countries to solve various problems. Over the past 58 years, 55,379 JICA members (as of March 2023) have been dispatched to 99 countries around the world. Even after their two-year term of service, the problem-solving and cross-cultural communication skills they have developed through their experience in the Japan…

Around April, the harsh winter comes to an end and the land begins to sprout. Ukrainian farmers are also busy. They wait for the soil to soften as the temperature rises, and then use a tractor to move the soil. For farmers, the fields are their life. Just by touching the soil, the earth gives…

JICA is implementing the “JICA Development Graduate School Cooperation Program” in cooperation with Japanese universities to develop human resources who will become future leaders in various fields in developing countries. Under this program, about 1,000 international students from developing countries are accepted into Japanese graduate schools each year, contributing to the development of human resources…

On May 31, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed an agreement to invest in the GEF LatAm Climate Solutions Fund III (GEF Latam III Fund), which is managed by GEF Capital, and held a signing ceremony on June 12. JICA’s investment will be used to finance startup companies working to address climate change in…