The Financial assistance for the Rohingya Refugees settled mainly in Gunma Prefecture

On June 11, 2021, Dr. Masahiro Fujiwara, President of the FWEAP and Dr. Satoshi Nagasaka, Chairman of the International, Social Service Japan (ISSJ) signed a financial assistance agreement of 1 million and 225thousand JPY.

This agreement will support the food aid provided by ISSJ for the relief of Rohingya refugees who are financially in need due to the spread of the COVID-19.

With this financial support, rice and vegetables plus some halal snacks for children or sanitary napkins for women will be distributed to about 240 Muslim refugees settled mainly in Gunma Prefecture and some in Metropolitan area as well as in Chubu Region.

Here is the homepage of the ISSJ.(https://www.issj.org/en/)

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Above: The remote signing ceremony was arranged between FWEAP Building and the headquarters of the ISSJ.

From left Ms. Mieko Ishikawa, General Director of the ISSJ and Dr. Satoshi Nagasaka, Chairman of the ISSJ both are on the monitor screen, then Dr. Masahiro Fujiwara, President of the FWEAP and Mr. Kazuhiko Anzai, Advisor to the President and Senior Director of General Affairs Division, standing beside the monitor.

Below: Both signatories are displaying the signed agreement at each other.