Sharing the Future

In Nepal, the average life expectancy is 71 years, and 3% of infants die before the age of 5. Contributing factors are poor access to sufficient medical care in mountainous and remote areas and medical records that are often mistreated or lost, asking doctors to perform without their patients' accurate treatment history. To improve this situation, a Japanese NPO ASHA, led by President Nin Yoshifumi, teams up with a local NGO and IT company to develop a medical app to protect people's health. This program follows their operation taking off in a remote area 400 kilometers from the capital.

With an economy focused on agriculture and shipping, the West African Republic of Benin presents few opportunities for ambitious young people. David Kpondehou runs IT boot camps that equip attendees with the web development skills they need to secure remote jobs with international companies. The school's training platform, devised in Japan by Noro Hiroyoshi, has been used to train students in 6 countries across Africa. Follow an international partnership creating opportunities via the global language of coding.

A project to reduce educational disparities among children in non-electrified areas of Tanzania has been underway since 2017. It is being jointly conducted by a Japanese NPO that strives to improve ICT education in developing countries and a Tanzanian NGO that has been addressing poverty in rural villages for 13 years. Together, they have introduced "off-grid" power systems using solar panels and batteries to 45 elementary and secondary schools, thereby bringing light to the darkness.