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Commemoration
of International Year of Disabled Persons
NICE HEART FOUNDATION
U-life
Center, 1-4-26 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0022
Tel: +81-3-3434-2170 Fax: +81-3-5401-0681
URL:http://niceheart.or.jp/ Email:
info@niceheart.or.jp
The Nice Heart Foundation was established in August of 1982,
following the IYDP, under the authorization of the Prime Minister's
Office(presently, the Cabinet Office). The objectives include:
to nurture the concept of consideration for others and mutual
help among youth through meeting/sharing of experiences with
persons with disabilities; to develop a "circle of nice heart
"(goodwill) throughout the nation, which will play an integral
part in promoting the sound and healthy development of youth
and to promote the well-being of persons with disabilities in
general.
 Major
Activities |
 "Nice
Heart Fureai-no-Sports Hiroba" Activities: |
| "Fureai-no-Sports Hiroba" events, which aim at enhancing
people's understanding through exchanges with persons
with disabilities by enjoying light sports together, are
held throughout Japan every year with the cooperation
of Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions (JAW).
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| "Nice
Heart Fureai-no- Music Hiroba" Activities: |
| We have put a great deal of effort in deepening mutual
understanding through music such as ''Lena Maria Concert".
Ms. Lena Maria, a Swedish gospel singer, has held concerts
and created a great sensation. Her voice resulting from
her positive way of living, overcoming severe disabilities,
gives a deep impression, courage and hope for life to
many people. We organize a great variety of concerts and
sponsor music events in order to offer the people an opportunity
to meet a wide variety of wonderful people. |
| Asia
Project 21: |
There are still an enormous
number of children in Asia, whose sound and healthy growth
is prevented due to poverty and disabilities, etc. The
objective of ''Asian Project 21'' is to support the children
to whom the Asia in the 21st century is going to be entrusted
through the combined efforts of a wide variety of people.
At the same time it is to offer the opportunities for
Japanese youth with a variety of issues living in an affluent
society to experience and understand the realty of life
in Asian countries in order to support their healthy development.
This project is starting with Mogolia and Thailand in
2001.
Thailand
We have made the research about the situation
of the children with disabilities in Thailand and are
studying our project.
--The organizations in Thailand
to support and exchange;
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Duan Prateep Foundation |
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Foundation for Children with Disabilities |
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YMCA Happy Home |
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(care home for the
children who lost their parents from HIV) |
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Rural Development of Lahu |
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(children dormitory,
and training farm for the hill tribe minorities)
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| Government
related activities: |
| December 9 is designated as the Disabled
Persons' Day in Japan. Under the Cabinet Office, this
Foundation organizes an annual event named "Disabled Persons'
Day Commemorative Meeting" and "Disabled Persons' Week
Promotion Event" so that the society would be more concerned
about persons with disabilities. |
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