Category: Asia

Japanese woman smiles slightly while wearing a dark blue "Peace Winds" logo polo shirt and standing next to a peace winds logo on the wall
World Refugee Day 2023: an Interview with Yuko Yamamoto about Support for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

In honor of World Refugee Day on June 20, Peace Winds would… Read more >

two people wearing red "ARROWS" jackets and white vests stand outside of a whit building and look at a large binder full of papers
Support for elderly community members following the Ishikawa Earthquake in Japan

On May 5, 2023, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture,… Read more >

a young Nepalese girl with two braids smiles while holding the drawing she made. The draqing has blue mountains, a yellow sun, a flock of black birds, two trees, and two buildings labeled "my house" and "my kitchen."
Meet 8-Year-Old Ankita and Her Amazing Artwork

Last year, Peace Winds collected drawings from children living in many of… Read more >

Peace Winds Palau’s Health Ship: the First Screenings of 2023

Peace Winds Palau kicked off March with five more health screening demonstrations… Read more >

Five Japanese people wearing white face masks stand around a table with bowls, flour, and supplies for making noodles
Disaster Preparedness and Community Building in Western Japan

More than four years after heavy rains and flooding affected the lives… Read more >

A Sri Lankan woman wearing a pink dress, a child wearing a blue t-shirt, a man wearing a gray "Peace Winds" t-shirt, and a Japanese woman wearing a white "Peace Winds" t-shirt hold bags of nonperishable foods
Food Package Distribution for 207 Vulnerable Families

Thanks to your donations, in mid-November 2022, Peace Winds was able to… Read more >

About two dozen girls wearing black clothing and white headscarves sit on a blue and yellow patterned tarp outside in the dirt
Help Peace Winds Bring Hope to Girls in Afghanistan by Voting for our Education Project!

Peace Winds began providing emergency assistance immediately after the 2001 conflict in… Read more >

Japan Disaster Response and Preparedness in 2022

Flooding and typhoons have continued to affect western Japan in 2022. In… Read more >

A Successful End to Project Year 1: Health Screening Ship in Palau

As the first year of the Peace Winds health screening ship project… Read more >

Relief worker hands basket of supplies to beneficiary in Japan
Community-Building and Disaster Mitigation in Japan

In the wake of Japan’s major flood disasters in recent years–from heavy… Read more >