What We Do

Donations from Rissho Kosei-kai’s Donate-a-Meal Movement are consolidated into the Donate-a-Meal Fund for Peace and used to support initiatives in areas such as poverty and hunger alleviation, education and human resource development, and emergency and post-disaster recovery assistance. Through these activities, the Fund seeks to ease the suffering of people affected by poverty, conflict, disaster, and other hardships, while helping to create a world in which all people can live together in peace and happiness.

Support Projects over the Past Five Years (2020–2024 by Region)

Middle East Region

(1) Iraq

  • Enhancing Leukemia Diagnosis in Pediatric Cancer Wards

(2) Lebanon

  • Little Bags of Dreams Campaign
  • Nursing Courses for Palestinian Refugee Students
  • COVID-19 Emergency Support
  • Learning Support Classes in the Beddawi Refugee Camp
  • Support for Internally Displaced Persons in the Northern Region
  • Support for Airstrike Evacuees

(3) Palestinian Autonomous Territories-Gaza Strip

  • Little Bags of Dreams Campaign
  • Emergency Support for Airstrike Victims
  • COVID-19 Emergency Support and Child Malnutrition Prevention/Improvement Program
  • Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Emergency Support

(4) Syria

  • Support for Food Crises Due to Political Instability
Nursing Courses for Palestinian Refugee Students in Lebanon
Nursing Courses for Palestinian Refugee Students in Lebanon

Africa Region

(5) Ethiopia

  • Support for People Displaced by Armed Conflict
  • COVID-19 Emergency Support
  • Environmental Restoration Efforts in Conflict-Affected Areas
  • Emergency Support for Women and Children Affected by Civil War and Drought

(6) Sierra Leone

  • Support Project to Reduce Maternal and Perinatal Mortality

(7) Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Support for Enhancing the Resilience of Women Affected by Conflict and Infection Prevention for Vulnerable Groups During the COVID-19 Crisis
  • Resilience-Enhancing Project for Vulnerable Women Affected by Conflict

(8) Malawi

  • Sending Blankets to Africa Campaign
  • Health and Civil Rights Promotion for Malawi (HIV/AIDS Initiatives and Birth Registration Promotion Project)
  • School Meals Project
  • COVID-19 Emergency Support

(9) Mozambique

  • Sending Blankets to Africa Campaign
  • COVID-19 Emergency Support
  • Installation of Desks in Primary Schools
  • Emergency Support for Cyclone Victims
  • Emergency Support for Drought Victims

(10) South Africa

  • South Africa Youth Support Program
  • COVID-19 Emergency Support

(11) Madagascar

  • Medical Support for Communities Suffering from Drought-Induced Famine

(12) South Sudan

  • Emergency Support for Displaced Persons Fleeing Floods and Armed Conflict
Health (HIV/AIDS Initiatives) and Civil Rights Promotion in Malawi
Health (HIV/AIDS Initiatives) and Civil Rights Promotion in Malawi

Europe Region

(13) Ukraine

  • Humanitarian Crisis Emergency Support
  • Support Programs for Displaced Persons
  • Dream Gift Project
Humanitarian Crisis Emergency Support for Ukrainian Refugees in Poland
Humanitarian Crisis Emergency Support for Ukrainian Refugees in Poland
(© Japan Chernobyl Foundation)

Asia Region

(14) Afghanistan

  • Little Bags of Dreams Campaign
  • Humanitarian Emergency and Reconstruction Support
  • Emergency Support for Flood Victims
  • Emergency Support for Children Orphaned by Conflict
  • Emergency Support for Earthquake Victims in Eastern Afghanistan

(15) Pakistan

  • Emergency Support for Flood Victims
  • Local Youth Peacebuilding Activities
  • COVID-19 Emergency Support

(16) India

  • Employment Support for Internal Migrant Workers
  • Support for Myanmar Refugees in Mizoram State

(17) Bangladesh

  • Medical Service Project
  • Bangladesh Education Project (School supply support for impoverished areas)
  • Support for Victims of Fire at the Rohingya Refugee Camp

(18) Sri Lanka

  • Primary Education Support Project

(19) Mongolia

  • Free Health Checkups and Other Services for Socially Vulnerable People

(20) Myanmar

  • Reading Promotion Project
  • School Feeding/Nutrition Program
  • Prosthetic Limb Support for Landmine Victims
  • Emergency Support for Myanmar Facing Poverty and Hunger
  • Emergency Support for Rohingya Refugees

(21) Laos

  • Agriculture, Environment, and Regional Development Project

(22) Cambodia

  • Support for the Revival of Buddhist Studies
  • Agriculture, Environment, and Regional Development Project
  • COVID-19 Emergency Support
  • Public Primary School Support Project in Prey Veng Province

(23) Philippines

  • Little Bags of Dreams Campaign
  • BCYFI Scholarship Program in Bataan
  • Youth Empowerment and Self-Reliance Support Project
  • Emergency Support for Mangyan Tribes Affected by Typhoons
  • Emergency Support for Typhoon Victims
  • Restoration of Japanese Nationality for Second-Generation Japanese Filipinos Remaining in the Philippines After WWII

(24) Turkey

  • Emergency Support for Victims of the Turkey-Syria Earthquake

(25) South Korea

  • Support for Japanese Women Remaining in South Korea After WWII

(26) Taiwan

  • Emergency Support for Victims of the Eastern Offshore Earthquake

(27) Japan

  • Donate-a-Meal Local Community Contribution Project
  • Humanitarian Emergency and Reconstruction Support Programs
  • Capacity Building Support for NGOs in Japan
  • Refugee Support Projects Within Japan
  • Emergency Relief in Response to Large-Scale Disasters
  • Donate-a-Meal Fukushima Recovery and Disaster Survivor Support Project
  • Improving Access to Health and Medical Services for Foreign Mothers and Children
  • COVID-19 Emergency Support
Humanitarian Emergency and Reconstruction Support in Afghanistan
Humanitarian Emergency and Reconstruction Support in Afghanistan
(© JEN)

South America Region

(28) Honduras

  • Nutrition Improvement Program Through Home Gardening
Nutrition Improvement Program through Home Gardening in Honduras
Nutrition Improvement Program through Home Gardening in Honduras
(© AMDA-MINDS)