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
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
Europe Region
(13) Ukraine
- Humanitarian Crisis Emergency Support
- Support Programs for Displaced Persons
- Dream Gift Project
(© 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
(© JEN)
South America Region
(28) Honduras
- Nutrition Improvement Program Through Home Gardening
(© AMDA-MINDS)