September 2022

[Ukraine] RAC (Refugee Accommodation Center) Support Activities Carry on to Their Sixth Month

2022.9.27

Ukraine

Peace Winds Japan, in collaboration with the National Congress of Ukrainians of Moldova (NCUM), a Moldovan NGO, is managing a temporary shelter (RAC) for the population displaced from Ukraine to Moldova. Regular staff meetings PWJ dispatched staff from Japan to Moldova on March 8 2022, 12 days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, [...]

[Iraq] Peace Winds Has Completed Updating the Homes of about 3,900 Syrian Refugee Families

2022.9.26

Iraq

In 2018, Peace Winds began a project to upgrade shelters in four Syrian refugee camps in Erbil Governorate, Iraq with a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM). Since 2020, Peace Winds has expanded similar activities with this grant to two Syrian refugee camps in Duhok Governorate. In [...]

[Uganda]Training in Sewing and Beauty/Hairdressing for Women in Refugee Communities and Host Communities in Uganda

2022.9.5

Uganda

“Chuka, chuka, chuka, chuka…” The sounds of sewing machines echo through the Women’s Development Centers that Peace Winds Japan (PWJ) built last year in the Imvepi Refugee Settlement (north) and the Kyaka II Refugee Settlement (west) in Uganda, where women are focused in their sewing. In July 2022, PWJ began providing trainings in [...]