JaDHRRA Intern in Asiadhrra
Mr. Makino Atsushi, a senior student of Kobe University in Japan taking up Economics, is currently on a six month internship (February-August 2012) in the Philippines hosted by Asiadhrra and Phildhrra. Maki, as he prefers to be called will focus his internship on studying Philippine NGO Programs and Activities. He began his internship with a […]
Genesis of the DHRRAs: The History of CENDHRRA by Antonio L. Ledesma
In remembrance of Dr. Tony Ledesma, whose first death anniversary we commemorate and whose life we celebrate today, we are sharing this article he wrote about the origins and development of the DHRRAs. The Seed, the Spring, the Stone A mighty river starts from a trickling mountain spring. A massive tree starts from a tiny […]
Young NorthDHRRAs share OJT experiences
North DHRRA OJTs – Yeo Joung Suh (KoDHRRA), Sung Wei Huang (TaiwanDHRRA), Ryoko Tsuboi (JaDHRRA) and Shui Tsai (TaiwanDHRRA) had a fruitful sharing session last September 12, 2008 about OJT life, their insights and its impact on their personal life. They also shared their reflection about their own DHRRAs and AsiaDHRRA. The session proved to […]
Ryoko visits AsiaDHRRA
Ryoko Tsuboi, formerly JaDHRRA OJT in AsiaDHRRA visited the secretariat last September 10, 2008 on her way to Bikol to accompany Ms. Chiaki Inoko who, as part of her research study, spent a one- week exposure visit in the Foundation of our Lady of Fatima Center (FACE), a PhilDHRRA member NGO in Camarines Sur, Philippines […]
JaDHRRA launches Japanese Youth Philippine Exposure 2007
Twelve (12) japanese college students from Otemon University and Kobe University, led by their teachers, Dr. Yoshikuni Yatani and Dr. Hiroyuki Fujioka are set to begin their exposure program in the Philippines. They will visit farming communities in Camarines Sur and Legazpi City in the Bikol region and an urban poor community in Quezon City […]
AsiaDHRRA joins the Phil-Japan Friendship Year 50th Anniversary Festivities
AsiaDHRRA participated in the Philippine-Japan Symposium: “Empowering the Poor in the Philippine Society toward 2015: Partnership Building between Philippine and Japanese NGOs in Poverty Alleviation” held on 24- 25 November 2006 at the Market, Market! Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Philippines. The year 2006 marks the 50th year of the resumption of diplomatic relations between the […]
AsiaDHRRA secretariat meets with JaDHRRA
Members and officers of Japan Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (JaDHRRA) met with the secretary general and other staff of AsiaDHRRA at Osaka on July 10, 2006, The meeting is part of a possible strategic planning process for the local DHRRA. Defining the role of JaDHRRA in the context of […]
Development and Happiness: reflections on my internship
By Ryoko Tsuboi Time passes so fast. Since I started this training program, a year and some months have passed and now I am looking back my stay here in AsiaDHRRA. Honestly, I don’t think I could get enough things that I need to run JaDHRRA as a secretariat staff. But still there were many […]
JaDHRRA Study Tour
JaDHRRA in partnership with PhilDHRRA and AsiaDHRRA conducted a study tour last March 11-18, 2005. It was participated by sixteen (16) students and professors from two Japanese universities (Kobe and Otemon Gaukin University). Thematically, their interests were on health, education, and agrarian reform. The group visited various rural communities in Sorsogon, Albay, and Camarines Sur. […]
JaDHRRA volunteer on OJT as AsiaDHRRA Secretariat
AsiaDHRRA welcomes the October arrival of Ms.Ryoko Tsuboi, a JaDHRRA volunteer who will undergo a one- year on-the-job training (OJT) at the AsiaDHRRA secretariat office in Quezon City, Philippines. The OJT program was designed as part of the second liner development program of the network. It is hoped that after one-year OJT service, the volunteer […]
