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{{One source, date=July 2008 The Japanese Association of Supporting Streetchildren (JASS) is a non-governmental organisation based in
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. It was formed by a Japanese teacher, Michio Koyama, in 1994 with the aim of helping
street children Street children are poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village. Homeless youth are often called street kids or street child; the definition of street children is contested, but many practitioners and policym ...
get an education and a better standard of living.


History

Mr Michio Koyama visited Vietnam in 1992 where he first encountered the street children who were (and still are) rife on the streets of
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and other places across the country. One year later he left Tokyo and moved to Huế, taking on a job at the university teaching English. Using the money he earned, he had a house built which was used to shelter children who needed somewhere to stay. The house opened for use in 1994, and as of 2004 over 300 children had passed through. They received shelter, food, schooling and guidance. The aim is to make any children who join the project self-sufficient by the time they are 18 years of age. If any chose to continue into further education / university then exceptions can be made to help them with funding. JASS predominantly helps children in the Huế Province. Mr Koyama was the first Japanese person to be made a citizen of Huế.


Fundraising

Most funds come from Japanese sources. Private individual donations and corporate sponsorship make up the bulk of these with government grants also helping. A restaurant, called simply Japanese Restaurant, is located at 34 Ð Tran Cao Van. Staff are partially made up of trainees and "graduates" from JASS. Proceeds from the restaurants go to the charity, a little like the KOTO restaurant in
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restaurant in Hội An.


See also

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Child poverty Child poverty refers to the state of children living in poverty and applies to children from poor families and orphans being raised with limited or no state resources. UNICEF estimates that 356 million children live in extreme poverty. It's estima ...
* KOTO *
Blue Dragon Children's Foundation Blue Dragon Children's Foundation (Blue Dragon) is a charitably funded non-governmental organization based in Hanoi, Vietnam. Its mission is to help children escape from crisis by offering a range of services including rescue from sex trafficki ...
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Street children Street children are poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village. Homeless youth are often called street kids or street child; the definition of street children is contested, but many practitioners and policym ...
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List of non-governmental organizations in Vietnam This is a list of notable non-governmental organizations working in Vietnam or connected with Vietnam. A B * Blue Dragon Children's Foundation * Bread for the World * Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association * Bridge Asia Japan ...


References

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"Vietnam" 9th ed. (Aug 2007), page 220


External links


JASS web page (english version)
Organizations established in 1994 Children's charities based in Vietnam Street children