AMDA doctors leave for Pakistan to help Afghan refugees

AMDA doctors leave for Pakistan to help Afghan refugees

NARITA, Japan - Five members of the Association of Medical Doctors in Asia (AMDA) head to a boarding area at Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 11 to leave for Pakistan to provide medical aid to Afghan refugees. The group will set up a medical facility in Quetta near the Afghan border after surveying the political situation in the area.

School for international volunteer workers to open

School for international volunteer workers to open

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 4 shows the building of a new training center for international volunteer workers in the town of Tetta, Okayama Prefecture, which will be formally opened Sept. 8. The school to be run by a group affiliated with the Association of Medical Doctors in Asia (AMDA), will train personnel in emergency relief operations with AMDA's in-house medical doctors and volunteers serving as instructors. The school was converted from a closed-down municipal elementary school.

Albanian boy expresses thanks for treatment in Japan

Albanian boy expresses thanks for treatment in Japan

OKAYAMA, Japan - Nezir Shinik, a 3-year-old ethnic Albanian boy from Kosovo, expresses thanks for having received four months of treatment in Japan for an intractable eye disease, at a news conference at the office of the Association of Medical Doctors in Asia (AMDA), in Okayama Prefecture. Nezir came to Japan with AMDA support and was admitted to Kanazawa University Hospital, Ishikawa Prefecture, in July. At his right is his mother.

School for international volunteer workers to open

School for international volunteer workers to open

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 4 shows the building of a new training center for international volunteer workers in the town of Tetta, Okayama Prefecture, which will be formally opened Sept. 8. The school to be run by a group affiliated with the Association of Medical Doctors in Asia (AMDA), will train personnel in emergency relief operations with AMDA's in-house medical doctors and volunteers serving as instructors. The school was converted from a closed-down municipal elementary school.

Albanian boy expresses thanks for treatment in Japan

Albanian boy expresses thanks for treatment in Japan

OKAYAMA, Japan - Nezir Shinik, a 3-year-old ethnic Albanian boy from Kosovo, expresses thanks for having received four months of treatment in Japan for an intractable eye disease, at a news conference at the office of the Association of Medical Doctors in Asia (AMDA), in Okayama Prefecture. Nezir came to Japan with AMDA support and was admitted to Kanazawa University Hospital, Ishikawa Prefecture, in July. At his right is his mother.