Volunteers greatly change the perception of “Africa” --Volunteer activities and accomplishments presented at the TICAD 5 conference (Jun 4th 2013) | Japan Overseas Cooperative Association

6/4/2013 In March 2013, JOCA launched the JOCA-AU volunteer collaboration program in collaboration with the African Union Commission. Former AU volunteers came to Japan from countries of which Japan has dispatched over one third of its volunteers to partner with former JOCV volunteers to help revitalize the disaster areas of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The 7 young Africans worked in the disaster area of Kamaishi and disaster relief logistical support base of Tono for about 2 months and then