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FY	Major Events
1990	Establishment of FIDR (April,26) Subsidy program started
1991	●[Turkey/Iran]Emergency food assistance to Kurdish refugees along Turkish and Iranian borders by Japanese government chartering flights ●[Bangladesh]Emergency food assistance to victims of cyclone disaster in Bangladesh by Japanese government chartering flights
1992	●[Philippines]Aeta Tribal Development Project (FY1994, 1996-1999) ●Accredited as Special Public Interest Promotion Corporation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1995	●[Japan] Dispatched staffs to Kobe city for the assistance to victims of The Great Hanshin/Awaji Earthquake ●[Cambodia] Primary School Construction Project (～FY2007)
1996	●[Cambodia] Cambodia office was established in Phnom Penh ●[Cambodia] Pediatric Surgery Project Phase I (～FY2000)
1997	●[Laos]Nongtae Area Development Project (～FY2003)
1998	●[Vietnam] Vietnam office was established in Danang ●[Cambodia] Completion of the Pediatric Surgical Ward at National Pediatric Hospital ●[Thailand]Huai Mae Liem Area Development Project (～FY2002)
1999	●[Taiwan]Dispatched staff for emergency assistance for Taiwan Earthquake
2000	●10th anniversary of the establishment of FIDR
2001	●[Vietnam] Nam Giang Community Development Project (～FY2007) ●[Cambodia] Pediatric Surgery Project Phase II(～FY2005) ●[Cambodia] Primary Education Project (～FY2005)
2003	●[Vietnam] Hoa Quy Ward Women and Children's Health Care Project(～FY2006) ●[Cambodia] Completion of Outpatient Ward at National Pediatric Hospital
2005	●[Sri Lanka] Chavakachcheri Base Hospital Pediatric Ward Construction Project (～FY2010)
2006	●[Cambodia] Pediatric Surgery Project Phase III(～FY2010) ●[Cambodia] Hospital Diet Assistance Project (～FY2013)
2007	●59th Public Health Award (September,25) ●Health, Labour and Welfare Minister’s commendation (September,26) ●[Japan] Emergency Relief to victims living in temporary shelters in Kariwa Village, affected by the Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake ●[Cambodia] Food and Nutrition Security Project in Rolea Pa-ir District (～FY2011)
2008	●Commissioned as ”NGO consultant” by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (for one year period) ●Foreign Minister’s commendation (July,15) ●[China] Emergency Relief Project for Sichuan Earthquake ●[Vietnam] Catu Traditional Handicraft Assistance Project (～FY2011)
2009	●[Indonesia] Emergency Relief Project for Sumatra Earthquake
2010	●20th anniversary of the establishment of FIDR ●Status of legal entities was shifted to “Public Benefit Incorporated Foundation”　(November,1)
2011	●Certificate of Appreciation by Governor of Iwate prefecture ●[Japan] Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Project for The Great East Japan Earthquake (～FY2018) ●[Japan] Office was established in Yamada Town, Iwate Prefecture ●[Nepal] Radha Krishna Primary School Construction Project ●[Cambodia] Pediatric Surgery Project Phase IV (～FY2015) ●[Cambodia] Food and Nutrition Security Project in Kampong Chhnang Province Phase I (～FY2016) ●[Cambodia] Emergency relief to flood victims in Kampong Chhnang Province
2012	●[Vietnam] Catu Ethnic Minority Community Based Tourism Project (～FY2015) ●[Vietnam] Kon Tum Province Child Nutrition Improvement Project (～FY2018) ●[Vietnam] Project on Food Security Improvement for Small Scale Farmers in Quang Nam Province (～FY2015) ●[Nepal] Nepal office was established in Kathmandu ●[Nepal] Dhading District Community Development Project (～FY2017）
2013	●[Philippines] Typhoon Hayan Emergency Response
2014	● [Cambodia] Nutrition and Diet Management Project (～FY2018)
2015	●[Nepal] Emergency Response and Rehabilitation Assistance -2015 Nepal Earthquake　(～FY2017)
2016	●[Vietnam] Project on Food Security Improvement for Small Scale Farmers in Central Vietnam（～FY2018） ●[Vietnam] Rural Development Project by Local Initiatives of the Ethnic Minority Communities in Nam Giang district, Quang Nam province（～FY2020） ●[Nepal] Study Tour to Japan for Nepalese Children ●[Japan] Emergency Response to Kumamoto Earthquake
2017	●[Cambodia] Pediatric Surgery Project Phase V (ongoing) ●[Cambodia] Nutrition Education and Promotion Project (～FY2019) ●[Cambodia] Food and Nutrition Security Project in Kampong Chhnang Province Phase II (ongoing) ●[Nepal] School Improvement Project (ongoing) ●[Vietnam] Emergency Relief Project for victims of Damrey Typhoon in the Central of Vietnam ●[Japan] Closing of office in Yamada Town, Iwate Prefecture
2018	●[Japan] Emergency Response to the 2018 Deluge ●[Indonexia] Emergency Response to the 2018 Indonesia Earthquake ●[Vietnam] 20th anniversary of the establishment of FIDR Vietnam Office
2019	●[Cambodia] Japan Study Tour for Cambodian Primary School Students ●[Vietnam] Project for Improvement of Living and Child Nutrition in Tay Nguyen (ongoing) ●[Vietnam] Project for establishing the platform for promoting sustainable rural industries using local resources at minority tribe communities in mountainous area of Quang Nam Province (ongoing) ●[Japan] 2018 Hokkaido Iburi Earthquake Emergency Response ●[Japan] Emergency Response to Typhoon Hagibis
2020	●[Cambodia] Nutrition Education and Promotion Project Phase II (ongoing) ●[Japan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Nepal] Emergency Response to Spread of New Coronavirus ●[Vietnam] Emergency Response to Typhoon in Central Vietnam（ongoing) ●Accredited in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC)