On October 29th, the 30th Anniversary Ceremony of the establishment of FIDR was conducted at Yamazaki Baking Company's Creation Center in Ichikawa city, Chiba prefecture, with the participation of about 250 supporting members, mainly including Corporate Supporting Members.

At the ceremony, after showing the 30th anniversary movie, Mr. Nobuhiro Iijima, Chairperson of FIDR presented the history of our foundation’s establishment and expressed our appreciation for all the supporters. Mr. Iijima also presented Appreciation Letters to the donors, Corporate Supporting members, and supporters who have been contributing to FIDR a lot. The representatives of our supporters gave speeches to congratulate FIDR. They shared some episodes when FIDR was established, how the projects started, as well as their feeling toward FIDR’s activities, and the impression when they visited our targeted countries. The participants also enjoyed a mini-concert after the ceremony.

Because of the spreading of Covid-19, we could invite only a few people to the ceremony. However, Board of Management members as well as staff of FIDR would like to express our deepest appreciation to all of supporters for your contribution and donation during 30 years.