Since the start of the Sunflower Education Project in 1990, Dr. Mina Malakar has been aware of the importance of basic education. Dr. Mina Malakar has served society as a local medical practitioner and for the last decade, her group has been working in the field of education, health, emergency relief and rehabilitation, disaster management and environment, particularly focusing on the children and women from the poorest families in the slums and rural areas.
Now the group has been renamed as the Basic Development Partners (BDP) and has become even more active. Therefore, it is our honor and pleasure to welcome Mr. Albert Malakar, the secretary of BDP, and learn more about BDP’s projects as well as ways we can support their activities from Japan. The Asia Christian Education Fund（ACEF）will also talk about their projects as one of the main Japanese supporters of BDP.