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History of Nomad | Organization Overview

Nomad International is a NGO that aims to contribute to the growth and development of global society through educational support and international exchange. We believe that education is one of the basic requirements for an independent society and hence the key to solving many problems the world faces today.

We make all possible effort to work with the local community in order to improve their educational conditions. We also cooperate with other people and institutions that are looking for new ways and possibilities to reform the educational environment. While interacting with different members of the international community, we would like to build a global network through which people can discuss and cooperate with each other in order to find effective solutions for problems in the field of education.

There are still many children in various parts of the world who, contrary to their wishes, do not receive sufficient education. We, therefore, think that the improvement of the educational environment is one of the most necessary of undertakings, one which we as citizens can and should take up. How can we help children who would like to read but do not have books, who would like to go to school but do not have the money to do so, who would like to study but do not live in an area with educational facilities? In what way can we help to solve these problems? These are the questions we are trying to answer.

In parts of the world where the educational standards are lacking, we are trying, in cooperation with the local people, to improve their educational environment through support and exchange. Our activities are made possible by individuals, companies, and organizations that are committed to the same goals as we are and who support us morally and financially.

We named our organization Nomad, because we believe that there will be a time when people will overcome the concept of countries and nations, and unrestrained movements and close interactions will be possible all over the world.

1997 July	Ebisu Project started. Thailand: Support activities were discussed.
1998	Thailand: the Library Project was started in an effort to improve the reading environment in rural areas. (in cooperation with FFC) Russia: Support for Japanese language study materials
1999 February	Thailand: Library 1 and Library 2 opened.
1999 May	Nomad's office moved to Shibuya.
1999 July	Thailand: On-site survey
1999 August	Russia: Publishing Japanese language study materials was agreed/Support for Japanese language study materials Georgia: Support for education of Japanese language was agreed.
1999 September	Thailand: Support in improving the Library 1 and Library 2 facilities.
1999 December	Russia: Japanese language study materials were distributed.
2000 March	Thailand: On-site survey. Library 3 and Library 4 opened./ Books for libraries from 3 to 6 were purchased. Georgia: Japanese language study materials were sent.
2000 May	Thailand: On-site survey. Library 5 and Library 6 opened.
2000 September	Thailand: Books for Library 1 and Library 2 were purchased. On-site surveys in Russia, Yugoslavia and the Czech Republic.
2000 November	Nomad was authorized as an NPO.
2000 December	Yugoslavia: Japanese books were sent. Georgia: Japanese books were sent.
2001 January	Thailand: Books for libraries from 7 to 10 were purchased.
2001 March	Thailand: On-site survey. Libraries from 7 to 10 opened.
2001 May	The first General Meeting of Nomad was held.
2001 June	Thailand: On-site survey. The junior high school scholarships were granted.
2001 October	Thailand: Vehicles for mobile libraries were purchased. Yugoslavia: The Information System in the Institute for Neonatology was improved.
2001 November	Thailand: On-site survey. The Mobile Library Project was started.
2002 February	Thailand: On-site survey
2002 March	Thailand: On-site survey. Library 11 opened.
2002 April	Thailand: Library 10's facilities were improved.
2002 June	The Second General Meeting was held. Thailand: On-site survey. A training in librarianship was held. The Family Library Project was started.
2002 July	Georgia, Russia: Production of educational video for Japanese language study was started.
2002 October	Gerogia, Russia: Educational video for Japanese language study was completed.
2002 November	Yugoslavia and Georgia: On-site survey
2002 December	Thailand: Support of the Mobile Library
2003 January	Thailand: Support of the Family Libraries/The Library 5's and Library 8's facilities were improved.
2003 February	Thailand: On-site survey
2003 June	The Third General Meeting was held. Thailand: On-site survey
2003 November	Thailand: On-site survey Russia, Georgia, Serbia and Montenegro: Educational videos for Japanese language study were distributed.
2004 January	Thailand: The Story Telling Project started.
2004 February	Russia: Cooperated in publishing and distribution of Japanese text Vol. 4
2004 May	The Fourth General Meeting was held. Georgia: Repair to the Children’s Library was started.
2004 June	Thailand: On-site survey Georgia: Repairs to the Children’s Library (Library 3) were completed.
2004 August	Georgia: Repairs to the Children’s Library (Library 1) were completed. / Use and book rotation of the library was started.
2004 October	Thailand: Books were purchased.

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Name of Organization	NPO Nomad International
Date of Establishment	November 22, 2000 (A Preparatory Committee was established on July 19, 1997)
Address	SU Bldg. 201 3-1 Uguisudani-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0032 Tel. 03-5784-2202
No. of Managerial Staff	4
No. of Support Staff	3
Overseas Staff	3 (1 each in Thailand, Georgia and Russia)

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