Support
Child AFRICA seeks for advises from various Africa and education aid specialists. This is because we aim at the continuous and sustainable support to the present and future generations of African people. With those professional help, MISIA, staff and advisers of Child AFRICA will target to raise high awareness on the current situation of Africa through visit to Africa and subsequent actions such as publicity campaigns.
Yoko Ishida
(Director/Senior Researcher, Evaluation Department, International Development Center of Japan, Adjunct instructor of Tokyo University Graduate School) MA in International Cooperation at Tokyo University
She has engaged in developmental consulting in project management, participatory development, etc. She was the chief of the ‘Malawi technical cooperation project for the capacity building of educational administrative officers’ by JICA (2000. 11~ 2005. 9). She has also been involved with various technical cooperation projects in Africa and Asian countries such as; research on the educational development in Ethiopia, development of small fishing villages in Senegal, human security promotion in Sierra Leone, etc.
Yasushi Katsuma
(Professor of Waseda University Graduate School, the director of Waseda Institute of Global Health)
After engaging in volunteer activities in Honduras and the study at the University of California at San Diego, he obtained bachelors of ….at International Christian University, Bachelor of Arts in Law and Legum Magister at Osaka University and Ph.D at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He conducted development research in Asia and Latin America as a fellow researcher of Engineering and Consulting Firms Association. At UNICEF Mexico office, he engaged in child protection project and took in charge in public policy programme. After he worked as a monitoring and evaluation officer in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, he worked in Tokyo office and then acceded to a current post. He has written several influential books in the area of development, international cooperation and peace.
Kazuo Kuroda
(Professor of Waseda University Graduate School of Asia-Pacific studies)
Born in Japan in 1966. Graduated from Waseda University (B.A.), Stanford University (M.A.) and Cornell University (Ph.D.). Was Researcher of the Overseas Development Council in Washington, D.C., Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education of Hiroshima University, and Visiting Fellow at UNESCO’s International Institute of Educational Planning. Currently Professor at Waseda University and Visiting Professor of Institute of Developing Economies Advance School. Actively involved in Japanese educational cooperation as members of committees and taskforces of MOFA, MEXT, JICA and JBIC. Specialization: research methodology in educational development study, policy evaluation. Editorial Board members of several academic journals including International Journal of Educational Development, Peabody Journal of Education, Journal of International Development Studies and Journal of International Cooperation in Education. Author and editor of books and articles including Education and International Development: Theory and Practice, and Education and Development.
Jin Matsumoto
(Journalist, former editorial committee member of Asahi News paper)
He is a former member of Asahi Newspaper editorial board and former chief correspondent of the Asahi Newspaper Nairobi branch. He is the winner of 2007 Japan National Press Club Award. He has widely introduced various aspect of Africa such as culture, lifestyle, politics and social conditions, etc to Japanese people through his influential books.
Japan Committee for UNESCO
Japan Committee for UNESCO is a NGO which was founded in 1948 under UNESCO constitution. It believes that the poverty eradication and education for the self-reliance are the foundation of the eternal peace and since 1989 it has launched its ‘World Terakoya Movement’ which promotes universal education for children who do not have access to the public education and the adults (especially Women) who have missed the opportunity to the education. Presently it has branch offices in Afghanistan and Cambodia and engages in programmes such as literacy education, income generation activities and sanitation projects mainly in 5 countries in Asia.
