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Future Activities (2006-) With a catalyst methodology,*1 the Sata Foundation has virtually unlimited scope of involvement in humanitarian activities while, at the same time, maintaining flexibility in controlling the budget to be allocated to each programme of involvement. Sata Foundation's Humanitarian Activities I. Projects to provide healthcare The Sata Foundation continues to explore the possibility of expanding its activity in finding ways and means to provide healthcare to people in the least developed countries. (1) The Sata Foundation will continue its annual donation to the Shechen Clinic for the impoverished, marginalized members of society in Nepal. (2) Planned Project No.1: Artificial Limb Projects with the Thailand Industrialist Development Forum (TIDF) The Sata Foundation fully financed TIDF's workshop to train people from developing countries affected by landmines to produce artificial limbs to landmine victims in those countries.*2 The workshop was held from 15-28 February 2004 in Thailand, with 16 trainees coming from 6 countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and an area of Thailand still replete with active landmines) and a few NGOs (such as Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise (COPE);*3 the Nepal Disabled Association; the Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees (COERR); and the American Vietnam Veterans Organization). The trainees were from different religious backgrounds: Buddhism, Christianity, and Hinduism. It was unfortunate that the 2 trainees nominated by the Government of Sierra Leone in West Africa could not travel to Bangkok on that occasion; otherwise, there would have been Muslim trainees, and from Africa, too. The Sata Foundation and TIDF are planning a follow-up of the 2004 Workshop by assisting the persons already trained to train other people in their own respective countries as well as to work in remote areas of the countries where artificial limbs are not normally available. The Governments of Japan, USA, Canada, Norway, Australia, and EU countries have expressed their interests to provide financial support to help landmine victims in Asia. The Sata Foundation will apply for grants from these Governments to finance efforts to rehabilitate landmine victims. In a longer term, TIDF has suggested that the UN Development Programme (UNDP) might have to be approached to finance this kind of project on a long-lasting basis. (3) Potential Project No. 2: Transfer of Technology and Know-how to Clean Up Slums. TIDF has developed new technology to clean up slums by turning garbage into organic fertilizer and bio-diesel. The Sata Foundation is exploring the possibility of cooperating as a partner of TIDF to promote sanitary conditions in localities vulnerable to diseases. II. The Sata Foundation will increase its role in promoting international rules of law in Asia by: (a) supporting the efforts to set up the Asian Society of International Law; and (b) supporting the work of the Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia (DILA) in the promotion of the study and analysis of topics and issues in the field of international law, in particular from an Asian perspective; promotion of the study of, and the dissemination of knowledge of, international law in Asia; and promotion of contacts and cooperation between persons and institutions actively dealing with questions of international law relating to Asia. The Sata International Law Prize is awarded each year by DILA to an original essay on international law of excellent quality written by young scholars of Asian nationality residing anywhere in the world. The Prize has become a much coveted prize for Asian international lawyers whose future career would play a significant role in the international law and order in Asia. Other Activities (to be considered on a case-by-case basis) I. The Madonna of Nagasaki After the return of the Madonnagasaki to the Urakami Church on the 60th Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, much of the SF's objective relating to the Madonnagasaki has been accomplished. The Sata Foundation will continue to campaign for world peace by peaceful use of science, with the Madonnagasaki as the main inspiration, and under the slogan: "Science for living, not for killing". II. Fundraising The Sata Foundation welcomes donations from anyone. The following are a few planned fundraising activities the Sata Foundation may undertake:
*1Acting as a catalyst for humanitarian action by bringing the plight of needy people to the world public attention, and serving as a channel of funding and support, while cooperating and collaborating with other entities to avoid duplication of efforts. |