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What used prepaid cards can help us accomplish

Throughout the year, we receive used cards of various colors and designs, which we repair and sell to card collectors in Japan and abroad. The proceeds from these cards, combined with funds generated by donation, are applied to our activities to promote lifestyle improvement at the grassroots level in developing countries.

Examples of what your cooperation can help us do

Number of used cards

1. 1 card Purchase 3 anti-bacterial pills, which are given to primary school children stricken with parasitic infections. Establish sanitation education for primary school children.
2. 4 cards Purchase razors to be used in the safe and sanitary cutting of newborn infant umbilical cords, decreasing the infant death rate.
3. 5 cards Purchase one 1-cup measure for use during cooking practice held at women's associations.
4. 5 cards Purchase one bar of soap to be used during sanitation education. Help reduce skin disease and ailments among villagers.
5. 6 cards Provide one month of care for one child at an independently run women's association daycare. Distribute homemade snacks and meals, decreasing malnourishment. Hold academic conferences to consider the promotion of maternal and child health through family planning (in cooperation with daycare centers).
6. 9 cards Purchase one spoon for use during cooking practice held at women's associations.
7. 11 cards Provide one-way bus fare for public health nurses and midwives who must travel from the city to villages to give maternal and child health and family guidance.
8. 14 cards Purchase knitting needles for skills training at women’s associations. Knitting produced will then be sold to other villagers, which will promote capital and help to restore village autonomy.
9. 16 cards Purchase one bag (25 kg) of tomato or cabbage seed for vegetable gardening at women's associations.
10. 16 cards Purchase one used drum can from a village men's club, and reuse its thick iron to make agricultural tools, such as spades and hoes.
11. 18 cards Purchase one tape measure for women's association members to use during sewing practice.
12. 44 cards Purchase one pair of scissors for use in teaching sewing to women's association members.
13. 90 cards Purchase one pair of rubber boots for midwives and family planning fieldworkers who must work outside on rainy days and throughout the rainy season.
14. 92 cards Purchase one umbrella for fieldworkers who must move from village to village to provide guidance during the rainy season.
15. 146 cards Purchase one bag of soybeans (25 kg), which can be raised and harvested from seed, to serve as a source of protein for villagers.
16. 214 cards Purchase one bag of potato seeds (25 kg), which will be raised and harvested as food for villagers.
17. 220 cards Purchase one bag of corn seed (25 kg), which serve as a staple food for villagers.
18. 4800 cards Provide three weeks of training for traditional midwives in villages lacking medical facilities. This training enables midwives to provide safe assistance during deliveries, and to give appropriate guidance before and after births
.19. 29,000 cards Purchase one mill to grind harvested corn, or one machine to remove the hull from rice, thereby lightening the agricultural workload of villagers. Cooperate with district organizations of women's associations to create agricultural labor unions for the overall improvement of villages.
Note: the number of cards expressed above is subject to change based on changes in currency exchange rates and product prices.

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