Visit of Nippon Foundation to DDP

4 September 2003

The Nippon Foundation in Japan is a funding agency supporting development works in Japan and around the world. They have funding initiatives in 120 countries. They are currently negotiating a sign language dictionary project in four Asian countries: Hong Kong, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

Mr. Ohno visiting DDP Mr. Shuichi Ohno (left) is the Director of the Department of International Affairs for the Nippon Foundation, the man who oversees all of the Nippon grants around the world. He visited the Deaf Development Program to meet us because we will be working in a Nippon-funded project in Cambodia to develop sign language dictionaries based on conversational vocabulary.

Charlie Dittmeier introducing Mr. Ohno to the students at DDP The Nippon Foundation is one of the world's largest donor groups although not as well known as the Ford and Rockefeller foundations and other funding groups. Here Mr. Ohno visits one of the classrooms at the DDP office in Phnom Penh and is introduced to the students by Charlie Dittmeier.

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	Mr. Shuichi Ohno (left) is the Director of the Department of International Affairs for the Nippon Foundation, the man who oversees all of the Nippon grants around the world. He visited the Deaf Development Program to meet us because we will be working in a Nippon-funded project in Cambodia to develop sign language dictionaries based on conversational vocabulary.
	The Nippon Foundation is one of the world's largest donor groups although not as well known as the Ford and Rockefeller foundations and other funding groups. Here Mr. Ohno visits one of the classrooms at the DDP office in Phnom Penh and is introduced to the students by Charlie Dittmeier.