What is BHN
Foundation & legal status
Specialty
Mission
Board of Directors
Members
Financial Statements
History
Location

(Address)

　

BHN Association

NTT Shinjuku Bldg 1-5-1 Kitashinjuku

Shinjuku-ku,

Tokyo　169-0074, Japan

　

Tel: +81-3-5348-2221

Fax:+81-3-5348-2223

basic@bhn.or.jp

http://www.bhn.or.jp

BHN means Basic Human Needs. BHN Association is an nongovernmental organization (NGO) based in Japan.

BHN Association was founded in 1992 and registered in 1999 as a designated non profit organization (NPO) .

Our specialty is information and communication technology (ICT)

Our mission is humanitarian assistance by promoting basic human needs of the people in developing countries and in disaster areas through our specialty of information and communication technology (ICT) e.g. assistance to medical facilities, emergency relief activities for disaster victims and training of young ICT leaders in developing countries.

Board of Directors and Executive Officers

Chairman	Takeo Nobusawa
President	Moriji Kuwabara
Deputy President	Kiyoto Uehara
	Mitsuhiro Sugawara
	Hachihei Kurematsu
Secretary-General	Masaharu Nonaka
Directors	33
Auditors	2
Honorary Advisor	Iwato Asahara
Advisors	7
Counselors	17
Secretariat	7

Members (as of October, 2007)

Corporate Members	69
Individual Members	572

Financial Statements

Fiscal Year closed in	March, 2006	March, 2007
US$1.00=	@\117.45	@\118.05
Revenue	US$ 952,073	US$ 769,538
Membership Fees	335,334	336,722
Public & Private Fund	219,503	169,166
Donation	112,845	58,458
Other Income	18,943	4,545
Reserve Fund *note	265,448	201,834
Expenditure	750,400	543,864
Project Expenses	483,770	328,285
Administrative Expenses	266,631	215,569
Balance Carried Forward	201,673	226,860
*note：　The reserve fund brought forward is revalued at the exchange rate of the closing day of each fiscal year.

History

1992		Foundation of BHN Association
1993		Assistance to the victims of Chernobyl nuclear disaster
1998		Agreement with ITU on BDT
		Inauguration of Myanmar Office
		Ｉｎｉｔｉａｔｉｏｎ of BHN ICT seminar
		Inauguration of Laos Office, taking over JICA's.
		inter-clinics radio network project in Laos
1999		Acquisition of the legal status as Non-Profit Organization (NGO)
		Installation of PABX at some hospitals in Myanmar.
2000		Donation of a satellite TV-Phone kit to UNHCR
		Affiliation to Japan Platform (JPF)
2000		Installation of tele-medicine system in Malaysia
2000		Participation in reconstruction activities in post-war
		Afghanistan
2003		Completion of medical radio communication system
		linking telephone-less clinics in Kandahar, Afghanistan
2005		Participation in the tsunami relief activities in Sri Lanka
		and Indonesia
2006		Participation in the relief activities in the quake- attacked northern Pakistan
		Awarded the Ministerial Prize for international cooperation by The Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications.
		(Click to show details of the achievements.)

Location (Address)

BHN Association

NTT Shinjuku Bldg 1-5-1 Kitashinjuku

Shinjuku-ku,

Tokyo　169-0074, Japan

Tel: +81-3-5348-2221

Fax:+81-3-5348-2223

basic@bhn.or.jp

http://www.bhn.or.jp