Sister Makino and patient with her newborn baby at the Ave Maria Maternity Hospital. Antsirabe, Madagascar. Photo by Y. Fukunaga
105 participants crowded in to the video conference studio at the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), on May 12, 2010 to listen to two Franciscan Sisters, Yukie Makino and Michiko Hirama talk about their experiences of working as medical staff in Madagascar.
286 participants from 9 countries joined the Blended Learning Course on Partograph, jointly organized by the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), World Health Organization (WHO), and Kitasato University School of Nursing via video conference on April 28, 2010.
The Mother and Child Health Training Program in Mongolia, jointly delivered annually by the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), Kitasato University School of Nursing, and the Mongolian Nurses Association since 2008, hosted its third Training on April 15, 2010. This year, a new partner, the World Health Organization (WHO) joined and 543 Mongolian midwives and nurses participated in the training. 
In the 6th round of the Microfinance Training of Trainers Course, the African Development Bank (AfDB) joined us as our newest partner, and more students from Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda were able to join the course, through the support provided by AfDB. 174 graduates from more than 30 countries became certified trainers from the 6th round, bringing the number of certified trainers to a total of 509.
The highlights of the MFTOT6 End-Course Evaluation is now available here.
February 19, 2010: As part of the Orphan Meets Artist: “Kenyan Orphans meet Japanese Artist” program, artist Yoshinari Nishio who has returned to Japan after completing his art workshop in Kenya, Michiko Kusunoki of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Shunsuke Ishida of Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) discussed about art in Africa and the link between art and development. This talk was featured (Japanese language only) at the World Bank Tokyo office website
What is “social economy”?
“We do not have a single term for the social economy; we have no universal definition,” says Jurgen Schwettmann, Deputy Director for the Geneva-based International Labour Organization.
“The term covers an astonishing diversity of different organizations and institutions,” he remarked in an address to a videoconference held at TDLC on November 25.
Woman receives loan payment at microfinance institution in Bangladesh. Shehzad Noorani/The World Bank 2002
The sixth Microfinance Training of Trainers (MFTOT) Course, kicked off in July 2009, has now ended.
Twenty-three students in Japan have successfully graduated, fourteen have been accredited as MFTOT trainers. They’ve shared some views on the course, along with their hopes in putting the new knowledge to practical use.
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