Started working as a voluntary organization named "Gospel Aid for
Asia". Started activities via the continuous support system
"Badi Friends".
September to November 2016
Gospel Concert for Charity
Gospel music workshops for charity at 9 locations in the Central
Japan area and charity Gospel music concerts for charity in
Nagoya. A total of 250 people participated and we were able to
send about 4700 USD to Nepal through the "Out of Ashes" program.
End of 2016
By the end of 2016, more than 50 people have registered to
become Badi Friends.
March 2017
Launched the "Badi Cafe" project to create jobs for Badi
people Visited the "Shanja district" in Nepal, where coffee beans
are produced, in order to assess the situation on field.
June 2017
Opened "Badi Cafe"
Signed a contract to regularly purchase these coffee beans from
Lighthouse Foundation Nepal (LHFN), and opened a support cafe
"Badi Cafe" where these beans could be used. At the same
time, in order to continue more support activities, the
registration of the organization has been changed from "voluntary"
to "non-profit". The office was shifted to Badi Cafe.
August 2017
Gospel Aid for Asia's first tour to Nepal Gospel Aid for Asia conducted its first tour to Nepal, with
8 participants from Japan. Visited one of the villages of the
Badi, "Jhuprakhola". Learned from a villager that prostitution was
taking place then and there in the same village at the same time.
Owing to the shocking revelation, immediate action was taken to
find other means of supporting the livelihood of the Badi people.
With the idea of improving domestic animal farming, launched the
"Goat Project" to donate funds worth of 52 goats from Japan. In
addition, on this tour, having learned that there was not enough
support for each girl living in the dormitory, and at the request
of LHFN, a monthly foster parent program called the "Badi Parent"
system was established. It would take 47 USD per month for
supporting one girl. By the end of 2017, 20 people had
registered as Badi Parents and those registered as Badi Friends
exceeded 100.
January 2018
A Representative from Lighthouse visits Japan
A representative of LHFN visited Japan and spoke at meetings in
Tokyo, Nagoya, and Kyushu, calling for support. A second
Nepal tour was held in February, and seven participants from
Tokyo, Nagoya and Kyushu visited Nepal. Visited LHFN work sites
across Nepal. During the tour, we had a meeting with LHFN, set up
Badi Enterprises Pvt Ltd, a new company, with some of the LHFN
staff, to create jobs for the Badi people. Started crowdfunding
projects to raise money for the funds needed to install a
workspace for the Badi people with equipment in a rented Nepalese
property. In March of the same year, the number of Badi
Parents exceeded 50.
February 2018
Nepal Tour
Visiting the rented property to establish a working space. As
a step further, agreed to launch a new organization to create jobs
for the Badi people.
April 2018
Established Badi Enterprises Pvt Ltd
Badi Enterprises Pvt Ltd was established in Nepal. Laid down
the particular groundwork necessary to create jobs for the Badi
people.
June 2018
One year has passed since the company was established, and were in
the process of considering a name change.
