Serving in Christ's love
Serving in Christ's love
From February 10th to 20th, 2026, JELA held its India Volunteer Work Camp in Jamkhed, Maharashtra, India, with nine Japanese students (ages 18 to 22) participating. At the Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP), a local healthcare and welfare organization, the students contributed by making, repairing and presenting prosthetic legs to 47 people. Other volunteer activities […]
From February 10th to 20th, 2026, JELA held its India Volunteer Work Camp in Jamkhed, Maharashtra, India, with nine Japanese students (ages 18 to 22) participating. At the Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP), a local healthcare and welfare organization, the students contributed by making, repairing and presenting prosthetic legs to 47 people. Other volunteer activities […]
From February 10th to 20th, 2026, JELA held its India Volunteer Work Camp in Jamkhed, Maharashtra, India, with nine Japanese students (ages 18 to 22) participating. At the Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP), a local healthcare and welfare organization, the students contributed by making, repairing and presenting prosthetic legs to 47 people. Other volunteer activities […]
As part of its Global Child Support Committee initiatives, JELA is dedicated to improving children’s educational environment in Cambodia, and has been carrying out preschool construction projects (childcare facilities for preschool-aged children) since 2012. This year, construction is underway on the 16th such preschool located in Thmey Village of the Aoral District of Kampong Speu […]
To mark the occasion of “World Refugee Day” on June 20th, JELA collaborated with Professor Yohei Fujino, Keio University faculty and JELA’s Refugee Support Committee member, to plan and host a charity event, “Eat and Learn! All About Myanmar.” As many as 58 people braved inclement weather to attend the event held at JELA Mission […]
JELA, with the support of Panasonic Holdings Corporation, has been working to deliver solar lanterns to areas in India and Cambodia that are without electricity. This year, JELA is pleased to announce that 540 solar lanterns will be provided to Cambodia. The 540 solar lanterns will be delivered to poor rural families in non-electrified areas […]
In the midst of the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), JELA felt the need for prayer and spiritual healing in this time of crisis, and together with missionary Carol Sack, director of the Lyra Precaria (Prayer Harp) training course, we have created a program called “Encountering the Psalms” in 3 parts. The video “Encounter […]
Since 2020, JELA and the UNHCR Representation in Japan (UNHCR Japan) have jointly offered the Refugee Vocational Education Program (RVEP), a vocational school study support (scholarship) program for people living in Japan with refugee backgrounds. This year, the Wesley Foundation has newly joined RVEP, and on March 30, JELA, UNHCR Japan, and the Wesley Foundation […]
JELA offers a scholarship to one student each year to attend the Asian Rural Institute (ARI) as part of the Institute’s service training program. ARI is a boarding school for organic farmers and rural leaders in developing countries. This year, Zimik Tamreichan from India was chosen as a JELA scholarship recipient. On Saturday, April 15, […]
The quilting team from Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Wisconsin, USA, the mother church of JELA Board member Dr. Lowell Gretebeck, donated three quilts for JELA’s World Child Support Project. The donated quilts were delivered to families with children in rural Cambodia at the end of March by Dr. Gretebeck and others as relief supplies. One […]
