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Ashinaga (organization)
Ashinaga〔http://www.ashinaga.org/en/〕 (Ashinaga Ikueikai'' ) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Tokyo, Japan that provides educational funding and psychological support to children who have lost one or both guardians, as well as to those whose guardians suffer from serious disabilities. Since its founding in 1993 the organization has raised an estimated $1 billion〔http://vq.vassar.edu/issues/2013/01/vassar-today/daddy-long-legs.html〕 and has helped over 95,000〔http://www.ashinaga.org/en/news/entry-986.html〕〔http://www.mb.com.ph/spreading-the-daddy-long-legssyndrome/〕〔http://alums.vassar.edu/news/2014-2015/150505-in-the-media.html〕 students complete high school and/or attend university. Ashinaga also provides residential facilities and psychological support day programs and camps for both younger children and Ashinaga student loan recipients.〔http://www.morganstanley.com/followthemoney/doc/ashinaga_factsheet.pdf〕
==Origins and mission==
"Ashinaga" means "long legs" in Japanese. The organization was named after the 1912 novel by Jean Webster called ''Daddy-Long-Legs'', about an orphan whose college attendance is sponsored by an anonymous benefactor. Ashinaga was inspired by, and named after, the anonymous donor described in this novel. In the style of the novel, Ashinaga developed the first anonymous donation system in Japan, in which donors are called "Ashinaga-san."〔http://www.ashinaga.org/en/about/philosophy.html〕
Yoshiomi Tamai, president of Ashinaga, has advocated for orphans since his mother was killed in a traffic accident in 1963.〔http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yoshiomi-tamai/〕〔http://www.ashinaga.org/en/news/overseas/entry-516.html〕〔http://www.p1x1q.us/index.cgi/10/http/www.huffingtonpost.com/yoshiomi-tamai/〕〔http://events.mak.ac.ug/sites/default/files/attachments/5th-Mak-Africa-Lecture-Yoshiomi-Tamai-Profile.pdf〕 Ashinaga has had several organizational precursors, with the initial focus on traffic accident orphans eventually expanding to include children who have been orphaned by illness, accidents, suicides, and disasters, as well as those with parents and guardians who have a serious disability.〔Ashinaga defines an orphan as a child who has lost one or both of their parents or guardians. http://www.ashinaga.org/en/about/philosophy.html〕 Today, the organization is still headquartered in Japan but has facilities in Uganda and provides assistance to overseas orphans as well. As a movement, therefore, Ashinaga has to date raised an estimated $1 billion and helped over 95,000 students graduate from high school, university and vocational school.
The support Ashinaga provides is both financial, with funds going toward education, and emotional. To domestic students Ashinaga offers interest-free student loans designed to support them in their efforts to attend high school, college, or vocational school,〔http://www.ashinaga.org/en/programs/domestic.html〕 which they repay within 20 years of their graduation date to fund subsequent loans.〔http://www.morganstanley.com/followthemoney/doc/ashinaga_factsheet.pdf〕 Since 2006, the organization has been providing full scholarships to overseas orphans to study at Japanese high school and universities, and is currently sponsoring 48 international students from Uganda, Somalia, Rwanda, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Turkey, Haiti, Iraq and Afghanistan.〔http://www.ashinaga.org/en/programs/entry-883.html〕〔https://www.lahainadivers.com/images/content/pdf/Ashinga02.pdf〕 Ashinaga runs annual summer camps for loan and scholarship recipients with the aim of putting them in touch with those who share similar experiences. For younger orphans, the organization runs day programs and camps with a similar aim at purpose-built ''Rainbow Houses''.
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