◆ AEFA builds schools that are more than just buildings. AEFA implements a “three-tier” plan, which includes: the construction of schools together with local people; the management of schools by local people; and cultural exchanges between local students and Japanese students.
◆ AEFA creates a positive learning environment by not only constructing the school, but also, ancillary infrastructure such as dorms for commuter students from remote villages, vegetable gardens and fish-stocked ponds (that later become source of school meals), research meetings, and subsidized salaries for teachers.

◆ The Chairman of AEFA, along with staff from AEFA partner NGOs located in the area, personally visits the area and consults with local villagers before making a decision to establish a school.
◆ Upon making the decision to establish a school, a school steering committee, made up of administrators, village representatives and advisors from the NGO, is formed and subsequently, it holds in-depth discussions about the construction and management of the school.
◆ In addition, local villagers actively participate by harvesting lumber, laying bricks, and preparing the schoolyard area.

◆ To help cover operating expenses, the students and teachers from the constructed school, cultivate their own gardens, stock their own ponds, and raise their own livestock. Harvested vegetables and grown livestock are sold at the market; the revenue will be used to help pay for school repairs, purchase school supplies, and subsidize boarding students.
◆ AEFA, working together with partner NGOs, hire passionate teachers and administrators that have an understanding of and appreciation for the cultures and languages of the local area. AEFA subsidizes the salaries paid to the teachers.

◆ The local schools built by AEFA tie up with schools in Japan “Friendship Schools”; students from the respective schools share and learn about one another’s life styles, cultures, and traditions.
◆ Through these cultural exchanges, AEFA believes many people in Asia will learn to further appreciate education, develop a greater pride in their own cultures and stimulate efforts for educational self-reliance among the villages.

The One-Coin School Project is becoming popular among the Friendship Schools The motto of the One-Coin School Project is students will “do chores, try to be patient or collect empty cans for \10 etc” setting a goal to reach \500 (one coin). With all of the money raised, the children can join together to financially support the construction of a school! Children from 16 different Friendship Schools were successful in raising adequate money to construct the Pontan Elementary School in Loas, which was completed in 2010. Currently,the initiative to build a second One Coin Dream School is gaining momentum at the Friendship Schools. Radishes that were grown at the school vegetable garden. The revenue of the sale was used for the One Coin Project.

AEFA Counts on Your Support By supporting AEFA’s activities, you can not only build schools in Asia, but also help build necessary infrastructure around the schools and provide “soft” goods and services such as scholarships, subsidies for teacher salaries and textbooks, and cultural exchanges. As a supporting member or volunteer for AEFA there will be a variety of areas you can help foster AEFA’s activities. Assist AEFA as a Supporting Member Assist AEFA as a Volunteer (You can help us where your talents can be fully utilized) The membership fee helps to cover AEFA’s costs to operate and manage various AEFA-related activities. The membership fee for supporting members is: 　　　　　\5,000 for Individuals 　　　　　\30,000 for Corporates - Translating (English・Vietnamese・Laotian・Thai・etc.); - Supporting to facilitate cultural exchange with Japanese schools; - Making small gadget items such as pillows and tote bags, etc) with Asian woven cloths brought from the villages where AEFA supported schools have been built; and - Editing and publishing reports and various other documents. 　 Support the Construction of Schools: By end of 2011 Fiscal year, AEFA will have built 121 schools cumulatively. One classroom costs approx. \1,000,000 to construct. The cost of building of one school with 3-5 classrooms, teacher offices, a water well, bathrooms, desks, chairs and other such items, will be between \3,500,000-\5,000,000. We will continue to construct the schools meeting the needs of the respective local villages as well as in line with the spirit and intention of various business entities, organizations, and individuals supporting AEFA Support School Infrastructure and Educational Administration: AEFA provides auxiliary infrastructure and administrative support to help create a positive learning environment. - Infrastructure support includes the building of: water wells (approx. \200,000), bathrooms (approx. \200,000), dormitories (approx. \1,500,000), play areas (approx. \250,000). - Administrative support includes purchasing or providing: text books (approx. \50,000), scholarships (approx. \30,000-\50,000), library books (approx. \50,000), and subsidies for teacher salaries and research expenses (approx. \30,000 ) Support Intercultural Exchange: AEFA supports cultural exchange in a variety of ways. One such approach involved AEFA dispatching Japanese teachers to various AEFA-sponsored schools in Asia for inter-cultural exchange and observation. In addition, the foreign NGO staff are invited to give visiting lectures at the Friendship Schools. There have been 135 such events carried out at various Friendship Schools (as of 2010, there are 71 Friendship Schools).