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Shanti Volunteer Association (SVA)
Japan roots
Source review: 2026-10-04
Your guide to Shanti Volunteer Association (SVA)
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Reported work and places
Education; Children and youth. Reported activity: Afghanistan.
The 2025 report records operational children’s libraries and completed temporary classrooms in Afghanistan, and mobile-library sessions reaching children in Myanmar. Future book distributions and planned facilities are excluded.
Evidence dated 2025-12-31. End of calendar-year 2025 report; official release page dated 22 July 2026. The PDF copyright footer appears to have a year typo.
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Who receives your money
- Organization roots
- Japan
- Roots and operating base
- Japanese public-interest association founded in 1981, supporting learning and humanitarian relief through Asian field offices.
- Reviewed legal entity
- 公益社団法人シャンティ国際ボランティア会 (Shanti Volunteer Association) · Japan
- Named recipient
- 公益社団法人シャンティ国際ボランティア会 (Shanti Volunteer Association) · Japan
- Giving route
- Direct official organization giving page
Japanese giving page offers one-time credit-card gifts and separate recurring support. English Take Action page links it directly. Membership and recurring donations have different terms; confirm the chosen option.
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Country evidence and reporting periods
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Afghanistan
The 2025 report records operational children’s libraries and completed temporary classrooms in Afghanistan, and mobile-library sessions reaching children in Myanmar. Future book distributions and planned facilities are excluded.
Reporting period: Calendar year 2025 · PDF page 6, printed pages 10–11: Afghanistan libraries/classrooms and Myanmar mobile-library results
Evidence stage: Reported services delivered
Organization-reported delivery; current access and allocation of a new gift are not guaranteed.
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The 2025 report describes 17 mobile-library sessions at nine monastic and nunnery schools in West Bago reaching 1,894 children, and training for 26 teachers. January 2026 book distribution was still planned in this report and is excluded.
Reporting period: Calendar year 2025 · PDF page 6, printed page 11, Myanmar Projects 1 and 3
Evidence stage: Reported services delivered
Organization-authored annual report; current access and new-gift allocation not independently established.
Read this country’s evidence (opens in a new tab)What we checked, and what remains uncertain
Minimum public-source checks passed on 2026-10-04: named identity, official presence, recent reported activity and an authorized giving route with an identifiable recipient.
Minimum public-source checks only. Identity and programme results may be organization-authored. Live registry standing, bank ownership, payment settlement, use of an individual gift and field outcomes were not independently audited. No payment made. Country evidence describes its stated reporting period, not guaranteed delivery today.
Official profile states incorporation in 1999 and public-interest incorporation on 4 January 2011; live registration standing not independently checked.
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Help beyond money
Official Take Action describes translated-picture-book preparation, goods support and Japanese office volunteering. Check current eligibility and availability; overseas deployment is not promised.
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After you contribute
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