# About us and corporate information | NPO EURASIA > Overview and corporate details of Specified Nonprofit Corporation EURASIA (NPO EURASIA), based in Kurashiki, Okayama, providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Disclosure # Transparency Here we bring together the public documents that set out our role, the public records for each shipment, and a summary of our accounts. - [01Official standing](#edl-standing) - [02Shipment records](#edl-shipments) - [03Thanks received](#edl-thanks) - [04About the organization](#edl-org) - [05Accounts](#eurasia-finance) - [06Document list](#edl-documents) Official standing ## Our role is set out in 3 documents. Ambulances and fire engines provided by municipalities and fire department associations in Okayama Prefecture are sent to Ukraine in line with the following 3 documents. - 1 August 16, 2024Okayama Prefecture ⇄ Embassy of Ukraine in Japan ### Memorandum The “Memorandum between Okayama Prefecture and the Embassy of Ukraine in Japan on the Provision of Fire Vehicles and Other Equipment,” concluded by Okayama Prefecture and the Embassy of Ukraine in Japan. The initiative under which municipalities and other bodies in Okayama Prefecture provide vehicles to Ukraine is based on this memorandum. NPO EURASIA does not hold the original of the memorandum. The fact that it was concluded and its date are stated in the letter of confirmation below (Article 1) and in the notification of designation. - 2 January 17, 2025Okayama Prefecture ⇄ NPO EURASIA ### Letter of confirmation A document in which Okayama Prefecture and NPO EURASIA confirmed their respective roles. - **Okayama Prefecture**：Asks municipalities and other bodies to complete the procedures, and handles transporting the vehicles within Japan. - **NPO EURASIA**：Takes ownership of the vehicles and has them registered in its name, and acts as the shipper for transport to Ukraine. Handles the procedures and costs of shipping them overseas, and raises donations to cover them. Based on the letter of confirmation bearing the names and seals of the Governor of Okayama Prefecture and the Chair of NPO EURASIA. - 3 January 17, 2025Embassy of Ukraine in Japan → NPO EURASIA ### Notification of designation A document in which the Embassy of Ukraine in Japan, under the memorandum, designated NPO EURASIA as the organization that handles the procedures for shipping to Ukraine the emergency vehicles that municipalities and fire department associations provide at Okayama Prefecture’s request for cooperation. It remains valid until the memorandum expires. NPO EURASIA summarized and translated the English-language notice. [Original notification of designation (in English)PDF 434KB](https://npoeurasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Notification-of-Designation_signed.pdf) [![Notification of designation from the Embassy of Ukraine in Japan (in English, dated January 17, 2025, signed by the Ambassador)](https://npoeurasia.org/img/doc-designation-768.1d67936e33.webp) View larger image](https://npoeurasia.org/img/doc-designation-1024.2a4a13f642.webp) Shipment records ## Vehicles sent and their public records. So far we have sent 14 ambulances and fire engines to 10 municipalities in Ukraine (as of September 2026). For each shipment, we list the donor and recipient, and the records published by Okayama Prefecture and Ukrainian municipalities. **** **4** ambulances**10** fire engines**14** vehicles Vehicles sent and their public records. | Shipment | Date | Vehicles | Donor → recipient | Public records | | Shipment 1 | - Send-off ceremony September 4, 2024 (outside the Okayama Prefectural Government building) - Arrived December 19, 2024 (announced by Okayama Prefecture) | 1 ambulance, 1 fire engine | - Maniwa → Borodianka (Kyiv Oblast) | - [Okayama Prefecture: departure ceremony (September 4, 2024; in Japanese)](https://www.pref.okayama.jp/page/935216.html) - [Okayama Prefecture: arrival in Borodianka (in Japanese)](https://www.pref.okayama.jp/page/952758.html) | | Shipment 2 | - Shipped April 2025 - Arrived (official post by Bilopillia City Council, which also records the handover in Trostianets) | 1 ambulance, 1 fire engine | - Kurashiki → Trostianets (Sumy Oblast) - Kasaoka → Bilopillia (Sumy Oblast) | - [Official post by Bilopillia City Council](https://bilopillya-meria.gov.ua/news/1751364636/) - [Our report: in service in Trostianets](https://npoeurasia.org/en/%e5%80%89%e6%95%b7%e5%b8%82%e3%81%94%e6%8f%90%e4%be%9b%e3%81%ae%e6%95%91%e6%80%a5%e8%bb%8a%e3%81%8c%e3%82%a6%e3%82%af%e3%83%a9%e3%82%a4%e3%83%8a%e3%81%a7%e7%a8%bc%e5%83%8d-%e2%80%95-%e3%82%b9%e3%83%bc/) | | Shipment 3 | - Shipped May 2025 - Arrived (Sokyriany: official post by the receiving municipality; Blyzniuky: confirmed by NPO EURASIA) | 2 fire engines | - Tsuyama → Blyzniuky (Kharkiv Oblast) - Tsuyama → Sokyriany (Chernivtsi Oblast) | - [Official post by Dnistrovskyi District Council](https://dnistrovska-rayrada.gov.ua/news/1756814171/) - [Official post by Sokyriany City Hromada](https://sokyryanska-gromada.gov.ua/news/1756812883/) | | Shipment 4 | - Sailed September 2, 2025 (per Okayama Prefecture) - Arrived (confirmed by NPO EURASIA; Starokostiantyniv: Ukrainian media report, December 2025) | 2 ambulances, 2 fire engines | - Akaiwa → Savyntsi (Kharkiv Oblast) - Kasaoka District Fire Department Association → Novobuzka hromada (Mykolaiv Oblast) - Tsuyama → Starokostiantyniv (Khmelnytskyi Oblast) | - [Okayama Prefecture: ambulances and other vehicles provided (no longer online; Internet Archive copy, in Japanese)](https://web.archive.org/web/20251115190821/https://www.pref.okayama.jp/page/996218.html) - [24 Kanal: 2 fire engines from Tsuyama arrive in Starokostiantyniv (December 19, 2025; in Ukrainian)](https://24tv.ua/auto/na_khmelnychchyni_otrymaly_yaponski_mashyny_z_pravym_kermom_n68526) | | Shipment 5 | - Sailed December 11, 2025 - Arrived April 2026 (announced by Okayama Prefecture) | 4 fire engines | - Tsuyama → Mykolaivka (Sumy Oblast) - Maniwa → Obukhiv (Kyiv Oblast)* | - [Okayama Prefecture: fire vehicles arrive (in Japanese)](https://www.pref.okayama.jp/page/1039742.html) - [Our report: 4 fire engines arrive](https://npoeurasia.org/en/fire-engines-arrived-ukraine-202604/) | - Figures are the numbers of vehicles sent. Every shipment was sent with an export permit. - * For 1 of the 2 vehicles for Obukhiv, the consignee on the documents is a village-owned enterprise in Odesa Oblast. The table follows Okayama Prefecture’s announcement. - Japanese spellings of place names follow the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Okayama Prefecture; where no official Japanese spelling was found, they follow the Ukrainian pronunciation. Thanks received ## Words of thanks from Ukraine. [![Letter of appreciation from Borodianka Settlement Council to the Chair of NPO EURASIA (in English, October 2024)](https://npoeurasia.org/img/thx-borodyanka-768.3689d30872.webp) View larger image](https://npoeurasia.org/img/thx-borodyanka-1024.6ab5e7d960.webp) October 2024 ### Borodianka Settlement Council (Kyiv Oblast) We received a letter of appreciation addressed to the Chair of NPO EURASIA from Borodianka Settlement Council in Kyiv Oblast. Borodianka is also where the ambulance and fire engine provided by Maniwa City were delivered. > “We express our heartfelt gratitude for your significant contribution to the Borodianka community, and for your personal involvement in developing the volunteer movement and in active charitable work.”Excerpt, translated from the English by NPO EURASIA [Read our report](https://npoeurasia.org/en/borodianka_2024/) [![Plaque of appreciation presented to NPO EURASIA by the State Security Administration of Ukraine](https://npoeurasia.org/img/thx-dssu-768.49ac58cdff.webp) View larger image](https://npoeurasia.org/img/thx-dssu-1024.b9270970f7.webp) 2023 ### State Security Administration of Ukraine The head of the State Security Administration of Ukraine presented us with a plaque of appreciation for our support. [Read our report](https://npoeurasia.org/en/ukraine-dssu-award/) [![Letter of appreciation presented to NPO EURASIA by the commander of Ukrainian military unit A5046 (in English)](https://npoeurasia.org/img/thx-a5046-480.ffc74b571a.webp) View larger image](https://npoeurasia.org/img/thx-a5046-480.ffc74b571a.webp) 2025 ### Ukrainian military unit A5046 Some of the CAT tourniquets NPO EURASIA sent to Ukraine were distributed to this unit through a medical nonprofit in Ukraine, and the unit commander sent us a letter of appreciation. Tourniquets are medical items used in first aid for injured people. [Read our report](https://npoeurasia.org/en/a5046-thankyou-certificate/) [![The Mayor of Kurashiki and others holding the letter of appreciation from Trostianets and a photo of the ambulance in use there (December 23, 2025)](https://npoeurasia.org/img/thx-trostianets-768.e881b9553f.webp) View larger image](https://npoeurasia.org/img/thx-trostianets-1024.44d6172203.webp) December 2025 ### City of Trostianets (Sumy Oblast) The ambulance provided by Kurashiki City is in use in Trostianets. The city sent us a letter of appreciation, which we handed to the Mayor of Kurashiki on December 23, 2025. [Read our report](https://npoeurasia.org/en/%e5%80%89%e6%95%b7%e5%b8%82%e3%81%94%e6%8f%90%e4%be%9b%e3%81%ae%e6%95%91%e6%80%a5%e8%bb%8a%e3%81%8c%e3%82%a6%e3%82%af%e3%83%a9%e3%82%a4%e3%83%8a%e3%81%a7%e7%a8%bc%e5%83%8d-%e2%80%95-%e3%82%b9%e3%83%bc/) All ambulances and fire engines are received by local municipalities in Ukraine. Medical supplies such as tourniquets are received in bulk by a medical nonprofit in Ukraine, which distributes them to hospitals and other medical facilities and to military units. ### Media coverage - [Featured in The Asahi Shimbun (September 2024)](https://npoeurasia.org/en/asahi-news-coverage-20240906/) - [Featured on the official X account of the Embassy of Ukraine in Japan (March 2025)](https://npoeurasia.org/en/ukraine_embassy_x/) About the organization ## About the organization - **Name**：特定非営利活動法人ユーラシア (Specified Nonprofit Corporation EURASIA; NPO EURASIA) - **Mission**：To reach across borders and stand together with people in difficult circumstances, and to build a future in which everyone can live in peace and safety. - **Approach**：We continue our humanitarian work through emergency medical aid, cultural exchange, and support for evacuees and international students. - **Founded**：February 17, 2010 (establishment certified by Okayama Prefecture) - **Location**：470 Kushida, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0141, Japan (〒710-0141 岡山県倉敷市串田470番地) - **Chair**：Yoshinori Oki - **Legal status**：Specified nonprofit corporation (NPO corporation) - **Supervising authority**：Okayama Prefecture - **Corporate number**：9260005004937[National Tax Agency Corporate Number Publication Site (in Japanese)](https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/henkorireki-johoto.html?selHouzinNo=9260005004937) ### Activities - **Delivering ambulances and fire engines**We send ambulances and fire engines provided by municipalities in Okayama Prefecture to municipalities in Ukraine after obtaining formal export permits. So far we have sent 14 vehicles to Ukraine (as of September 2026). - **Buying and shipping medical supplies**We purchase medical supplies such as tourniquets and first aid kits and send them to areas still suffering from the fighting. We have sent 1,385 tourniquets so far. - **Cultural exchange events**We hold charity concerts and gatherings to deepen mutual understanding between Ukraine and Japan. - **Charity events**Proceeds go toward buying medical supplies, which we send to Ukraine. - **Fundraising: donations and relief funds** - **Support for Ukrainian evacuees**We support Ukrainian evacuees living in Okayama Prefecture in their daily lives and create places for them to connect. ### Contact - [Contact form (in Japanese)](https://npoeurasia.org/en/contact/) - Email[info@npoeurasia.org](mailto:info@npoeurasia.org) - SNS[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61574251166294) ### Partner organizations - Embassy of Ukraine in Japan - Okayama Prefecture Accounts ## Financial information A summary of ordinary revenue and ordinary expenses for fiscal year 2025 (April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026), based on the business report and other documents submitted to our competent authority (Okayama Prefecture). **92%** Program expenses / total ordinary expenses Ordinary revenue**¥9,333,349** ** Total ordinary expenses**¥14,028,531** **** Program expenses: ¥12,886,741Administrative expenses: ¥1,141,790 Financial information | Item | Amount | Breakdown and notes | | Ordinary revenue | ¥9,333,349 | Of which donations received: ¥9,318,446 | | Program expenses | ¥12,886,741 | | | Administrative expenses | ¥1,141,790 | | | Total ordinary expenses | ¥14,028,531 | | | Net ordinary surplus (deficit) for the year | −¥4,695,182 | Ordinary revenue minus total ordinary expenses (a minus sign shows the amount by which expenses exceeded revenue) | About 92% of ordinary expenses were program expenses. Expenses exceeded revenue because we carried forward most of the donations received in the previous fiscal year and used them for vehicle shipping costs in the reporting year. The full business reports and related documents are published on the Cabinet Office NPO portal site. The documents for the reporting year will also be published there once they have been registered by the competent authority. [Cabinet Office NPO portal site (articles of incorporation, lists of officers and business reports; in Japanese)](https://www.npo-homepage.go.jp/npoportal/detail/033000544) Document list ## Document list Document list | Document | Issued or prepared by | Date | Format | | [Articles of incorporation (in Japanese)](https://npoeurasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NPO_EURASIA_Articles_of_Incorporation.pdf) | NPO EURASIA | — | PDF 1.4MB | | [Notification of designation (in English)](https://npoeurasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Notification-of-Designation_signed.pdf) | Embassy of Ukraine in Japan | January 17, 2025 | PDF 434KB | | [Business reports and related documents (full text, in Japanese)](https://www.npo-homepage.go.jp/npoportal/detail/033000544) | NPO EURASIA (registered by the competent authority, Okayama Prefecture) | Each fiscal year | External site | | [Corporate number information (in Japanese)](https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/henkorireki-johoto.html?selHouzinNo=9260005004937) | National Tax Agency | — | External site | Donations ## How to donate We are not a certified NPO corporation, so donations are not tax-deductible. ### Bank transfer GMO Aozora Net Bank, Corporate Business Department 2 (GMOあおぞらネット銀行 法人第二営業部)Ordinary account 1556382, account name 特定非営利活動法人ユーラシア (Specified Nonprofit Corporation EURASIA) ### Credit card (Stripe) [Pay on the donation page](https://npoeurasia.org/en/donate/)