PHOTO: Brazil: In December 2001, a girl, Elaine da Paixao Santos, stands in front of a wall on which she has drawn a heart and the inscription "I love you, mom" in Portuguese, on the grounds of the Mother City Foundation in La Paz, a poor neighbourhood in Salvador, capital of the eastern state of Bahia in Brazil. Elaine lives with her grandmother to avoid the fighting in her parents’ home. (UNICEF/HQ01-0442/Claudio Versiani)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). ( January, 2004). Japan International Cooperation Agency. Pretoria, South Africa: Author.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is responsible for implementing the Government of Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) program in developing countries. This publication looks at its different activities and projects around the developing world.