Every his activities are very impressive for me, but what I was impressed most was his word, "What we do should not be aid/support, but should be something like cooperation."
I think the important thing is not help someone, but try to achieve something together with them.
As many other people who has produced great achievements in the humanitarian field , he moved into action as soon as he thought about it.
The following is the website of NPO/NGO Rocinantes that Kawahara has established.
http://www.rocinantes.org/eng/index.html
