HANAKO FOUNDATION

Who We Are

We are a grant-making foundation established in 2009. We fund innovative projects that support the education, health and well being of individuals in poverty.

Our Funded Projects

Innovative Architecture to Enhance Health and Wellbeing: The Star Homes Project

Recipients:

Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademis Skoler for Arkitektur, Design og Konservering
Arkitektskolen, Copenhagen, Denmark
CSK Research Solutions, Dar es Salam, Tanzania
The National Institute for Medical Research, Amani Medical Research Centre, Muheza, Tanzania

Dates: From 2014 and on-going
Objective: The project aims to develop low-cost, comfortable and insect-proof housing that will enhance the health of people in rural areas of sub-Saharan African countries.
Publications:

Knudsen J, von Seidlein L, Healthy Homes in Tropical Zones: Improving Rural Housing in Asia and Africa; May 2014 Edition, Axel Menges. more information
von Seidlein L, Konstantin I, Bruun R, Jawara M, Pinder M, Knols BGJ, Knudsen JB. Airflow attenuation and bed net utilization: Observations from Africa and Asia. Malaria Journal 2012, 11:200. more information
von Seidlein L, Ikonomedis K, Mshamu S, Nkya TE, Mukaka M, Pell C, Lindsay SW, Deen J, Kisinza WN, Knudsen JB. Affordable house designs to improve health in rural Africa: a field study from northeastern Tanzania. The Lancet Planetary Health, 2017;1:e188–e199. more information

Effect of baseline dengue serostatus on subsequent virologically confirmed dengue in children in the Philippines

Recipient:
Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines - Manila
Dates: From 2016 and on-going
Objective: The study will assess the relationship between dengue serostatus at baseline in 9 to 10 year old children in Cebu, Philippines and outcome during five years of follow-up.
Additional funding was obtained from the World Health Organization, the International Vaccine Institute, and the Philippine Department of Health.

One-egg-a-day for school children in Catagbakan, Leyte, Philippines

Recipient:
Catagbakan public school
Dates: From 2017 and ongoing
Objective: To assess the feasibility of implementation of a school-based supplementary feeding program.

Surveillance for Tuberculosis in the Philippines

Recipient:
Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines - Manila
Dates: From 2012 to 2014
Objective: A field site in Batangas, Metro Manila was established for surveillance and treatment of tuberculosis, with the view of using the site for future community-based intervention studies.
A follow-up grant was successfully obtained from the U.S. National Institutes of Health and a community-based study is on-going.
Publications:
Lopez AL, Aldaba JG, Ama CG, Sylim PG, Geraldino XD, Sarol JN, Salonga AM. Surveillance for tuberculosis in a rural community in The Philippines. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 11:1495-1500. more information

Student and young researcher grants

Bamboo Plantation, Tanzania

Recipient:
MAGODA TANDAN APS BAMBOO COMPANY LIMITED (MTL)
Dates: From 2016 and ongoing
Objective: production of bamboo as a construction material for low cost housing in East Africa