Creating Socially Integrated and Sustainable Communities that Value Their Elders
Ibasho founder Dr Emi Kiyota was interviewed by Civil Service College. She shared her visions on a future environment where seniors enjoy a life of meaning and dignity—and make a difference in their communities. Click here to read the article.
Ibasho Philippines organized the opening ceremony for their “Ibasho” hub in the Barangay Bagong Buhay today. I am so proud of our elders to finally make this happen after few years of their hard work. My heartfelt thank you to all the people who helped this project in various occasions and capacities. We could not come to this point without your help. I do hope that you will provide continuous support for the elders in the Ibasho Philippines. Dear Ibasho Philippines elders, I am so looking forward to the positive impacts that you can bring as a role model to your community members of all ages. You are the best […]
Ibasho Ambassador Training completed with a total of 25 participants in Nepal and 16 participants in Philippines. They are now certified as Ibasho Ambassadors after the 3 days session. Congratulations to all the elders and women!!
Ibasho’s founder, Dr. Emi Kiyota is selected as an Atlantic Fellow at the Global Brain Health Institute in the UC San Francisco Medical School. She is conducting research on dementia inclusive city planning and disaster risk management for people with dementia during her 12 months residency fellowship, while working on Ibasho projects.
New article about the Ibasho concept is published in special edition of the Hastings Center’s Journal (a leading bioethics journal publishes work relevant to health policy and justice) “What Makes a Good Life in Late Life? Citizenship and Justice in Aging Societies.” The title of Ibasho’s chapter is “Co‐creating Environments: Empowering Elders and Strengthening Communities through Design,” contributed by Dr. Kiyota, founder of the Ibasho (click here to read the full article). It is our hope that this article will generate discussions to re-think about the perception of aging and the social role of elders in our society.
Started in July 2016 as one of the four livelihood projects by the Ibasho Nepal community members, the vegetable farm has become a gathering place besides being just a place for plantation. On 20 April 2018, the community members of Ibasho Nepal signed the lease for a larger space (10952 square feet) to continue the vegetable farming. Seasonal vegetables have been the main source of income for those involved along with pickles made from the vegetables harvested. Flowers are also grown targeting festivals. The community also started to construct a shed on 18 May 2018 at the vegetable farm. Initially, the shed was intended to be a resting place while […]
A group of 12 community members from Ibasho Nepal and Japan traveled to join the elders in Ormoc to participate in the Peer to Peer knowledge exchange program after the two days symposium at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, Philippines. The onsite program was organized mainly by the elders from Barangay Bagong Buhay, Ormoc on June 23-25, 2018 with the support of the World Bank, GFDRR. The participants were able to visit the Ibasho programs in Ormoc, and other local NGOs livelihood programs to learn about sustainable operation among the community members. In addition to the peer to peer knowledge exchange program, members of Ibasho Philippines invited all elders […]
Creating Ibasho: Physical and social infrastructure that empowers elders and strengthens communities On June 20-21, 2018, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank hosted a symposium titled “Creating Ibasho: Physical and social infrastructure that empowers elders and strengthens communities.” The symposium’s aim was to build on knowledge gained by participants in a project called Ibasho, which empowers elders to become active and relevant members of their communities by developing and managing a physical infrastructure that becomes a community gathering place. Community elder leaders from the three pilot Ibasho sites (Japan, Nepal, and Philippines) discussed how they might better collaborate and shared their knowledge and experiences, both with each […]
Ibasho attended the Ageing and Demographic Change in Asia (in Singapore) https://www.nippon.com/en/features/c02819/
I was awarded as a Dianna Davis Spencer Fellow of 2018 (from the Global Good Fund), and will be working on job creation for people over 50 years old in the Northeastern region in the USA through this fellowship program. I am so grateful to have this opportunity to grow our effort to have positive impacts on the elders. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitudes to all the elders in the world. I truly believe that elders have been giving me these wonderful opportunities to learn and grow to pursue my passion and serve others. With my modest upbringing as a woman in a […]
Patrick Durgin-Bruce,a long time supporter for Ibasho (http://www.ultravirgo.com/studio/founders.html) who also designed Ibasho’s logo, has organized the “For: Maturing/Inside Out Exhibition” where our Ibasho elders’ portraits are also displayed. Thank you so much for spreading the words to people in NYC and more… We are so grateful for all the inspirational individuals who tirelessly work hard to improve the lives of elders not only in their own country but also to genuinely care about the elders outside of their home countries. Please read the link below and leave your comments to us and Patrick! About this project: Inspirational Portraits of Change-Makers Unveiled on Hudson Square Building ‘For: Magazine’ brings individuals from […]
Emi Kiyota introduces Ibasho concept during the interview with the Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard University.