Services (PMS), an aid group known as Peshawar-kai (ペシャワール会) in Japanese. He was born in 1946 in Fukuoka, Japan, and graduated from Kyushu University School of Medicine in 1971. Following his graduation, he worked as a doctor in Japan for a few years before eventually moving to Pakistan in 1984 to work with Afghan refugees.
Over the next three decades, Nakamura and PMS built over 1,000 irrigation canals. As a result, they provided water to millions of Afghans. Additionally, he built two hospitals and two mosques. Furthermore, he provided medical care to hundreds of thousands of people. Nakamura was known as “Uncle Nakamura” to the Afghan people, and everyone who knew him deeply loved and respected him.
Here are some of Dr. Nakamura’s most notable achievements:
- He transformed the desert of Gamberi, on the outskirts of Jalalabad, into lush forests and productive wheat farmlands.
- He built two hospitals and two mosques in Afghanistan.
- He provided medical care to hundreds of thousands of Afghans.
- India honored him with the Padma Shri, its fourth-highest civilian award, in 2018.
- In 2020, the UN Refugee Agency posthumously recognized him with the Nansen Refugee Award.
Dr. Nakamura was a true humanitarian who dedicated his life to helping others. He is an inspiration to us all, and his legacy will live on for many years to come.
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