History of Reborn Kyoto

1979

  • Began as the Women Empowerment arm of Cambodian Refugee’s Relief Program

1986

  • First Kyoto Rebornwear Sale (Held annually thereafter)

1990

  • First dispatch of dressmaking instructors to Cambodian Refugee camps

1993

  • Started teaching dressmaking in the May 15 school in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • The mother organization, now known as NICCO, registers with Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a public corporation. Reborn becomes an independent body

1999

  • First Fukuoka Rebornwear Sale (Held annually thereafter)
  • First dispatch of dressmaking instructors to Dangphuong village in Vietnam
  • First dispatch of dressmaking instructors to Sanaa in Yemen

2001

  • First overseas Rebornwear Sale in Washington D.C. with subsequent sales,as in Hawaii and Boston

2002

  • Registered Reborn Kyoto, an NPO (Non-Profit Organization) in Kyoto, Japan

2003

  • Holds a Reborn Wear Charity sale in San Francisco

2004

  • Registered the brand name "REBORN KYOTO"

2005

  • First dispatch of dressmaking instructors toPakpasak School in Laos

2007

  • First dispatch of dressmaking instructors to Savannakhet Technical & Vocational School in Laos
  • First dispatch of plent dyeing, weaving and dressmaking instructors to Viengthong village in Laos

2009

  • Ongoing projects at Savananakhet Technical & Vocational School and in Viengthong village