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
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