Shin Fujiyama Explained
Shin Fujiyama is a Japanese-American philanthropist who co-founded Students Helping Honduras.[1]
Fujiyama was born in a small fishing village in Japan.[2] He graduated from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 2007 with a Bachelor's degree in International Affairs and Pre-medicine. He and his sister, Cosmo Fujiyama, incorporated Students Helping Honduras in 2007[3] after visiting Honduras on a service learning trip for the first time.[4] Shin speaks four languages fluently: Japanese, English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Awards
- Changing Our World/Simms Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy, Ages 18–23[5]
- CNN Heroes 2009 Award[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: University of Mary Washington | Hero in Honduras . 2009-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090813212859/http://www.umw.edu/publications/umwtoday_spring2007/features/hero_in_honduras/default.php . 2009-08-13 . UMW Today
- News: Fighting poverty one campus at a time. CNN. 2021-01-24.
- http://www.pacificcitizen.org/content/2007/national/sept21-stom-fujiyama-honduran-orphans.htm Pacific Citizen
- Web site: Fredericksburg.com - Shin Fujiyama School of Hope Honduran village honors UMW senior, missionary . 2009-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718034915/http://www.wfls.com/News/FLS/2006/122006/12022006/239927 . 2011-07-18 . Fredericksburg.com/Freelance Star Newspaper
- Web site: AFP > National Philanthropy Day & AFP Awards | AFP's awards program > AFP Announces 2008 Awards for Philanthropy Honorees . 2009-04-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080408093130/http://www.afpnet.org/ka/ka-3.cfm?content_item_id=24355&folder_id=891 . 2008-04-08 . Association of Fundraising Professionals
- Web site: CNN Heroes - Shin Fujiyama . . 2022-06-11.
