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| Sayaka Murata selected as a 2007 TOYP Honoree |
2007 TOYP Honoree Sayaka Murata
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You’ll have the opportunity to meet Sayaka Murata, one of The Outstanding Young People of the World of 2007 at the JCI World Congress in Antalya, Turkey, November 5-7, 2007.
Chosen by a distinguished jury in the category “Humanitarian and/or voluntary leadership,” Sayaka Murata will be honored at The Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) Ceremony during the JCI World Congress in Antalya, Turkey, on November 6, 2007.
Sayaka Murata was born in 1981 in Japan. She graduated from Ferris University at the Faculty of Global and Inter-cultural studies.
As a college student, Murata became aware of the cruel reality of child prostitution in Cambodia. Since then, she has devoted her life to exterminate it.
At the age of 19 and as a representative of young Japanese people, Murata participated in the Second World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Kamonohashi Project
In 2002, she launched the non-profit organization (NPO) Kamonohashi Project, where she serves as Representative Director.
The purpose of the Kamonohashi Project is to solve the problem of child prostitution, a serious issue in South-East Asia. With that purpose in mind, Murata built a community factory in a poor rural area. Thus, she created jobs, revived community functions and provided sustainable and expandable projects.
“It is so unfair that children could have no dreams only because they were born in poor countries,” says Murata. She took a step to create the world where all children could have dreams.
By providing jobs that help Cambodian children support themselves and train themselves to improve their income, Murata has committed herself to save children from prostitution. These children now have dreams and hopes for the future.
Awards Received
Murata won the 2006 Nikkei Woman of the Year award in the leadership division, an award given to the most brilliant women from various sectors of the society. She was the youngest winner of this award in history.
Murata also won an Encouragement Prize given by the chairman of the Upper House of Parliament as well as the 2006 JCI Japan Human Development Award. Additionally, she is a Fellow of a non-profit organization (NPO) for Social Innovation in Japan.
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