In December 2019, Dr. Tetsu Nakamura was gunned down and killed in Afghanistan, where he had been providing humanitarian aid. During his 35 years working on-site,

Dr. Nakamura did much more than providing medical care. He dug wells, built irrigation canals and gave life-saving assistance to the people around him. An irrigation canal project he completed in 2010 now supports the lives 650,000 people.