ITTO Executive Director meet with President of Soka Gakkai
2024/05/28
ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru (left) and Soka Gakkai President Harada Minoru hold the signed agreement for the implementation of a new project in Benin. Photo: S. Kawaguchi/ITTO
ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru met with Soka Gakkai President Mr. Harada Minoru, on Friday 24 May 2024, for signing an agreement between the two organizations for a new project to be implemented in Benin entitled “Support for women’s groups with the restoration of forest landscapes in the departments of Ouémé and Zou, Benin”.
Soka Gakkai officials during the signing ceremony of an agreement for the implementation of a new project in Benin. Photo: S. Kawaguchi/ITTO
This agreement continues the collaboration between the two organizations in Africa, followed by the successful implementation of similar projects in Togo, which increased the financial independence of local women and enabled them to restore degraded landscapes.
Read the related article published in Seikyo Shimbun (Japanese) here.