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MOL Cooperates in 'Sports For Tomorrow' International Contribution Program
-1st Corporation to Provide Large-scale Ocean Transport for SFT Programs-

November 18, 2016


Presentation of sporting goods in Ghana

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) today announced that it has provided voluntary transport service of sporting goods to Ghana as a consortium member of the international contribution program "Sports For Tomorrow (SFT)"(*1).

MOL transported a total of 11,538 items, such as soccer shoes, which were collected by other SFT consortium members: the general incorporated association Enije(*2), ASICS Corporation, Japan Table Tennis Association, Ritsumeikan University Department of Industrial Sociology, and other organizations, corporate partners, and individuals. The donated items were shipped from the Japan Sports Council, an independent administrative institution that serves as SFT secretariat, and arrived in Ghana at the end of August, and then donated to the organizer and participants of a sports event through Enije. MOL is the first ocean shipping company to provide large-scale support for SFT programs.

MOL continually takes a proactive stance in social contribution activities that are unique to an ocean shipping company with a global network.

(*1) The Japanese government is committed to creating our future through the power of sport with more than 10 million people of over 100 countries from 2014 until 2020. With the Sport for Tomorrow programme, Japan aims to be involved in the promotion of sporting values, including assistance to developing countries; train future sport leaders at the new international sport academy; and further protect and promote the values of sport by extending anti-doping initiatives globally.
http://www.sport4tomorrow.jp/

(*2) Enije led by its representative David Yano, began operations in 2007, and was incorporated in 2012. Its activities center on education in Ghana and Japan, supporting independence through construction of schools, education of teachers, and promotion of sports.