JFE Shoji Trade Corporation and its group company Kawasho Foods Corporation have donated 12,500 cans of pickled mackerel tomatoes, 460 sets of study desks and chairs with the company logo, and 17,000 original design notebooks to 15 schools in Nigeria and Ghana as part of their social contribution activities.

This is the 14th time for this "food" and "education" support activity, which started in 2011 on the occasion of the "100th anniversary of the GEISHA brand".

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Nigeria

A donation ceremony was held on November 6. It attracted attention from local newspapers and local TV news. The ceremony was attended by about 125 teachers and students from the school and a total of 20 officials from Middle East Kawasho Foods, including Manager Kotaro Murata and Secretary Nureni Aderemi Adeniran of Nigeria's Ministry of Education.

In his speech, Mr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran expressed his gratitude for the donation and his joy and hope that the donated items will improve the students' growth and learning.

The donated items include 360 desks and chairs, 11,000 notebooks, and 7,500 cans of pickled mackerel tomatoes from GEISHA.

Donated to 10 schools in Oyo State

Ghana

A donation ceremony was held on November 20. The ceremony was attended by Yukimori Nakamura, president of Kawasho Foods, Akira Yano, president of Middle East Kawasho Foods, Kotaro Murata, manager of Middle East Kawasho Foods, four officials from FOREWIN, the distributor, and about 200 teachers and students from the schools.

Donated items: 100 desks and chairs, 6,000 notebooks, 5,000 cans of pickled mackerel tomatoes from GEISHA

Donated to 5 schools in the Greater Accra region.

(Nigerian students with GEISHA notebooks in their hands, celebrating the donation)

(President Nakamura with school teachers at the donation ceremony in Ghana)

Kawasho Foods and Sumitomo Corporation have been conducting this donation activity every year in order to develop the GEISHA brand and to show our appreciation to our customers. In addition to GEISHA brand canned mackerel with pickled tomatoes, which is well known and loved by the local children, we also select learning materials according to local needs. We have adopted products manufactured locally to help revitalize the local economy.

We will continue to support "food" and "education" so that the GEISHA brand will continue to be loved for many years to come and contribute to the healthy growth of children and the creation of an affluent society.

The product is made from fresh mackerel from the seas around Japan and China, and is stuffed with the manufacturer's original tomato sauce. This is a big hit product that is valued as an important source of protein and has gained popularity as a "national dish.

(GEISHA Mackerel in Tomato Sauce 155g)