The Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa Announces Three New Projects with Environmental and Developmental Charities in 2007.Tokyo, Japan, Oct 17, 2007 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - The Mitsubishi Corporation Mitsubishi Corporation (三菱商事株式会社 Fund for Europe and Africa (MCFEA) has announced three new grants for projects with environmental and developmental charities in 2007, worth over GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 90,000 in total. The MCFEA announced a grant of Eu68,000 (around GBP45,000) to the charity Concern Universal, for a project promoting the economic empowerment of small-scale agricultural producers in Guinea. This project focuses on women's groups in order to improve the sustainable livelihoods of rural populations in Lelouma and Labe Prefectures in Guinea one of the poorest countries in the world. These groups will receive training in innovative horticultural production methods, learn marketing techniques and receive environmental protection training and extensive training on self-management. A grant to the World Food Programme (WFP WFP World Food Programme (United Nations) WFP Windows File Protection (Microsoft) WFP Water for People (international humanitarian organization) WFP Winnipeg Free Press ) for a sustainable agriculture sustainable agriculture n. A method of agriculture that attempts to ensure the profitability of farms while preserving the environment. project in Zambia was also announced by the MCFEA. This is for the first year of a potential four-year project, with expenditure of US$50,000 (around GBP25,000) per year. The aim is to protect the food and nutrition Food and Nutrition See also cheese; dining; milk. accubation Rare. the act or habit of reclining at meals. alimentology Medicine. thescience of nutrition. allotriophagy Pathology. security of targeted households while assisting them to regain, increase and diversify sustainable productive capacity. The population targeted will be 11,400 people in 1,900 households in the Central Province of Zambia. These are highly vulnerable, food-insecure and asset-poor households that have lost crops and productive capacity to both flood and drought. Again, families headed by women will be prioritised in beneficiary selection. The MCFEA also announced a grant of Eu39,530 (just over GBP27,000) to the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe The term "Central and Eastern Europe" came into wide spread use, replacing "Eastern bloc", to describe former Communist countries in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90. (REC), Bulgaria Branch, for a one-year project entitled "West Balkan Mountain for Kids". The project aims to improve conservation and biodiversity education through developing a pilot program for the West Balkan Mountain region of Bulgaria. This project will target local schools and communities, and focus on general topics such as the conservation of natural resources conservation of natural resources, the wise use of the earth's resources by humanity. The term conservation came into use in the late 19th cent. and referred to the management, mainly for economic reasons, of such valuable natural resources as timber, fish, , protected areas and species, the specific ecosystem, and the link between human activities and biodiversity conservation. The REC project will involve the production of an educational toolkit, training for teachers, demonstration lessons, and an open-air "green school". As announced in March this year, the MCFEA's 2007 funding programme also includes a GBP50,000 grant to WaterAid, for water provision and sanitation education in Mozambique Under the colonial regime, public educational opportunities for poor Mozambicans were limited; 93% of the Bantu population was illiterate and many could not speak Portuguese. In fact, most of the country's current political leadership was educated in missionary schools. ; a GBP31,500 grant to Earthwatch Institute (Europe), an international charity that engages people in scientific field research; a GBP25,000 grant to Fauna and Flora International, to promote environmental capacity building in national parks This is a list of national parks ordered by nation. Africa
Established in the UK in 1992, the MCFEA is primarily an educational charity. Its principle objective is to promote education and research in the fields of environmental protection and conservation, as well as poverty alleviation and social development. The MCFEA has donated over GBP1.3 million to these causes since its inception. About the Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa The Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa (MCFEA), a UK registered charity, was established in 1992 to promote environmental conservation, education and research into the environment and poverty alleviation, through funding from Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan, and its U.K.-based subsidiary, Mitsubishi Corporation (UK) Plc. The MCFEA's sister charity, the Mitsubishi International Corporation Foundation (MICF MICF Melbourne International Comedy Festival (Australia) ), based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , was established in 1992 with funding from Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan, and its U.S.-based subsidiary, Mitsubishi International Corporation. With a current endowment of nearly US$6 million, the Foundation has dedicated more than US$3 million to charitable causes throughout the Americas. For more information about the Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa, please visit www.mcfea.org , and for more information about the Mitsubishi International Corporation Foundation, please visit www.micfoundation.org . About Mitsubishi Corporation Mitsubishi Corporation is Japan's largest general trading company (sogo shosha) with over 200 bases of operations in approximately 80 countries worldwide. Together with its over 500 group companies, MC employs a multinational workforce of approximately 54,000 people. MC has long been engaged in business with customers around the world in virtually every industry, including metals & mining, energy, machinery, chemicals, food and general merchandise. For more information, please visit http://www.mitsubishicorp.com/en/index.html. Source: Mitsubishi Corporation Contact: Sadanobu Takemasu Mitsubishi Corporation Public Relations Office Tel.: +81-3-3210-2104 Fax.: +81-3-3210-2104 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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