MOL to transport shoes to needy children in Africa

MITSUI OSK LINES LTD (MOL) has announced that the shipping company is participating in a Japanese Organisation for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP) project by helping to distribute shoes to needy children in Zambia.
MOL is transporting the shoes in containers from Tokyo to Durban. The consignment also includes soccer balls and other supplies collected at Sogo & Seibu department stores during the World Cup.
Sogo & Seibu Co Ltd donated used shoes collected through its trade-in service to JOICFP, which conducts healthcare support activities in Zambia. The project has won praise in Zambia for promoting health education for prevention of tetanus and parasite-related health problems, an MOL statement said.
"Contribution to the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals is one of the stated goals of MOL's social contribution activities. The UN Millennium Development Goals aim to achieve measurable targets such as eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, combating diseases, and reducing child mortality by 2015. MOL will work proactively on activities that help achieve those goals as it grows in step with the development of the global economy and societies around the world."