Moreira Chonguiça joins the Ashinaga Africa Initiative

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Moreira Chonguiça joins the Ashinaga Africa Initiative

4:06 CAT | 25 Feb 2018

File photo / Moreira Chonguiça

The Japanese embassy in Mozambique has selected renowned Mozambican jazz musician Moreira Chonguiça as a member of the Kenjin-Tatsujin International Consultative Council for the “Ashinaga Africa Initiative”, a press release indicates.

According to the statement, Chonguiça will take up his duties during the Third General Assembly of the Kenjin-Tatsujin International Advisory Council taking place from March 1 in Kyoto, Japan.

Ashinaga is a non-profit organisation based in Tokyo, Japan, and founded 50 years ago. It assumed its current shape in April 1993 under the direction of its founder and current president, Yoshiomi Tamai.

According to the statement, the organisation is focused on providing educational funding and emotional support to children who have lost one or both parents or guardians to illness, accidents, suicides and disasters, including the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Ashinaga also supports children who suffer from severe disabilities.

The Ashinaga Africa Initiative began in 2014. Its mission is to contribute to Sub-Saharan Africa’s expanding role in global development through increasing access to higher education abroad. The Ashinaga Africa Initiative supports orphaned students who are committed to returning home and initiating change, by providing access to full financial support to study at a university abroad (equivalent to an undergraduate degree). Ashinaga support covers tuition, accommodation, travel costs, and other necessary fees.

Source: O País / http://en.ashinaga.org