【Photo Diary】 (4) Visit to Ethiopia and Uganda

Published on September 25, 2024
I would like to share with you some of the photographs taken during my visit to Ethiopia and Uganda from July 23 to 28, 2024, in my capacity as chairman of The Nippon Foundation and WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination.

[July 27, Kampala, Uganda]


With the staff of the Uganda office of the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA).
With the staff of the Uganda office of the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA).
I told them that at my meeting with President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on July 25, he expressed his continued support for SAA’s activities, and I called on them to work with pride and responsibility for Uganda’s agricultural reform.

Presented with traditional wear and artifacts of the Karamojo region of northeastern Uganda by the SAA staff.
Presented with traditional wear and artifacts of the Karamojo region of northeastern Uganda by the SAA staff.


Photo of Yohei Sasakawa
How do I look?

With the soldiers who guarded me during my stay in Uganda.
With the soldiers who guarded me during my stay in Uganda.
 
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