Cultural Envoy Kawauchi Shiro donates 50 million MNT for Mongolian Olympic athletes

Sports
baljmaa@montsame.gov.mn
2019-08-05 11:09:56

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On August 2, Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sports B.Baatarbileg received Cultural Envoy of Mongolia Kawauchi Shiro to express gratitude for his contribution for the promotion of Mongolian traditional culture and heritage in Japan and development of baseball and judo in Mongolia as well as his humanitarian works in Mongolia.


During the meeting, Mr. Kawauchi Shiro handed over a donation of 50 million MNT or 2 million JPY for the “Tokyo Olympic Foundation” to provide support to the athletes to take part in the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo. The foundation, established upon the initiative of Prime Minister of Mongolia U.Khurelsukh, is for the Mongolian athletes' training and giving support to compete in the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and XVI Paralympic Games, gathering public support and organizing fundraising campaigns to solve the Olympic athletes financial problems.