African female leaders visited an elementary school in Saitama City, observed Japanese school lunches, and tasted nutritionally balanced local cuisine together with the children.
This visit was part of the Asia-Pacific African Women's Economic Summit, a conference to discuss the stable supply of food in Africa, which has been affected by the situation in Ukraine. The leaders visited an elementary school in Saitama City.
At the beginning, in a special class for the children, female leaders introduced traditional African buildings and wild animals.
When it is time for school lunches, the children serve the meals together, enjoy locally-harvested rice and a local dish called ``Mayutamajiru'', and experience a Japanese school lunch that considers the children's nutritional balance. was doing.
In addition, in light of the issue of securing drinking water in Africa, there was a demonstration of a water purification system that removes impurities and bacteria from river water produced by a Japanese company. I was watching.
After the inspection, Uganda's Prime Minister Natbangja said, "It was good that the children were serving the food, and I was impressed by the way they said 'Itadakimasu' and 'Thank you for the meal.' I want to adopt it," he said.