Pathfinder Foundation enters into dialogue with Nippon Foundation
View(s):Milinda Moragoda, Founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, recently met with Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon/Sasakawa Foundation, at its Tokyo headquarters to discuss collaboration opportunities between the two organisations.
The Nippon Foundation is the largest private foundation in Japan, the foundation said in a media statement. Japan’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Nobuhito Hobo was also present at the discussion,
Sasakawa joined the Nippon Foundation as a trustee in 1981, served as president from 1989, and became chairman on July 1, 2005.
The foundation’s overall objectives include assistance for humanitarian activities, both in Japan and overseas, and global maritime development.
The Pathfinder Foundation in Sri Lanka plays a catalytic role in changing attitudes of legislators, government officials, civil society groups, and the general public, towards the role of government in the economy and society, markets, the globalisation process and private initiatives through research, information dissemination, action and dialogue.