Charity Information

 

Thank you for your continued patronage of LOTTADESIGN. LOTTADESIGN. supports the activities of Certified NPO ACE by donating a portion of the sales from LOTTADESIGN. custom-made shoes once a year.

Last August, the [Peace India Project] concluded its activities as it had achieved certain results and was ready to move on to the next phase. This year, we are making donations to the [Child-Friendly Fund].

Results of the [Peace India Project] ●Through the project, approximately 950 children of compulsory education age (6-14 years old) were freed from labor and began attending regular schools, and over 3,500 children gained access to education. ●Approximately 325 girls who had passed compulsory education age were freed from dangerous labor, received basic education, and are now earning income in safe jobs. The project activities in the region have been handed over to SPEED, a local organization that has been working with ACE since the beginning. ACE plans to launch a project aimed at solving child labor and creating child-friendly communities in a wider area of Telangana State.

 

Certified NPO ACE is a Japan-born NGO whose purpose is "to solve social issues that deprive children and young people of their rights, in order to create a world where children and young people can build their lives and society by their own will." In addition to supporting the education of children and the self-reliance of impoverished families in cotton-producing regions of India and cacao-producing regions of Ghana, ACE collaborates with companies, engages in awareness-raising activities for consumers, and makes policy recommendations to the international community and governments. It also conducts research on child labor in Japan.