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The Second EM Distributors Meeting for Middle East and Africa held last November 26th and 27th in Nairobi, Kenya.

Following the first meeting held in Cairo two years ago, this time the meeting was co-organized by EM Research Organization and our official partner in Kenya, EM Technologies Ltd.

The meeting held on 26th with the participation of 27 people from 11 different countries including Kenya, Sudan, Cameroon, Senegal, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Burkina Faso and Kuwait.

The meeting started with a video message of Prof. Higa who updated giving a general view of EM Technology™ being applied in the damaged areas affected by natural disasters in Eastern Japan and Thailand. Next, the President of EMRO, Mr. Asato, gave a speech encouraging partners to deepen ties within partners and EMRO taking this opportunity to exchange opinions and express their aims. The General Manager of Overseas Dept. Mr. Fukugauchi, presented an overview of the EM activities and projects on going throughout the world. 

Each representative country introduced the EM activities, projects and appealed future goals in a presentation of 15 minutes. 
The meeting ended with an eager debate very well conducted by the designated coordinator and advisor of EMRO, Prof. Sangakkara.

Mr. Fukugauchi's presentation	View of the discussion time
EM Technologies Ltd. staff receiving the Certificate of EM Manufacturer	Commemorative picture of all the participants along with EMRO President, Mr. Asato

The second day, a tour organized by EM Technologies Ltd. to visit local EM cases studies.
First, the delegation of participants and EMRO staff visited the commute farm where plantations of tea, lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, strawberries, flowers and many more vegetables were grown with EM compost. This compost is produced with the remains of disclosed vegetables, fruits and plants and after crushing them, they make piles of layers of organic matter and sprayed with Activated EM•1®. Each pile is covered with plastic sheets for fermentation process and after one month approximately, the compost is ready to use.

Participants at the commute farm	Vast area of tea plantations
Plantation of strawberries	Explaining the process of EM compost. The brown sheets on the back are the piles of organic matter during composting

The next visit was to the Nairobi dam where a joint project of the NGO group African Children Education Fund (ACEF), Kenyan government, EM Technologies Ltd. and EM Research Organization, launched a long-term clean up project called Nairobi Dam Water Treatment and Purification Project.
The water hyacinth (native plant) is covering an extensive area of the water surface blocking the sunlight and causing a lack of oxygen in the water.
Therefore, personnel of EM Technologies is leading the operation to remove the hyacinth and process it to convert into EM compost using Activated EM•1® and EM Bokashi.

Removing operations at Nairobi Dam	Removing the hyacinth manually
The joint project board	Composting the hyacinth
Sifting and packing process	The EM compost ready for sale

A very fruitful meeting and engaging visits to EM applied sites stimulated partners and us, to keep on developing EM Technology™ and enhancing communication with each other.

For further information on the above sites applying EM Technology™, please contact our partner in Kenya at:

EM Technologies Ltd
P.O.Box 1365 - 60100 Embu
Tel: +254-721-640174/+254-61-2304748
Fax: +254-68-41074
Email: emtechkenya@gmail.com
Contact: Mr. Yasuo Shiojiri, Director