Press Release
Japan extends grants to implement 2 grassroots projects in Aden and Hadramout Governorate
The Government of Japan decided to extend grants to two projects in Yemen under the Japanese scheme called “Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects”. The scheme aims at supporting small-scale community-based projects in the areas of basic human needs, such as primary health care, basic education and rural water supply in the developing countries including Yemen.
Mr. Masakazu Toshikage, Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Yemen, signed today in Sana’a, two agreements to this effect with Mr. Qaid Rashed Anam, Executive Director of Aden Cleaning Fund and City Improvement, and Dr. Abdulla Salim Bin Ghouth, Director of the Malaria Control Program - Hadhramout Office.
The first project will be implemented by the Aden Cleaning Fund and City Improvement, in support of improving the Solid Waste Management in Aden Governorate. With this grant, the Aden Cleaning Fund will purchase communication equipments to facilitate duties of the supervisors and workers of the fund. The grant aims at improving the cleaning operations at Aden’s districts to provide more hygienic environment for the inhabitants in the Governorate.
The second project will be implemented by the Malaria Control Program -Hadramout Office, in support of enhancing Malaria control program in the coastal area of the governorate. With this grant, the Malaria Control Program-Hadramout Office will purchase a vehicle and equipment to be utilized for their valuable activity to fight and curb the malaria infection in the area. The grant aims at improving the health situation of the inhabitants, and protecting particularly children and pregnant women from the threat of malaria.
During this Japanese fiscal year (April 2007 – March 2008) the Government of Japan has funded 17 projects so far, including these two, in the Republic of Yemen, amounting to US$1,337,350 under the above-mentioned Japanese scheme.
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