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Japan provides grants to Nepali health system



The Charge d’Affaires a.i. of Japan to Nepal, Mr. Yoshioka Yuzo signing the project in Kathmandu (Photo: Japanese Embassy)

KATHMANDU: The government of Japan has agreed to provide grants to two health and emergency projects in Rautahat and Parsa district.

According to Embassy of Japan in Kathmandu, the Charge d’Affaires Yoshioka Yuzo today signed a grant contract with the Community Development Center to build a training center and emergency shelter in Rautahat District. The construction is expected to cost approximately NRs 91.5 million.

The project for building the training center and emergency shelter facility in Rautahat District is funded under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project (GGP) of the Government of Japan.

Likewise, Japan has agreed to provide grants for installing a machine for making sanitary napkins to support the hygiene of poor women in Birgunj Municipality.

The project is funded under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) of the Japanese Government and involves a grant of about NRs 4 million.

The Embassy of Japan believes that the support will contribute towards further enhancing the friendship between the peoples of Japan and Nepal.