KATHMANDU: The Government of Japan has extended US dollars 707,953 (about NRs 82.6 million), to SHAPLA NEER – Citizens’ Committee in Japan for Overseas Support, under the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects Schemes.
Shapla Neer, an international NGO based in Japan, will work with a Nepali partner NGO, Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN), to implement the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Strengthening Project in Chitwan District, according to Embassy of Japan in Nepal.
A grant contract was signed and exchanged on Thursday by Masamichi Saigo, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, and Ms. Katsui Hiromi, Country Representative, Shapla Neer Nepal Office at the Embassy of Japan in Nepal.
The grant assistance will be used to strengthen community resilience to disasters in Madi Municipality, a flood prone area in Chitwan District.
According to the statement issued by the embassy, the project will coordinate closely with local government, stakeholders and community members to achieve capacity development of local government and communities, establish and maintain of infrastructure, and public awareness activities.
The Embassy of Japan has expected that the project will contribute towards improving DRR in the local communities in Chitwan District and will develop as a good practice for DRR in other districts in Nepal.
