KABUL, Afghanistan (Mar. 07) Mr. Fumio Shimizu, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Japan in Afghanistan, and representatives of 14 NGOs signed for 17 new development projects in 6 provinces under Japan’s assistance scheme, the “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GAGP)” on March 2, 2010, at the Government Media Information Center in Kabul. The new assistance includes improveme
nt of medical equipment and furniture for Indira Gandi Institute of Child Health in Kabul, construction of 2 basic health centres in Kabul and 13 schools in Kunar, Kapisa, Ghowr and Nangarhar, improvement of facilities and furniture for 12 educational and vocational training centres in Kabul, rehabilitation of Karez and 25 tube-wells, construction of 1 micro hydropower station and 2 protection walls in Nangarhar and Takhar and water sanitation and hygiene education awareness in Ghor. The ambassador of the Special Mission of the republic of Lithuania and representatives of the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Education also participated in the signing ceremony. Health, education and infrastructure are high priority sectors for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. The newly approved projects will benefit directly more than 170,000 people in essential aspects of daily life such as better environment for education, access to life line service, wider coverage of health care and increase of agricultural and socio-economic activities.
The Government of Japan has so far contributed around US$ 2 billion in support of Afghanistan’s reconstruction since 2002 and recently announced its new commitment to provide assistance up to US$5 billion in 5 years for the stabilization and reconstruction of Afghanistan. As many as 738 projects, covering all the 34 provinces in the country, have been implemented under the GAGP scheme in such areas as basic health, basic education, vocational training, agriculture, basic infrastructure, de-mining etc, with a total amount of US$ 80 million. Those projects have been highly appreciated by the Afghan people as they directly respond to their needs at the grassroots level.
nt of medical equipment and furniture for Indira Gandi Institute of Child Health in Kabul, construction of 2 basic health centres in Kabul and 13 schools in Kunar, Kapisa, Ghowr and Nangarhar, improvement of facilities and furniture for 12 educational and vocational training centres in Kabul, rehabilitation of Karez and 25 tube-wells, construction of 1 micro hydropower station and 2 protection walls in Nangarhar and Takhar and water sanitation and hygiene education awareness in Ghor. The ambassador of the Special Mission of the republic of Lithuania and representatives of the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Education also participated in the signing ceremony. Health, education and infrastructure are high priority sectors for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. The newly approved projects will benefit directly more than 170,000 people in essential aspects of daily life such as better environment for education, access to life line service, wider coverage of health care and increase of agricultural and socio-economic activities.
The Government of Japan has so far contributed around US$ 2 billion in support of Afghanistan’s reconstruction since 2002 and recently announced its new commitment to provide assistance up to US$5 billion in 5 years for the stabilization and reconstruction of Afghanistan. As many as 738 projects, covering all the 34 provinces in the country, have been implemented under the GAGP scheme in such areas as basic health, basic education, vocational training, agriculture, basic infrastructure, de-mining etc, with a total amount of US$ 80 million. Those projects have been highly appreciated by the Afghan people as they directly respond to their needs at the grassroots level.
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