Japan supports two projects in Sana’a and Baydha
The Source: SANA'A/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 28/11/2010
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Japan has decided to extend 2 grants amounting to US$189,960 for the project for improving environmental public health in Old Sana'a and the project for improving school bus operation of Deaf-Mute Care in Rada’a District, Bayda province. The two grants have come under Japan’s grant assistance scheme called "Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects", which aims at supporting small-scale community-based projects in the fields related to basic human needs, such as primary health care, basic education and water in developing countries.
Mitsunori Namba, Ambassador of Japan to Yemen, and Mohammed Saleh Jarallah, Manager of Old Sana’a Capital Cleaning Project in Sana’a and Ali Ali Mohammed Al-Qetreefi, the Chair of Care and Rehabilitation Association of Deaf and Mute in Baydha, signed the contracts at the Embassy of Japan in Sana’a.
The grant to Sana’a will be used to purchase four tipper trucks by the Old Sana’a Capital Cleaning Project.The grant aims at improving the garbage collecting service in Old Sana'a, as well as ameliorating the environment and the public health of the local inhabitants more than 100,000.The Old Sana’a is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and the project is expected to contribute to refining the cultural value of the site and comforting foreign visitors.The other grant aims to improve the transportation and training facilities of Al-Amal Deaf-Mute School with 300 handicapped pupils, by providing two buses and ten sewing machines.The grant will enable the pupils to commute to the school safely and acquire useful vocational skills that can help them integrate into the society.
In the last Japanese fiscal year, Japan funded 18 projects in Yemen under the Grass-Roots scheme with a total amount of USD 1.5 million.
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