Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Japan grant to aid development

The Phnom Penh Post

Written by Nguon Sovan
Monday, 25 August 2008

Japan has agreed to grant US$228,639 to local authorities and NGOs to aid community development projects in a meeting between Japanese Ambassador Shinohara Katsuhiro and the representatives from the recipient organisations at the Embassy of Japan. Japan will donate $56,600 to the Women's and Children's Rights Development Organisation to renovate a primary school and extend community participation in Kratie. Another $172,039 will be donated to the Department of Education, Youth and Sport to purchase secondhand school equipment for 11 primary schools in Phnom Penh and Prey Veng province.

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