Japanese govt provides grant to 3 organisations for projects
The Japanese government has provided a grant of US$240,000 to three organisations to embark on development projects in their respective communities.
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The beneficiary organisations are the Institute for Sustainable Democratic Development (ISDED) in the Zabzugu District in the Northern Region, which received US$81,200 for the construction of a Children’s Ward at the Zabzugu Hospital; the Kpone-Katamanso District Assembly in the Greater Accra Region, which received US$80,800 for the construction of culverts and drains on a feeder road, and the Hunger Project in the Mfantseman Municipality in the Central Region, which got US$77,200 to construct a Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound at Asafora.
The projects are expected to be completed within a year.
The grant was presented to representatives of the organisations at a ceremony in Accra yesterday.
Funds
The Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Kaoru Yoshimura, who made the presentation, said the funds were provided under the Japanese grant assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project (GHSP) scheme.
The scheme, which was introduced in Ghana in 1989, focuses on supporting various communities with basic needs in the domain of health, education, agriculture, among others.
He expressed the hope that the grant would help improve the standard of health care and roads in the country.
Appreciation
The representatives of the three organisations thanked the Japanese government for the support and gave an assurance that the grant would be put to judicious use.
The Director of ISDED, Mr Shei Fuseini, said the absence of a Children’s Ward at the district hospital had been a major concern to residents and indicated that the completion of the project would tremendously help in improving health care for children in the area.
The Country Director of the Hunger Project Ghana, Mr Samuel Erasmus Afrane, also said the CHPS compound would comprise a clinic, an out-patients department (OPD), maternity and family planning units and accommodation for four health workers.
It will serve 13 communities in the Asafora area upon completion.
For his part, the District Chief Executive for Kpone-Katamanso, Alhaji E. Tetteh, explained that the two tunnels that served the community were destroyed by the June 3, 2015 floods.
He said the situation prompted the chiefs and people of the community to appeal to the Japanese Embassy for assistance to construct new tunnels.
