The Signing Ceremony of the Grassroots Grant Assistance Project for Improvement of The Medical Equipments of Women Clinic in Sarawak
February 18th, 2013
Consular Office of Japan at Kota Kinabalu
The Government of Japan decided to extend Grant Assistance totaling US$ 33,877 (approx. RM 101,600) to the Project for Improvement of The Medical Equipments of Women Clinic in Sarawak. Mr. Hirofumi MORIKAWA（森川 博文）, the Head of Consular Office of Japan signed the Grant Contract, on behalf of the Government of Japan.
The grant will be used for purchasing medical equipments such as Blood Pressure Gauge, Stethoscope, Examination Lamp, Digital Scale, Autoclave, and Ultrasound Imaging System for providing the family planning methods and reproductive health service which is operated by Sarawak Family Planning Association.
The Government of Japan extends financial assistance to the development projects to meet the diverse needs of the people in developing countries through the scheme of grant assistance. Known as the Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects (GGP), this scheme supports the project proposed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), hospitals, educational institutions and other non-profit associations. The GGP has acquired an excellent reputation for providing flexible and timely support to development projects at the grass-roots level.
Since 1989, under the GGP, the Government of Japan has contributed in Malaysia with 132 small but socially and economically important projects amounting to approximately RM 15 million in total (in Sarawak, 13 projects amounting to approximately RM 2.5 million). The Government of Japan is always responsive to the good proposals from NGOs and other non-profit associations to carry out the projects under the GGP.
For further information, please contact Mr. Yoshimitsu KAWAMOTO at Consular Office of Japan in Kota Kinabalu (Tel: 088-254169).
