Japan ups aid with K2.2mil grants to support infrastructure

The National National

By ERIC PIET
Japan has a long-standing relationship with Papua New Guinea and is committed to supporting various basic infrastructural projects in the country through its Grassroots Grant Programme, says Ambassador Satoshi Nakajima.
He was speaking yesterday in Port Moresby at the signing of four grant contracts worth K2.2 million through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) under Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme in PNG.
This brings the total number of Japanese projects in the country up to 299 since 1989. The four successful recipients of the GGP funding are:

  • Warenge Komba Foundation in Enga (K1,366,315);
  • Kanjalapos Elementary School in Enga (K280,000);
  • Enga provincial health authority (K282,177); and
  • Wuriboiru Primary School (K285,498) in Buin, Autonomous Region of Bougainville.

“The Government of Japan is pleased to support the people of Wapenamanda district with the construction of a steel bridge near Imagapos village,” Nakajima said.
“This vital infrastructure stands to benefit as many as 20,000 people in the area, enabling them to have access to important services such as medical care and economic opportunities.”
Nakajima said health services in Enga would be boosted with the donation of six ambulances to six district health centres.