Addis
Ababa, August 22 (ENA)--The Japanese Embassy and four indigenous NGOs signed
grant contracts amounting to 314, 442 US Dollars here on Monday.
Japanese
Ambassador to Ethiopia, Hiroyoshi Ihara said the grant goes to Center for
Development Initiative (CDI), Health Aid Ethiopia (HAE) as well as Ratson and
Gudina Tumsa Foundation (GTF) in a bid to assist the grassroots projects
operating in the Oromia State and the Metropolis.
Since
its introduction in 1989, the grassroots grant scheme of the Embassy had
supported 76 community-based projects worth 3.65 million US Dollars (30 million
Birr), the Ambassador added.
Development
cooperation section head with the Embassy, Nishi Makoto, said the local NGOs
were expected to work in the areas of, among others, agriculture, health and
basic education.
Representatives
of the NGOs, on their part, vowed to make efficient and effective use of the
grant to meet the intended objectives.
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