KATHMANDU: Japan has extended US dollars 707,953 (about NRs 82.6 million), to Shapla Neer – Citizens’ Committee in Japan for Overseas Support, under the grant assistance for Japanese NGO Projects Schemes.
Shapla Neer, an international NGO based in Japan, will work with a Nepali partner NGO, Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN), to implement the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Strengthening Project in Chitwan District, a statement issued by the Embassy in Kathmandu said.
A grant contract relating to the project was signed and exchanged by Saigo Masamichi, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, and Katsui Hiromi, Country Representative, Shapla Neer Nepal Office at the Embassy of Japan in Nepal.
The grant assistance will be used to strengthen community resilience to disasters in Madi Municipality, a flood-prone area in Chitwan District.
The project will coordinate closely with local government, stakeholders and community members to achieve the capacity development of local government and communities, establishment and maintenance of infrastructure, DRR public awareness activities among others.
The Embassy of Japan in Nepal expects that this project will contribute towards improving DRR in the local communities in Chitwan District and will develop as a good practice for DRR in other districts in Nepal, the statement said.
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