ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan has decided to provide grant assistance of up to $300,800 (equivalent to around Rs84 million) in total to 5 local NGOs for development projects in Pakistan. Three out of the 5 projects are flood rehabilitation projects in the areas hit by the 2022 Pakistan floods.
The grant contracts were inked between the ambassador of Japan to Pakistan WADA Mitsuhiro and representatives of the five NGOs at the Embassy of Japan in Islamabad on Tuesday. The five NGOs that will implement the projects are the Association for Behavior & Knowledge Transformation (ABKT), Fortified Services for Reforms & Transformation (FSRT), Actions For Human Advancement (AHAT), Lok Sudhar Association, and Safe Hands Foundation.
ABKT will receive a $63,518 grant (equivalent to around Rs17.7 million) to reconstruct three flood-hit suspension bridges in District Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This project will enhance the security of school children and local community members when natural calamities such as floods occur. It will also provide a safe passage to the school students to reach their school safely in this area.
FSRT will receive a $60,506 grant (equivalent to around Rs16.8 million) to reconstruct a flood-damaged school building for girls’ primary course in Malakand Division, District Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This project will provide school children with a safe place for learning leading to an improved overall literacy rate in Swat, a city with one of the lowest literacy rates in the country.
AHAT will receive a $57,684 grant (equivalent to around Rs16 million) to reconstruct a flood-hit primary and middle school in Tehsil Jampur, District Rajanpur, Punjab. This project will enhance the learning environment for the minors in one of the most flood-damaged areas during the 2022 floods in Pakistan.
Development Project in Havelian
Lok Sudhar Association will receive a $51,407 grant (equivalent to around Rs14.3 million) to establish an ophthalmology operation theatre to expand the eye care facility in Havelian, District Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This facility will provide eye-related treatment to the patients in an affordable and accessible way. In particular, the people will have the opportunity to access cataract surgery for the first time in this area. This project will result in the improvement of the health sector in the locality.
Safe Hands Foundation will receive a $67,685 grant (equivalent to around Rs19 million) to construct the primary school building to promote child education in the village Khaisata Gul Kalay, District Khyber in KP. The project will provide, in one of the most vulnerable and deserving areas, the school building equipped with a solar system that can accommodate nearly 200 primary school children including those currently studying in an open-air classroom.
