Yemen, Japan launch public health project

SANA'A, March 12 (Saba) - Yemen and Japan
have launched a project of public health improvement in Dimt town of Dalei province
worth
$80,500.
The project, which is under the Japanese scheme called "Grant Assistance for
Grass-roots Human Security Projects" was launched by Dalei Province Undersecretary
Sadiq al-Edrisi,
Undersecretary of Local Administration Ministry Salim al-Shahtari and the Japanese
ambassador to Yemen Mitsunori Namba.
The project of public health improvement in Dimt town aims to garbage collection
and disposal and to assist in improving the environment and health cleanness in the
town
to attract the tourists, who come to the town to enjoy having baths in its Sulfur
Waters.
The Japanese scheme called "Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security
Projects" focuses on supporting small-scale community-based projects in basic human
needs fields,
such as primary health care, basic education and drinking water supply in the
developing countries.
During this Japanese fiscal year (April 1, 2009 - March 31, 2010) the Government of
Japan funded 16 projects so far including these two in Yemen, amounting to USD 1.28
million
under the above mentioned Japanese scheme.
In the last Japanese fiscal year, Japan funded 16 projects in Yemen under the same
scheme with a total amount of more than USD 1.2 million.
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