INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 24Japan government handed over the Maternity and Children's
Clinic to Suryodaya Municipality, Ilam District amidst a ceremony held today.
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The handover ceremony was attended by
Kikuta Yutaka, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal.According to the statement issued by the Japanese embassy, under the Grant Assistance for
Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) of the Government of Japan, the project to construct the Maternity and Children's Clinic was
supported with USD 84,277 (approximately NPR 9.2 million).
On this occasion, Ambassador Kikuta congratulated and expressed
his appreciation for the efforts of all those involved in the project
He emphasized that the project will be a great help to the people in providing adequate health services in the areas
He also expressed his hope that this support will contribute significantly not only to local health care, but also to the development of the
community."The project aims to improve the quality of health services for the people of Fikkaland its neighboring areas in
SuryodayaMunicipality by constructing a new maternity and pediatric clinic," the embassy said
"In this area, it was a serious problem that there were no clinics and people
Photo: Japan
Embassy in Nepal
had to walk two hours to the nearest health center."Suryodaya Municipality applied for the GGP
supported by the Government of Japan to solve the problem, and the clinic has already been in its operation since March this year under the
management of the municipality
The Embassy hopes that this project will contribute to the better health services for the residents and further deepen the friendship
between the people of Japan and Nepal, the statement added.GGP was established to implement projects that directly benefit people at the
grassroots level for the socio-economic development of communities
Since 1991, over 200 GGP projects have been implemented in Nepal, according to the statement.
Photo: Japan Embassy in Nepal
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