The Government of Japan has donated 97,500 US dollars (around six million meticais) to finance health and education projects in Mozambique. The funds will be used to rehabilitate a fishing school and build a ward for leprosy treatment.
“We believe these two projects go far beyond the simple construction of facilities. They strengthen education and health and represent an excellent opportunity to further deepen cooperation between our two countries,” said Hamada Keiji, Japan’s ambassador to Mozambique, during the signing ceremony of the financing agreement in Maputo.
According to the diplomat, of the total amount—granted under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP)—47,500 dollars will go toward the rehabilitation of the workshop at the Fishing School, located in Maputo Province, southern Mozambique.
“The rehabilitation includes improvements to a training room, the energy and water facilities, and two storage rooms that will serve as warehouses,” he explained, adding that the initiative will allow students to carry out practical activities in a more “safe and comfortable environment.”
The construction of a leprosy ward at the Alto Molócue District Hospital, in Zambézia Province, central Mozambique, will receive 50,000 dollars in funding and will be implemented by the international organization Mission Against Leprosy, allowing for the construction of a new hospital block.
Last year, Japan announced 55.1 million dollars to finance the implementation of various projects in the country, as part of a new model of international cooperation defined by the Japanese Government. At the time, for their execution, Verónica Macamo and Hamada Keiji signed three donation agreements in the form of “exchange of notes.”
Source: Diário Económico
