Japan gives Bangla-German Sampreeti Tk 69 lakh for grassroots human security projects

Japan today extended a grant of $64,507 -- approximately Tk 69 lakh -- to Bangladeshi NGO Bangla-German Sampreeti (BGS).

Iwama Kiminori, ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, signed the "Grant Contracts" for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGHSP) at the Embassy of Japan.

BGS has been awarded $64,507 as grant for the Project for Construction of Vocational Training Facilities in Cox's Bazar.

BGS has been working on various activities, such as technical and vocational training, youth support, human rights protection, microfinance, disaster issues, water and sanitation, health and nutrition, food security and livelihood promotion.

With the assistance of the GGHSP funding, BGS will construct a vocational training facility in Ukhiya upazila in Cox's Bazar, to provide vocational training courses to socially and economically vulnerable young people in the host community of Rohingya refugees, expanding employment opportunities to strengthen poverty reduction in the targeted area.

Japan has supported 213 NGO projects through its grant assistance for GGHSPs since 1989 with the view to enhancing economic and social human security at grassroots levels. The total sum of these GGHSP grants extended to NGOs in Bangladesh to date amounts approximately to $16.85 million.