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Japanese grants for NGOs
Special Correspondent
— Photo: R. Ragu
FINANCIAL BOOST: Kazuo Minagawa, Consul General of Japan (extreme left), with S. Sankara Raman, Honorary Secretary, Amar Seva Sangam, at the GGP grant contract signing ceremony in Chennai on Wednesday.
CHENNAI: The Consulate-General of Japan on Wednesday provided grants worth US$85,000 each to three Tamil Nadu non-governmental organisations (NGOs): the Namakkal-based Society for Serving Humanity; the League for Education and Development for the disabled; and the Amar Seva Sangam, an organisation run by the disabled for the disabled in Tirunelveli.
Kazuo Minagawa, Consul General, signed three memoranda of understanding to this effect with the organisations, as part of the Japanese Government’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GGP) scheme which provides infrastructure support for local voluntary organisations every year.
The Society for Serving Humanity (SSH), which provides care and support for people affected by HIV/AIDS in Namakkal district, will use the grant to construct a new training facility. The training centre will accommodate around 100 patients. “When all other funding possibilities had failed, the Consulate-General of Japan has given us great support in improving the efficiency of our programme,” said A. Britto Selvaraj, Secretary, SSH.
“A major problem we have had is inadequate space for training, consultation and holding meetings. The proposed training centre will provide a spacious environment for special training for HIV/AIDS-affected patients.”
“Lot of hope”
S. Sankara Raman, Honorary Secretary, Amar Seva Sangam, said that the MoU gives his organisation “a lot of hope” in the light of the “many problems and miseries” that they have faced. The Sangam is entirely run by the disabled, and treats around 128 disabled students every year.
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