Japan supports rehabilitation of school in Ibb [Archives:2006/923/Local News]

The Japanese government has decided to grant $82,000 to Saba School in Al-Mazhin district in Al-Fara' in Ibb governorate under a scheme entitled, “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects.”

The scheme aims to support small-scale community-based projects in developing countries regarding basic human needs such as primary health care, basic education and public welfare.

Increasing numbers of boys and girls are eager to enroll in school in this district, but insufficient school space has been an obstacle to their desires. Japan's grant will be used to construct new classrooms and rehabilitate Saba School to meet the needs of those students and provide better education for them.

An agreement to this effect was signed yesterday in Sana'a between Murshed Ahmed Murshed, chairman of Saba School's Parent-Teacher Association, and Yuichi Ishii, Japanese Ambassador to Yemen.

This is the 19th project implemented under the grant scheme this Japanese fiscal year (April 2005-March 2006), amounting to $1.7 million.
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