Kathmandu, March 14

The Government of Japan has extended financial assistance of USD 85,628, equivalent to around Rs 9.15 million to the Innovative Forum for Community Development, an NGO based in Kathmandu.

A press statement issued here today by the Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu said the support was extended under the grant assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP), a scheme of the government of Japan for 2015.

It said that a grant contract for the project is scheduled to be signed and exchanged between Masashi Ogawa, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, and Prakash Singh Adhikari, Executive President of IFCD tomorrow at the Embassy of Japan in Nepal.

It further said that IFCD has been providing educational services such as formal and non-formal education, peace education, life skills and HIV/AIDS education, for more than thirty years.

IFCD is experienced in partnerships with other agencies including UNICEF, UNESCO, UNDP, the Ministry of Education and various local NGOs.

Upon request, IFCD has organised numerous participatory education trainings for such agencies.

According to the statement, the government of Japan has designated the financial assistance to support the construction of a community learning resource centre in Tanglichowk, Gorkha district, an area greatly affected by last year’s earthquake.