KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 24
Japan government handed over the Maternity and Children's Clinic to Suryodaya Municipality, Ilam District amidst a ceremony held today.
The handover ceremony was attended by Kikuta Yutaka, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal.
According to the statement issued by the Japanese embassy, under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) of the Government of Japan, the project to construct the Maternity and Children's Clinic was supported with USD 84,277 (approximately NPR 9.2 million).
On this occasion, Ambassador Kikuta congratulated and expressed his appreciation for the efforts of all those involved in the project. He emphasized that the project will be a great help to the people in providing adequate health services in the areas. He also expressed his hope that this support will contribute significantly not only to local health care, but also to the development of the community.
"The project aims to improve the quality of health services for the people of Fikkaland its neighboring areas in SuryodayaMunicipality by constructing a new maternity and pediatric clinic," the embassy said. "In this area, it was a serious problem that there were no clinics and people
had to walk two hours to the nearest health center."
Suryodaya Municipality applied for the GGP supported by the Government of Japan to solve the problem, and the clinic has already been in its operation since March this year under the management of the municipality. The Embassy hopes that this project will contribute to the better health services for the residents and further deepen the friendship between the people of Japan and Nepal, the statement added.
GGP was established to implement projects that directly benefit people at the grassroots level for the socio-economic development of communities. Since 1991, over 200 GGP projects have been implemented in Nepal, according to the statement.
