When he hears about all these new Japanese-funded buildings he almost forgets that Kenji Nagai was shot by that Tatmadawman wearing pnaq.
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Grant roundup
Myanmar Times
Khin Myat, Phyu Lin Wai, Cherry Thein
THE government of Japan provided US$81,638 under its grassroots grant assistance program to the Myanmar Business Coalition on AIDS (MBCA) on January 18 for construction of the Pakokku AIDS Training Centre in Magwe Division.
MBCA is a local NGO established in 2001 that has started HIV/AIDS prevention programs throughout the country aimed at motivating business leaders and communities to improve knowledge, attitudes and behaviour about the disease.
"Pakokku has a mobile population at risk of illness and death related to HIV/AIDS, so we need to educate locals about the disease," MBCA executive director Daw Khin Aye Aye said.
With the financial assistance from the Japan government, MBCA will build a two-storey centre that will include a library and training equipment such as projectors and printers.
"After we build the training centre we won't need to spend money on renting a building, which will give us more money to use for educational programs," she said, adding that she hoped the centre could be completed within one year after receiving the grant money.
Japan also provided $85,250 to Myitkyina General Hospital in Kachin State this month to help the hospital buy medical equipment to benefit women in the state.
A statement released on January 9 by the Japanese embassy in Yangon said the grant would be used to buy mammogram and ultrasound equipment to facilitate early detection of breast cancer for the state's population.
It said the assistance will help reduce the mortality rate from the disease in the area.
Established in 1958 and upgraded to a 300-bed hospital in 1991, Myitkyina General Hospital provides general medicine, child health, obstetrics and gynaecology, eye, ear, nose and throat, psychiatry, dental and surgical services.
The grant contract was signed on January 9 at the Japanese embassy by its deputy chief of mission, Mr Tetsuro Amano, and the medical superintendent of Myitkyina General Hospital, Dr Win Ko Ko.
Last month Japan also contributed $81,523 for the expansion of a monastic school in Myeik township in Tanintharyi Division.
The money will be used to build a two-storey reinforced concrete building equipped with eight classrooms, school furniture and water and sanitation facilities.
"The government of Japan expects that this assistance will benefit the students in their pursuit of formal studies and strengthen existing friendly relation between Japan and Myanmar," a statement released by the Japanese embassy said.
The statement said that the new building was necessary to provide the growing number of students at the monastery with a better learning environment. Until now, the school's 800 students have had to study in bamboo buildings that have required annual repairs and reconstruction work.
http://www.mmtimes.com/no403/n010.htm
