Japanese assistance to improve quality of education in quake-affected areas

 The Government of Japan has extended $877,008 (about Rs 102.82 million) to Shanti Volunteer Association under the grant, according to a press note issued by the Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu.

The assistance for Japanese NGO Projects Schemes. 

Shanti Volunteer Association, a Japanese NGO based in Tokyo, will work with Nepali partner NGOs Samunat Nepal and READ Nepal, and targeted local communities to improve library and learning center services in four districts and to provide improved teaching methods, the press note reads, adding that a grant contract for tghe project was signed and exchanged today by charge d’affaires ad Interim of Japan to Nepal Yoshioka Yuzo and country director of Shanti Volunteer Association Nepal Office Miyake Takafumi. "This project, now in its second year, aims at improving services provided by community libraries and learning centers in Makawanpur, Lalitpur, Solukhumbu, Syangja and Sunsari districts."

It will also provide teaching methods and install library corners at 53 schools in Makawanpur district to improve the learning environment, adds the embassy of Japan in Nepal that expects that the project will build disaster resilient libraries and learning centers in earthquake affected areas and will contribute to improve the quality of education. "It is also confident that the project will strengthen the cordial friendship between the peoples of Japan and Nepal."