On Friday, February 14, 2025, H.E. Mr. FUKUSHIMA Isao, Ambassador of Japan to Rwanda and a representative of Hope for Life Association – local NGO – signed a grant contract of “the Project for the Construction of a Vocational Training School Building in Ruramira Sector.”
Under the framework of Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP/KUSANONE), the Government of Japan will provide eighty-nine thousand and twenty-nine US dollars (USD 89,029) to construct a building of four (4) classrooms, one (1) conference room, one (1) teacher’s room, one (1) consulting room, and two (2) teacher’s toilets, as well as a block of eight (8) toilets for students.
Additionally, those rooms will be equipped with forty-six (46) sewing machines, two (2) lock-stitch machines, one (1) liftable hairdressing chair, three (3) types of shoe-making machines, six (6) shoe-forms and various types of furniture to function trainings.
By the completion of this project, students who have dropped out of schools will be able to acquire essential skills for their livelihood.
During the ceremony, Ambassador FUKUSHIMA highlighted the importance of quality vocational education for adolescents to be financially independent and enrich their lives, which is a crucial factor of “Human Security.”
Human Security is a guiding philosophy of Japan’s development assistance and it focuses on protecting the lives, freedom, and quality of life of individuals, aiming for a society where all people can live with dignity.
Under the GGP program, the Government of Japan provides grants to local and international NGOs, educational institutions, health institutions and local authorities for their development projects at the grassroots level.
The Program has 35 years of history across the world in the fields of water, agriculture, health, sanitation as well as education.
Japan will continue its efforts to support and work with the population at the grassroots level in collaboration with the Government of Rwanda as well as NGOs. (End)