Japan to increase aid to Uganda
THE Japanese government is set to triple its grants to Uganda next year.
By Patrick Jaramogi
THE Japanese government is set to triple its grants to Uganda next year.
The Japanese ambassador, Ryuzo Kikuchi, said this last week after opening a workshop of Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security projects at Hotel Africana in Kampala.
He said, “Japan’s current grant assistance for grassroot budget for this financial year that ends on March 31 is US$1.4m but this will double three times depending on the projects that we receive from Uganda.â€
He said the scheme was created by the government of Japan to supplement the official development assistance.
“The aim of the scheme is to provide direct support to the self-help efforts of needy grassroots communities,†he said.
Kikuchi said northern Uganda, which was out of the bracket for projects to be funded, is set to benefit from the GGP.
“Initially it was the Japanese government policy that we don’t fund projects in the north due to insecurity but the funding from other schemes will not be channelled to the north except through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots (GGP), which is the smallest,†he said.
He told the participants intending to apply for grants from Japan that grants ranging from Japanese Yen 10m (US$85,000) to 100m (US$850,000) is accessible.
Emi Kurita, a senior consultant at the embassy, said since the inception of the scheme in 1991, 32 projects had been funded by the Japanese government under the scheme, while by the end of this month, it would have offered US$1.35m.
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THE Japanese government is set to triple its grants to Uganda next year.
The Japanese ambassador, Ryuzo Kikuchi, said this last week after opening a workshop of Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security projects at Hotel Africana in Kampala.
He said, “Japan’s current grant assistance for grassroot budget for this financial year that ends on March 31 is US$1.4m but this will double three times depending on the projects that we receive from Uganda.â€
He said the scheme was created by the government of Japan to supplement the official development assistance.
“The aim of the scheme is to provide direct support to the self-help efforts of needy grassroots communities,†he said.
Kikuchi said northern Uganda, which was out of the bracket for projects to be funded, is set to benefit from the GGP.
“Initially it was the Japanese government policy that we don’t fund projects in the north due to insecurity but the funding from other schemes will not be channelled to the north except through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots (GGP), which is the smallest,†he said.
He told the participants intending to apply for grants from Japan that grants ranging from Japanese Yen 10m (US$85,000) to 100m (US$850,000) is accessible.
Emi Kurita, a senior consultant at the embassy, said since the inception of the scheme in 1991, 32 projects had been funded by the Japanese government under the scheme, while by the end of this month, it would have offered US$1.35m.
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