Japanese NGO supports school building construction in Bulacan
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MANILA, Philippines—Japanese non-government organization Aichi Rescue helped construct a one-story, three-classroom school building for the Tumana Elementary School in Santa Maria, Bulacan, the Japanese embassy here said in a news release.
The project, amounting to $49,005 (about P2.3 million), is funded through the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects, a small-grant funding program of Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA). It supplemented the school’s originally 17 classrooms to accommodate about 1,000 pre-school and elementary school students.
Before the new building, the situation was such that some of the classes were conducted in makeshift structures comprised of galvanized-iron roof and wooden walls, a situation that was not conducive for learning. In addition, the next school year is expected to bring in new students resulting in the increased number of students. Without the construction of the new building, the problem of overcrowding in classrooms would have been exacerbated.
Japan embassy’s Labor Attache and Economic Section First Secretary Haruhiro Jono attended a turnover ceremony last week. Santa Maria Municipal Mayor Bartolome Ramos and Yoshimi Ando, Director of Aichi Rescue, also attended the ceremony.
“This project, whose grant contract was signed in July last year, is a testimony or proof of our strong conviction that became a reality through concerted actions: the conviction of both the Japanese and the Filipino people that children need a good environment to learn many things in the world for their bright future; and the reality that is the completion of this new and solid school building,” Jono said.
“I am therefore very glad that the government of Japan through the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects was able to help change this situation. Now, I hope the additional classrooms will provide a better learning environment for the students of Tumana Elementary School so that they can concentrate more on their study, be inspired to study harder and reach their highest potential,” he added.
The scheme of Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects started in the Philippines in 2002. Since then, the Japanese government, as a top donor to the Philippines, has disbursed about 260 million Japanese yen (about P130 million) for a total of 23 projects in the Philippines under the scheme. It is hoped thus, through this project, friendship between the peoples of Japan and the Philippines as well as the strategic partnership between our two nations will be further strengthened.
The project, amounting to $49,005 (about P2.3 million), is funded through the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects, a small-grant funding program of Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA). It supplemented the school’s originally 17 classrooms to accommodate about 1,000 pre-school and elementary school students.
Before the new building, the situation was such that some of the classes were conducted in makeshift structures comprised of galvanized-iron roof and wooden walls, a situation that was not conducive for learning. In addition, the next school year is expected to bring in new students resulting in the increased number of students. Without the construction of the new building, the problem of overcrowding in classrooms would have been exacerbated.
Japan embassy’s Labor Attache and Economic Section First Secretary Haruhiro Jono attended a turnover ceremony last week. Santa Maria Municipal Mayor Bartolome Ramos and Yoshimi Ando, Director of Aichi Rescue, also attended the ceremony.
“This project, whose grant contract was signed in July last year, is a testimony or proof of our strong conviction that became a reality through concerted actions: the conviction of both the Japanese and the Filipino people that children need a good environment to learn many things in the world for their bright future; and the reality that is the completion of this new and solid school building,” Jono said.
“I am therefore very glad that the government of Japan through the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects was able to help change this situation. Now, I hope the additional classrooms will provide a better learning environment for the students of Tumana Elementary School so that they can concentrate more on their study, be inspired to study harder and reach their highest potential,” he added.
The scheme of Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects started in the Philippines in 2002. Since then, the Japanese government, as a top donor to the Philippines, has disbursed about 260 million Japanese yen (about P130 million) for a total of 23 projects in the Philippines under the scheme. It is hoped thus, through this project, friendship between the peoples of Japan and the Philippines as well as the strategic partnership between our two nations will be further strengthened.
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