Signing Ceremony for the Three Projects financed by the Government of Japan within the framework of “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects”

On March 6, the Signing Ceremony was held for the Three (3) Projects: Two (2) Green Policy and One (1) Social welfare policy, within the framework of the “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects”, at the Residence of the Ambassador of Japan.

The Signing Ceremony was attended by HE Ambassador of Japan to Georgia – Mr. Tadaharu Uehara, representatives of the central government – Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MIA) – Mr. Levan Kakava, Deputy Governor of Shida Kartli - Mr. Simon Guledani, Mayors of Gori and Borjomi, as well as other representatives of local and central government.

The three projects are:

1. Project for providing equipment for irrigation water channels in Gori municipality. The project aims to improve the water and transport infrastructure within Gori municipality and in particular – among war-affected villages. The heavy machinery, purchased within the project, will allow to build and rehabilitate hundreds of kilometers of drinking and irrigation water channels, as well as the road, allowing to strengthen the fight against poverty and provide thousands of residents with access to basic needs.
Grant Amount: 61 000 USD

2. Project for provision of 2 fire fighting engines for Borjomi municipality. The project aims to help safeguard Georgia’s environmental treasure – one of the largest national parks in Europe - Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, which is exceptional in its biodiversity. Because of its importance and vulnerability, it has been included among the lists of 35 priority eco-regions and 34 international conservation hotspots. Fires destroy this environmental treasure, destroy the key local income that comes from tourism, and tragically – human lives. The project will enable to purchase 2 flexible fire fighting engines, the purpose of which is to extinguish the fire in difficult and remote areas, before it spreads to larger territories. This will help to preserve the national treasure, protect the source of income of local population, and most importantly – protect human lives.
Grant Amount: 86 242 USD

3. Project for construction of the first post-chemotherapy rehabilitation center in the Caucasus in Tbilisi. The project will enable to construct the first rehabilitation center in the Caucasus region, for children with cancer, which will be located in Tbilisi. The center will allow the post-chemotherapy survivors and their family members to have access to rehabilitation service, improving and potentially saving their lives.
Grant Amount: 88 500 USD

The Human Security Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GGP) provides assistance to relatively small projects and aims at improvement of human security in Georgia. It applies to projects in the field of sustainable agriculture, environment protection, poverty alleviation, public health, education, social protection, etc. Since 1998, 170 GGP projects have been financed in Georgia by the Government of Japan, totaling 17’171’529 USD.