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1. On Tuesday, May 15, the Government of Japan decided to provide emergency relief goods worth 10 million yen (Portable Jerry Can, Plastic Sheet, etc) to the Union of the Comoros, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in response to the request following serious damage from the floods.

The Embassy of Japan's Minister (Deputy Chief of Mission) and Consul-General, Mr. Motohiko Kato, will attend the inauguration of the Virac radar station under Project for Improvement of the Meteorological Radar System in Catanduanes Island on Wednesday, May 2. The project is funded by ODA grant aid amounting to 3.35 billion yen (approximately 1.77 b illion pesos) from the Government of Japan.

Japanese Ambassador Toshinao Urabe and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert F. Del Rosario exchanged notes for the “Non-project Grant Aid for the Restoration and Disaster Prevention” amounting to 600 million yen (approximately 315 million pesos) on April 27, 2012.

This project is for the recovery of devastated areas after several typhoons hit the Philippines in the last quarter of 2011 and damaged basic infrastructures such as roads, houses, public facilities and farmland, as well as for the establishment of disaster-prevention schemes in the country.

The Government of Japan has decided to extend Grant Aid for two projects in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar up to 583 million yen and 251 million yen, respectively. Notes to this effect were exchanged on Saturday, April 21 in Tokyo, between Mr. Takashi Saito, Ambassador to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and U Khin Maung Tin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to Japan.

The Project for Mangrove Rehabilitation Plan for Enhancement of Disaster Prevention in Ayeyawady Delta

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UNICEF has confirmed to a group of donors that an estimated US$4 million of donor funds has been misappropriated from its US$6.2 million school rehabilitation project implemented in 2009-2010 in Khyber Paktunkhwa Province, northwestern Pakistan.

1. On Thursday, April 5, the Government of Japan decided to provide emergency relief goods worth 18 million yen (water tanks, generators, water purifiers, etc.) to the Republic of Fiji, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in response to the request following serious damage from the floods.

The Government of Japan, under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects Scheme (GGP), is providing funds amounting to some 3,576,700 baht for the Project for Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction(CBDRR) for all 9 Refugee Camps at the Thai-Myanmar border. On March 26, 2012, H.E. Mr. Seiji Kojima, Ambassador of Japan and Mr.Ben MENDOZA , Programme Director of the Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees(COERR), jointly signed the funding contract for the project at the Embassy of Japan.

KINSHASA, 22 mars 2012 — Le Gouvernement du Japon apporte une contribution d’US$ 7.9 Millions pour la poursuite des activités multisectorielles de l’UNICEF en nutrition, santé, éducation et protection de l’enfance, y compris dans le cadre de la Réponse Rapide aux Mouvements des populations (RRMP) en République Démocratique du Congo en 2012.

The Government of Japan decided to provide food grant assistance to the value of 120 million Japanese Yen (approximately Rs.180 million) to the Government of Sri Lanka through the World Food Program in order to support the ongoing School Meals Program in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. There is much concern about the nutritional needs of the resettled Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) especially children in the North. Good nutrition amongst children is of utmost importance since it has significant impact on their growth as well as their performance at school.