Cairo, June 4, 2014

Grassroots Assistance

Opening Ceremony of Reception Center for Street Children in Old Cairo

On Wednesday, June 4th 2014, Mr. Naofumi Hashimoto, Minister of the Embassy of Japan in Egypt attended the opening ceremony of the Day Reception Center for Street Children which was held at the New Fostat Association for Local Community Development in Old Cairo. This ceremony was also attended by and Mrs. Hanan Mohammad, Executive Director of the Association.
    

The center was established and furnished through a grant assistance extended by the government of Japan amounting to US$ 60,163. This project will greatly contribute to providing basic education and medical care for a large number of street children, either orphans or ones who were separated from their families and forced to live on the streets.
   

At the ceremony, the Minister expressed his hopes that this project helps such children, who carry the future of Egypt on their shoulders, get their basic rights of education and health and be able to achieve a better future for themselves.
    

The grant is extended under the Japanese government’s assistance scheme for Grassroots and Human Security Projects, which gives support to Non-profitable organizations and NGOs in fields such as health and social care, education, environment and vocational training. This scheme was launched in Egypt in 1994, and around 150 projects have been implemented to date, totaling about US$ 7 million. In particular, the flexibility and timely manner of the scheme has been greatly and widely appreciated.
     

For more details, kindly refer to the Embassy of Japan homepage at URL: http://www.eg.emb-japan.go.jp/