Staff Correspondent
The Government of Japan, recently, extended a grant of USD 135,508, which is approximately BDT
14.7 million to two Bangladeshi NGOs, SKS Foundation and Good Neighbors Bangladesh. H.E. Mr.
IWAMA Kiminori, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, signed the ‘Grant Contracts’ for Grass-Roots
Human Security Projects (GGHSP) at the Embassy of Japan with the respective organizations.
SKS Foundation has been awarded USD 82,027 as a grant for The Project for Procurement of Eye
Care Equipment for SKS Eye Hospital in Gaibandha District. SKS Foundation has been working on
various activities, such as local capacity building, reduction of climate change vulnerability,
elimination of gender discrimination, and health/nutrition. With the assistance of the GGHSP funding,
SKS Foundation will procure two eye care equipment (1 Optical Coherence Tomography and 1 Visual
Field Analyzer) to provide quality and affordable eye care diagnosis and treatment in the targeted
Japan Extends BDT 14.7 Million for Two Security Projects
