The Government of Japan has awarded grants to three local community development organisations.
A joint signing ceremony was held yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the award of the grants, amounting to US$270,510 in total, to the St. Francis Community Developers (SFCD), the Iwokrama Inter-national Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama), and Special Needs for Life (SNL).
The awards were made under the Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Project.