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PR#09–2010, February 5, 2010 |
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Japan Supports Capacity Building of Women and
Japanese-Filipino Children
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Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura congratulates Development Action for Women Network (DAWN) Executive Director Carmelita G. Nuqui after signing the grant contract for “The Project for Building Capacities of Women and their Japanese-Filipino Children” on February 5, 2010 at the Embassy of Japan. The ceremony was witnessed by the officials of the Embassy of Japan and other representatives from DAWN . |
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Makoto Katsura and Development Action for Women Network (DAWN) Executive Director Carmelita G. Nuqui signed the Grant Contract for “The Project for Building Capacities of Women and their Japanese-Filipino Children” at the Embassy of Japan on February 5, 2010. The project amounting to US$78 ,795 (approximately 3.6 million pesos) is funded through the Embassy of Japan's Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). The project will facilitate the livelihood and capacity building programs for the former migrant women and their Japanese-Filipino Children (JFC).
The growing concern over the distressed migrant women and their children, particularly those returned from Japan, resulted in the establishment of DAWN in 1996. Over the years, DAWN has been implementing psychosocial intervention and livelihood programs for women and children and more than 800 have benefited from DAWN's various programs. With the aim of reaching out to more women and children, DAWN sought assistance from the Embassy of Japan to expand the training programs and seminars.
The Embassy has decided to support the project by providing various sewing and handloom weaving machines, as well as the production and dissemination of a book that contains the typical situations and experiences of JFCs in the Philippines in order to promote the society's understanding of JFCs. Some expenses necessary for the trainings and seminars are also shouldered by the grant assistance.
The GGP was launched in the Philippines in 1989 for the purpose of reducing poverty and helping various communities engaged in grassroots activities. As of December 2009, more than 400 grassroots projects funded by GGP – ranging from roughly 1 to 4 million pesos – have been implemented by NGOs, local government units and other non-profit organizations. The total grant for these projects so far amounts to US$17,418,724.
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