Grant Contract Signing for “the Project for Construction of Primary School Buildings in Meheba Resettlement Scheme at Kalumbila District, North-Western Province (Follow-up)” under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects
2024/3/11
On 6th March 2024, Ambassador Takeuchi and Mr. Gerald Kaseba, CEO of the Norwegian Brave Heart Foundation, signed the grant contract for the additional amount of up to 12,165 US dollars for “the Project for Construction of Primary School Buildings in Meheba Resettlement Scheme at Kalumbila District, North-Western Province”. This additional funding is made under Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects, to fill shortfalls of the original project signed in March 2023 that amounted up to 83,438 US dollars under the same Grant scheme. This additional funding makes total amount of the grant for the project up to 95,603 US dollars. (Please see the press release of the signing ceremony held in March 2023)
Brave Heart Foundation has been engaged in various activities for the welfare of the Meheba Resettlement such as running an orphanage and a community clinic since 2012. The organization has dedicated itself for helping those who are not supported by the Zambian government and International Organizations in the area.
The original project signed in March 2023 has faced a huge challenge with the increasing inflation rate, especially the surging cost of transport. Despite the fact that the Foundation tried to cover shortfalls with its own fund and effort, soaring project cost was enormous for the NGO to complete all the project. Thus, the government of Japan has decided to provide additional grant for the Foundation.
With this project, it is expected that approximately 400 children in the Resettlement area will be able to access primary education in an appropriate educational environment. It is our wish that experience the children will receive from this school will eventually lead to promote the integration of former refugees into the local communities.
Brave Heart Foundation has been engaged in various activities for the welfare of the Meheba Resettlement such as running an orphanage and a community clinic since 2012. The organization has dedicated itself for helping those who are not supported by the Zambian government and International Organizations in the area.
The original project signed in March 2023 has faced a huge challenge with the increasing inflation rate, especially the surging cost of transport. Despite the fact that the Foundation tried to cover shortfalls with its own fund and effort, soaring project cost was enormous for the NGO to complete all the project. Thus, the government of Japan has decided to provide additional grant for the Foundation.
With this project, it is expected that approximately 400 children in the Resettlement area will be able to access primary education in an appropriate educational environment. It is our wish that experience the children will receive from this school will eventually lead to promote the integration of former refugees into the local communities.