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The Government of Japan, under its Grassroots Grant Assistance (GGA) Scheme, decided to extend assistance of US$ 32,579 for a humanitarian assistance program entitled “The Project for Construction of Water Supply System for Kansaung Village in Chauk Township, Magwe Division”.
Mr. Kazuyuki Takeuchi, Minister/Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan in the Union of Myanmar, and U Aung Kyaing, Chairman of “Kansaung Village Water Committee”, signed the grant contract on 12th March 2010.
The Kansaung Village is situated in central dry zone in Myanmar. Villagers and students are the time taken to fetch the water for their daily use. Nearest tube-well is 1 mile far from Kansaung Village and nearly 2 hours take on foot. Most of the students spent their time for fetch the water. Therefore, the Government of Japan decided to fund construction of a deep tube-well(600 ft) with a concrete water storage tank with a capacity of 5,000 gallons, and the installation of water pump and generator set.
It is expected that this assistance will help the villagers save the time spent on fetching the water for their daily use enabling them to engage more in other activities for the improvement of their lives, and further strengthen existing friendly relations between Japan and Myanmar.
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