Japan extends Tk 9.5 million grant to Kumudini Welfare Trust

Dhaka, 13 Feb --The Government of Japan extended a grant of USD 80,719, which is approximately Tk 9.5 million, to Kumudini Welfare Trust of Bengal (BD) Ltd.

SAIDA Shinichi, ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, signed the ‘Grant Contract’ for Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGHSP) at the Embassy of Japan on Thursday.

Kumudini has been awarded USD 80,719 as grant for “The Project for the Expansion of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Procurement of Medical Equipment at Kumudini Hospital in Tangail District”.

Kumudini has been operating to ensure the health and socio-economic welfare of poor and vulnerable women through its hospital, educational institutions, and training facilities.

With the assistance of the GGHSP funding, Kumudini will expand Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and procure and install ICU Ventilator, Humidifier Set For Ventilator, Infant Incubator, Radiant Warmer, Overhead Phototherapy, Portable X-ray that will ensure adequate medical care to newborns at Kumudini Hospital.　

Japan has supported 218 NGO projects through GGHSP since 1989 with the view to enhancing economic and social human security at the grass-roots levels.

The total sum of these GGHSP grants extended to approximately $17.3 million.