AMMAN — The
Government of Japan has decided to extend a $66,802 grant to
Dar Abu Abdullah Association for Philanthropy and Development (DAA) for the provision of refrigerated
trucks under the Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects (GGP)
scheme.
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The grant contract was
signed by Shimazaki Kaoru, ambassador of Japan
to the Jordan and Samer Balkar, director-general of DAA, at a ceremony held at
the
Embassy of Japan on Wednesday.
This grant
assistance aims to increase profits of micro and home-based businesses that DAA
has supported through the provision of two refrigerated trucks to the
association.
Named after His
Majesty the late King Hussein bin Talal and chaired by HRH Princess Haya Bint
Al Hussein, DAA was established with a mission to empower the most vulnerable
individuals across the country and sustain their livelihood addressing the
underlying causes of hunger and poverty. DAA has helped low-income families
establish more than 270 micro and home-based businesses.
This project is
expected to enable microbusiness owners to transport a larger amount of their
products and more frequently to the market at an affordable price.
At the signing
ceremony
Shimazaki expressed his gratitude to DAA’s great social
contribution and stated: “Considering the devastating economic impact of the COVID-19
pandemic and high unemployment rates, it is essential to strengthen support for
vulnerable people more than ever. I sincerely hope that this project will help
microbusiness owners to expand their businesses and improve their livelihood by
increasing their revenues, and eventually, promote their own financial
independence.”
For his turn Balkar said: “Our
mission at Dar Abu Abdullah is to empower the most vulnerable communities
through programs that sustain their livelihoods and improve the well-being of
their families… With this
generous grant from the Government of Japan, Dar Abu Abdullah will be able to
provide better services to beneficiaries and enhance their access to market,
leading to improving their profitability, as well as contributing to the
sustainability and expansion of their home-based businesses towards graduating
out of poverty.”
Under the Japanese
Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects, Japan has extended more
than $10 million for 152 projects to non-governmental organizations, schools,
hospitals, and local governments in Jordan since 1993.
The Embassy of
Japan calls for new proposals of GGP project twice a year, and the deadline of
application for the first round of 2022 is March 31.
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