Japan gives Tk 58 lakh to BMBA

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Japan has donated US$ 85,183 (approximately Taka 58 lakh) to Bangladesh Marma Buddhist Association (BMBA) to construct a two-storied residential hostel for BMBA School.

To this effect, Chargé d' Affaires ad interim of Japanese Embassy Yonezo Fukuda Tuesday signed a grant contract with Executive Director of BMBA M Kyaw Maung.

This grant is the second time for the BMBA from the Japanese Government. The first grant was provided in 1998 by the Japan Government for the construction of Marma Residential School in Dhamrai, which was aimed at providing good quality education to children from age 5 to 12. Currently, 280 students, including 80 students from families in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are studying at the school.

Using the grant, BMBA will construct a two-storied residential hostel with accommodation for 72 students. The new hostel will consist of dining hall, auditorium, library as well as dormitory. All hostel facilities are open not only to Marma students, but also to other students of BMBA School. Through this project, the Japanese government hopes to contribute to the better access to primary education.

The Government of Japan has been extending grant assistance for grassroots human security projects through NGOs in Bangladesh since 1989. A total of 132 projects have already received grant amounting US$9.2 million (Taka 62.7 crore).