Japan to fund renovation of social centre for people with disabilities in Ambrolauri region
The project Rehabilitation of Social Care Centre in Ambrolauri Municipality was signed earlier today between Georgia and Japan. Photo: Embassy of Japan in Georgia.
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A social centre for those with disabilities, located in the village of Sadmeli in the Ambrolauri municipality, will be renovated by the Japanese Embassy to Georgia as part of the GGP Grassroots Human Security Grant Program.
The NGO Together for Real Changes will undertake the project with a grant of 72,246 USD.
The project aims to provide vital social care services to people with disabilities to facilitate independent living in the country's mountainous regions.
The renovated centre will promote physical rehabilitation and self-realisation for its beneficiaries and will foster an environment for learning, development, and fun.
The project Rehabilitation of Social Care Centre in Ambrolauri Municipality was signed earlier today between Georgia and Japan.
A total of 180 grant projects have been funded by Japan under the Human Security Grant Program in Georgia, amounting to more than 19 million USD.
Overall, 130,046 people with disabilities were officially registered in 2020, about 3.5% of the Georgian population.
Georgia and Japan have signed an agreement on investment liberalisation, promotion and protection that aims to encourage investment inflows from Japan to Georgia, announces the Ministry of Economy of Georgia.
The Japanese government has purchased a mobile library worth $72,000 and gifted it to the people living in Georgia’s mountainous Adjara region yesterday to boost access to books and education for the local population.
The Japanese government has gifted two modern fire-engines to the Emergency Management Service of the Georgian Interior Ministry to timely extinguish fires in the most difficult areas of one of the largest parks in Europe-Borjomi-Kharagauli, located on the territories of Samtskhe-Javakheti, Imereti and Shida Kartli regions of Georgia.
The Japanese Embassy to Georgia and international organization Mercy Corps have gifted two forest firefighting vehicles to the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has stated that the budget for social rehabilitation and childcare is increasing annually, noting that it is expected to reach 52 million GEL in 2022. "This means that the geographical availability of social services and the funding of various new services will increase,” Garibashvili said.
Bilateral relations between Georgia and Japan were discussed on Friday in a farewell meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Akira Imamura, the outgoing Ambassador of Japan.