PRESS RELEASE

23 March 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EMBASSY OF JAPAN, BEIRUT, TEL. 01-989751/2/3, FAX 01-989754

Japan assists the Forum of the Handicapped in North Lebanon

Japan supports the Forum of the Handicapped in North Lebanon for rehabilitating their vocational centre. This support is aimed at improving the vocational education and training of the handicapped people in remote area. Ambassador of Japan to Lebanon Mr. Koichi Kawakami and President of the Forum of the Handicapped in North Lebanon, Dr. Nawaf Kabbara, President, signed the grant contract of US$85,850 to this effect at the Embassy of Japan on 23 March 2011.

This is funded by “Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Project (GGP)” of Japan. Japan’s GGP supports development projects at grass-roots level proposed by such bodies as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and local government authorities in Lebanon. Japan has so far extended through GGP more than US$ 9.6 million since 1996.